Steve Stevens is an American guitarist. He is best known as Billy Idol's guitarist and songwriting collaborator, and for his lead guitar work on the theme to Top Gun – "Top Gun Anthem" – for which he won a Grammy in 1987: Best Pop Instrumental Performance.
Stevens in 2022
Stevens (left) and Billy Idol in 2003
William Michael Albert Broad, known professionally as Billy Idol, is an English-American singer, songwriter, musician and actor. He first achieved fame in the 1970s emerging from the London punk rock scene as the lead singer of the group Generation X. Subsequently, he embarked on a solo career which led to international recognition and made Idol a lead artist during the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" in the US. The name "Billy Idol" was inspired by a schoolteacher's description of him as "idle".
Idol performing with Generation Sex in 2023
Idol performing during the Cradle of Love Tour, 1990
Idol performing at the Milton Keynes Bowl in Buckinghamshire, 1993
Idol performing on stage at the Brixton Academy in London, 2005