Steve Levine

Steve Levine is a British record producer, best known for his work on Culture Club's studio albums.

Levine's career began as a trainee tape-op at CBS studios in 1975, soon progressed to in house engineer, working with many new wave and punk acts including the Clash, the Jags, XTC and many of CBS Records' pop acts, including Sailor.

It was at CBS that Levine met Beach Boy Bruce Johnston, who would play an important role in the consolidation of his production career,[citation needed] culminating with Levine producing the 1985 album The Beach Boys.

From the early 1980s, with the worldwide success of Culture Club, Levine's reputation grew and, apart from the Beach Boys, he produced work for the Honeyz, John Howard, China Crisis, Motörhead, Ziggy Marley, Westworld and Gary Moore.

[2] Levine is also a LIPA companion[citation needed] and holds an Honorary Doctorate at Bucks University.