While he has a deep appreciation for a variety of artists and musical genres – from Elton John, Carly Simon[5] and James Taylor to AC/DC, Kiss, Nirvana and Radiohead – Stevens says the band that had the biggest impact on his career was The Beatles.
Stevens was a singer and guitarist, living in Los Angeles, when he formed The Exies in 1997 with bassist Freddy Herrera and drummer Thom Sullivan.
[15] In May 2006, the band announced that it would return to the studio with producer James Michael to work on its fourth album, A Modern Way of Living with the Truth, which was released a year later by Eleven Seven Music.
[16] Songs from that album were released on MySpace and iTunes, among them "God We Look Good (Going Down in Flames)," along with acoustic versions of "My Goddess," "Ugly," "Genius," and "Tired of You.
Steven's first cut with Bug was a song he wrote for Theory Of A Deadman, titled "Head Above Water," from The Transformers: Dark of the Moon soundtrack.