While in Montreal he attended Concordia University for two years studying photography and film before leaving the school to pursue music as a full-time career.

He also joined the punk band My Dog Popper, and played drums on two records as well as performing live with the group and in their side project Johnny Neon Beef.

With a little prompting from Youth Brigade drummer Mark Stern, Donnell asked Kravac to forward him a demo reel of his work.

[11] It was through Tooth and Nail that Kravac also began working with the Bremerton-based band MxPx for whom he produced three full-length albums including the RIAA gold accredited album "Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo" released on A&M Records and Life in General which featured "Chick Magnet", arguably the band's most popular single and a popular record amongst their fans.

[12] Also in 1998, Steve produced, engineered, and mixed the Christian pop-punk band Slick Shoes second full-length album "Burn Out" at Westbeach Recorders[13] for their then label Tooth & Nail.

Burn Out is still one of Slick Shoes fan favorite albums, taking a more west coast hardcore approach in their guitar riffs and melodic content.

While Bradley played almost all the instruments on the LP he recruiting some additional talent to round out the sound, including Wayne Kramer (MC5), Kevin Kane (Grapes of Wrath, Northern Pikes), Steve McDonald (Red Kross), Mike Herrera (MXPX), Danny McGough (Social Distortion, Continental Drifters) and pedal steel virtuoso Greg Leisz.

The single "Capitol Hill" and its accompanying video hit a nostalgic note with other past and present residents of the Vancouver neighborhood it was named for.

"The song's video features a blend of archival photos and more recent footage of Bradley's old stomping grounds, which will probably get any other ex-Burnaby residents feeling all misty-eyed as well.

[23] Located roughly an hour north of Los Angeles in the southern California countryside his new facility is a combination of analog and digital recording equipment.