He played drums with several Bowling Green bands including Alfred & The Stately Wayne Manors, Swale, A Tribute to Elvis and the Ricky Nelson Story.

Finally, in 1986, Steve, along with friends Brent Woods and Jon Vanover, formed Lack of Interest and recorded a four-song demo tape titled "Content to Sit and Stare" in April 1986 at the University Heights Academy gymnasium.

When the Robinson brothers lost their drummer Jeff Sullivan to the band Drivin n Cryin, Gorman was asked to sit in and play on "Mr. Crowes Garden's" demo session for A&M records.

On September 24, 2019, Gorman released Hard to Handle: The Life and Death of the Black Crowes - A Memoir, which he co-wrote with author Steven Hyden.

[2] On January 9, 2023, Gorman joined classic rock KQRS-FM in Minneapolis as co-host of the morning show with Brian Zepp, Tony Lee and Candice Wheeler.

Gorman has contributed drum tracks to the solo album from Lamb of God guitarist Mark Morton, scheduled for release on March 1, 2019.

On the show Gorman tells tales of life on the road and riffs on current sports, music and pop culture events.