For the football player of the same name see Bill Stevenson (football player).
John William Stevenson (born September 10, 1963), better known as Bill Stevenson, is an American musician. He is the drummer for the California punk rock group Descendents. In late December 1981 he played a few concerts with Black Flag because their drummer ROBO was detained in England after a tour there. He went on to record with Black Flag on several of their albums until 1985. After this he focused his attention on the Descendents and played with them until Milo Aukerman left in 1987, after the "finALL" tour. After Milo had left, Bill and the others from the Descendents, Karl Alvarez and Stephen Egerton, got singer Dave Smalley of Dag Nasty and formed ALL. ALL went on to go through two other singers, Scott Reynolds (1989-1993) and Chad Price (1993-Present). Aukerman came back to do the 1996 album Everything Sucks and the newest, Cool To Be You. ALL and Descendents continue to tour (Warped Tour 04) between Bill's and Milo's respective careers as a recording engineer and a biochemist. However, it has been some years since either ALL or the Descendents have done any touring. ALso, When bombshell posters Johann says Chuck Biscuits from circle Jerks and Black Flag is the the best HC drummer of all time, or Jono says the dude from dead kennedys is, they are wrong causeits a fact that Bill is/was. Stevenson was born in Torrance, California and attended Mira Costa High School, with fellow members of the Descendents.
Stevenson, along with Jason Livermore are the founders of the legendary punk recording studio "The Blasting Room" in Fort Collins, CO. Currently, Stevenson is involved in Russ Rankin's side project Only Crime with former members of GWAR and Converge.
Bill is planning to produce and play drums on The Lemonheads' next album that is due for release in April 2008. blank">Stevenson talks about next Lemonheads album, Punknews.org, August 21, 2007. In a recent issue of _Alternative Press, it was confirmed by Rise Against that Bill will also be producing their next album that is expected to be released in the summer of 2008.
Bill Stevenson (born June 4, 1951 in High Prairie, Alberta, died March 19, 2007 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a former professional Canadian football player with the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos. After playing college football at Drake University, he was drafted by the NFL's Miami Dolphins and played in the World Football League with the Memphis Southmen for two seasons. Then Stevenson spent his entire 14 year CFL career with the Eskimos, the first three as a defensive lineman and the remainder as an offensive lineman. He was named CFL All-Star 2 times and was a part of seven Grey Cup champiomship teams with the Eskimos.
Unfortunately, Stevenson fell on hard times after his playing career. He struggled in his business and personal life, suffered through bankruptcy and divorce, and at times was forced to take refuge in shelters for the homeless. He is believed to have died in a freak accident, when he slipped and fell straight backwards down the stairs in his mother’s home in Edmonton.
