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Guy Stevens (13 April 1943 – 28 August 1981) was a British music industry figure whose roles included DJ, record producer and band manager. He was influential in promoting R&B music in Britain in the 1960s, gave the rock bands Procol Harum and Mott the Hoople their distinctive names and co-produced The Clash's album London Calling.
1. Aug. 2023 · Guy Stevens is mostly remembered as the man who produced ‘London Calling’ by The Clash or as the crazy manager and producer of Mott the Hoople.
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10. Dez. 2023 · Guy Stevens, a maverick in the British music scene, left an enduring legacy. From shaping the playlists of the Scene Club to influencing the roster at Sue and Island Records, his impact resonates through the careers of artists and the timeless songs he helped create.
3. Jan. 2019 · In this archival interview from 2003, Di Stevens opens up to Bill Brewster about life with Guy during the early years of his music career, touching on her own experiences of London’s jazz and mod clubs, Guy’s weekly residency at the Scene Club and how he got into collecting records.
17. Dez. 2019 · Guy Stevens, the Clash’s hand-picked producer for their pivotal third LP, a double album titled London Calling, was not happy with how the band was performing. So he applied the Guy Stevens ...
10. Sept. 2020 · Mott the Hoople and Spooky Tooth producer Guy Stevens was responsible for not only Mick being sacked from his pre-Clash band Violent Luck (‘Lose the skinny second guitarist!’), but he had also got wasted and made a bit of a mess of the mixes on the band’s now legendary ‘Polydor Demos’, in 1976.
As Britain stumbled from the grey torpor of the 1950s into the brash glare of the soon-to-be swinging 60s, Guy Stevens' red and yellow Sue label became a talisman for the hippest kids on the block, a marker for the growing divide between the pop mainstream and the burgeoning R&B/Soul underground.
