Stevie Aiello Explained

Stevie Aiello
Birth Name:Stephen Aiello
Birth Date:30 April 1983
Birth Place:Cranston, Rhode Island, United States
Years Active:1998–present

Stephen Aiello (born April 30, 1983) is an American songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is best known for touring and recording with American rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars. He was one of the founding members of Monty Are I, a band he formed in 1998 with some friends. Aiello has also worked with artists such as Mumford & Sons, Cheyenne Jackson, Lana Del Rey, Junkie XL, Young Guns, Cobra Starship, Every Avenue, Starset, and The Knocks, among others.

Aiello was nominated for two GMA Dove Awards for his work with Rapture Ruckus on the album Invader (2015). His list of work includes projects with recording acts like Sleeping with Sirens, Of Mice & Men, We Came as Romans, Anti-Flag, Blessthefall, Pop Evil, and Before Their Eyes.

Early life

Stevie Aiello was born April 30, 1983, in Cranston, Rhode Island. His family has Italian origins; his great-grandparents moved from Serrastretta to United States in the early 20th-century. Aiello attended the Cranston High School West and then enrolled at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston. While he was a student there, he started writing music and playing in a number of rock and metal bands. His influences include artists as varied as Underoath, Metallica, Josh Groban, Hans Zimmer, and Michael Jackson.[1]

Music career

Aiello founded Monty Are I in 1998 with guitarist Ryan Muir, keyboardist Andrew Borstein, bassist Mike Matarese, and drummer Justin Muir. Aiello was the lead singer of the band and played rhythm guitar. After winning Ernie Ball's Battle of the Bands in 2003, Monty Are I signed to Stolen Transmission, an imprint of Island Records.[2]

Monty Are I went on to play Warped Tour and shared the stage with bands like Anberlin, My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, Yellowcard, Hawthorne Heights and The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus.[3] Aiello recorded the albums Wall of People (2006) and Break Through the Silence (2009) as frontman and composer of Monty Are I. He later joined music publishing company Razor & Tie as songwriter and record producer. During this period, he worked with Ben Lovett from Mumford & Sons, Cheyenne Jackson, Lana Del Rey, Junkie XL, Alex Suarez from Cobra Starship, Every Avenue, and The Knocks.[4]

Aiello collaborated with Before Their Eyes on the albums Untouchable (2010) and Redemption (2012) alongside producer Joey Sturgis.[5] In early 2013, He moved to Los Angeles where he started working with Thirty Seconds to Mars after former touring member Tim Kelleher left the band to work on his own music.[6] Aiello is playing bass guitar, keyboards and occasionally rhythm guitar. He later began to take part at recording sessions with the band. In 2014, Aiello joined producer Rob Graves to work with Starset on the album Transmissions (2014),[7] and again in 2019 for Starset's third studio album, Divisions.

He worked with Crown the Empire on the albums (2014) and Retrograde (2016). His work with Rapture Ruckus on their fifth album Invader (2015) earned him two nominations at the GMA Dove Awards in the categories of Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year and Rap/Hip Hop Song of the Year.[8] [9] Aiello rejoined Joey Sturgis to work with Blessthefall on their fifth album To Those Left Behind (2015). He later worked on the records Echoes (2016) by Young Guns and Gossip (2017) by Sleeping with Sirens.[10]

In 2018 he started a side project called CNTRLLR and on 19 October of the same year he released a new version of "Stuck" by The Aces on Spotify and YouTube. On April 26, 2019 he released a new song called "Endgame".

Discography

Year Artist Album Label Songs
2020 The Score - Republic Records Best Part
2020Anti-Flag 20/20 VisionSpinefarm Records UKThe Disease - Un-American
2019Natalia Nykel Origo EPUniversal Music Polska Sp.Wanna Go Back
2019 League of Legends ft. Chrissy Costanza - Cailin Russo Phoenix Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC Phoenix
2019 Arrested Youth - Lowly What You're Made Of
2019 Waking Up - Faultline
2019 Dreamers Launch Fly Land Fairfax Recordings Celebrate
2018 WWE Music Group Flight Of The Valkyries (Daniel Bryan) Flight Of The Valkyries
2018 Thrillchaser A Lot Like Love Thrillchaser Hold on to the Night - Out of Our Minds
2018 How Will You Live - Back To Me
2018 No Sleep For Lucy Until The End Lucy Records Don't Let Go
2018 I Am Human Four Letter Word
2018 Volume I Bulletproof
2018 Walk On Water - Dangerous Night - Dangerous Night
2017 Sleeping With Sirens Gossip Legends - Trouble - Hole In My Heart - Empire To Ashes
2017 Sainte Smile and Wave Good Problems Lighthouse
2017 Queen For Queen - Untouchable
2017 Hanazuki ft. Cosmos & Creature Beautiful Life Beautiful Life
2017 Fernando Varela Vivere Panorama I Believe In You
2017 Superhero
2017 Echo Black Dawn Echo Black Poison Apple
2017 American Fall Spinefarm Records US American Attraction - Throw It Away
2016 Echoes Mad World
2016 Out Came The Wolves Strange Fate Bleed - The Curse
2016 James Durbin Riot On Sunset Wild Vine Records We Are The Unknown
2016 Lifelines Fearless One More Time - Stuck In Your Head
2016 Crown The Empire Retrograde Oxygen
2016 Bad Seed Rising Awake In Color Roadrunner Records Horizon
2016 Selfish Age Pieces
2016 American Wolves Part Of Me American Wolves Part Of Me
2016 Alive In Barcelona Alive in Barcelona Smartpunk Records Back To Life
2016 In Our Bones Fueled By Ramen/Atla Brighter - Forget Me Now - Roses
2015 We Came As Romans Equal Vision/Spinefarm/Caroline Australia Flatline - Memories - The World I Used To Know
2015 Soysauce ft. Stalking Gia Lunch Money Talking To Myself
2015 Sleeping Wolf The Dark Sleeping Wolf Music BlindFold
2015 Gentlemen Roosevelt Here EP Roosevelt Records Here
2015 Conquer Divide Conquer Divide Artery Recordings Nightmares
2015 Breathe Carolina feat. Karra Platinum Hearts Armada Trice Platinum Hearts
2015 Condition//Comatose - Up In Flames
2015 Gravity Brighter - Fireproof - Paralyzed
2014 The Resistance Cross Our Bones
2014 Transmission My Demons
2014 James Durbin Celebrate Wind-up Records Louder Than A Loaded Gun
2014 Heartist Feeding Fiction The All Blacks U.S.A., Inc. Skeletons - Unbreakable
2014 Dan Sultan Blackbird Liberation Records Loving's Just For Fools
2014 Charming Liars We Won't Give Up Riot My Kind Of Crazy
2014 Black Veil Brides Shattered God
2013 Genuine & Counterfeit Cracks in the Ceiling
2013 Love and Death Between Here & Lost Meltdown
2013 I'm Blue, Skies Shiny Boy Music LLC Before You - She's Pretty, She Lies - I'm Blue, Skies - Drive - Don't Wanna Know
2012 Shaun Lopez - Spacebrother The Antidote - The Antidote
2012 Sovereign Soldiers Born Again Sovereign Soldiers Goodbye To Yesterday - Unstoppable
2012 Hollywood Ending Always 18 Hollywood Ending She's All That
2012 Redemption Alive - Find - Lies - Faith
2011 Best Intentions On Your Own
2011 Daisy Chain
2011 Amely The Raleigh Sessions Amely Independent Records Never Gonna Let Go
2010 Before Their Eyes Untouchable Entire Album
2010 Amely Hello World Come Back - Sing To You

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Steve Aiello of Monty Are I. TWRY. November 14, 2017. August 20, 2007.
  2. News: Gulla. Bob. The Full Monty. November 16, 2017. The Providence Phoenix. November 28, 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20170521121540/http://www.providencephoenix.com/music/top/documents/03365736.asp. May 21, 2017.
  3. Web site: Hopkin. Kenyon. Monty Are I. AllMusic. All Media Network. November 16, 2017.
  4. Web site: Stevie Aiello. Razor & Tie Music Publishing. November 16, 2017.
  5. Web site: Untouchable. AllMusic. All Media Network. November 16, 2017.
  6. Thirty Seconds To Mars on Tour: Behind-The-Scenes Q&A and Performance. November 14, 2017. Billboard. December 12, 2013.
  7. Web site: Timothy. Monger. Transmissions. AllMusic. All Media Network. November 16, 2017.
  8. Web site: 46th GMA Dove Awards Nominees. Gospel Music Association. January 14, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160111190016/http://doveawards.com/nominees/. January 11, 2016.
  9. Web site: Bart Millard Of Mercyme And Lecrae To Host 45th Annual GMA Dove Awards. GMA Dove Awards. November 16, 2017. August 22, 2014.
  10. Web site: Sleeping With Sirens' Acoustic Version of 'Legends' Is Gorgeous. iHeartRadio. iHeartMedia. November 16, 2017. October 26, 2017.