Steve Kravac
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| Background information | |
| Born | June 17, 1964 |
| Origin | British Columbia, Canada |
| Genres | Punk rock, indie rock, ska, hardcore, power pop, Pop punk |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, recording engineer, musician, composer |
| Instruments | Drums, bass guitar, guitar, vocals |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Labels | Porterhouse, Porterhouse Prime Vinyl, Porterhouse 101 |
| Associated acts | MxPx, Blink-182, Pepper, Less Than Jake, Home Grown |
| Website | www |
Steven B. Kravac (born June 17, 1964), is a Canadian-born RIAA gold-accredited record producer, recording engineer, musician and composer. He is the owner of the music label Porterhouse Records and its sub-labels Porterhouse Prime Vinyl and Porterhouse 101.
He has produced albums for MXPX as well as Pepper,Less Than Jake, Tsunami Bomb, and Home Grown among others. Known for achieving a polished radio friendly sound, many of the acts he has worked with have enjoyed a moderate amount of commercial success. However he cites simple tried and true recording techniques as the method for success.
Steve Kravac was born in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, a suburb of the City of Vancouver. He attended Burnaby North Secondary School and while in high school began playing drums and founded his first band, Social Outcasts who played locally in support of punk acts DOA and the Angelic Upstarts. He graduated in 1982, and shortly thereafter moved across Canada to the city Montreal where he resided for twelve years.
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. At this time he began working on his first commercial productions including records from Canadian bands Doughboys, Asexuals and Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra. 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. Later he would join forces with noted Canadian songwriter Alex Soria of the band The Nils. to form Los Patos, a pop rock music vehicle for Soria's songs. The line up consisted of Soria on guitar and vocals, Stephan (Hams) Hamel on bass and Kravac on drums and background vocals. The project was short lived, but one commercial track was released, a cover of Donovan's "Changes" which was on Island of Circles, a tribute album to Donovan released on the Vancouver, B.C.-based Nettwerk Records.
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