Steven Spence
{{short description|American drummer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Steven Spence
| image = Steven Spence.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| origin=United States
| occupation = Musician
|genre=Heavy metal, metalcore
|instrument=Drums, keyboards
| years_active = 2007–present
| past_member_of = Black Tide
| website = {{url|iamstevenspence.com}}
}}
Steven Spence is an American musician. He often appears in Instagram video skits with other Internet personalities such as Lele Pons, Jason Neubauer and King Bach. From 2007 to 2012, he was the drummer for the heavy metal band Black Tide.{{cite web |url=http://www.drummagazine.com/features/post/steven-spence-black-tides-fast-track-to-ozzfest/ |title=Steven Spence: Fast Track To Ozzfest |last1=Lentz |first1=Andrew |date=May 15, 2012 |website=drummagazine.com |publisher=Enter Music Publishing, Inc |access-date=July 13, 2015}}{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/breaking-artist-black-tide-20080430 |title=Breaking Artist: Black Tide |author= |date=April 30, 2008 |website=rollingstone.com |publisher=Rolling Stone |access-date=July 13, 2015}}
Career
Spence grew up playing guitar and piano, which he taught himself to play by ear. He was mentored by his uncle who played keyboards with the reggae band The Wailers.{{cite web |url=http://www.keyboardmag.com/artists/1236/steven-spence-of-black-tide/28467 |title=Steven Spence of Black Tide |last1=Perdomo |first1=Fernando |date=September 23, 2011 |website=keyboardmag.com |publisher=NewBay Media, LLC |access-date=July 13, 2015}} Spence got his first drum kit in 2001 and taught himself how to play.{{cite web |url=http://www.spin.com/2008/02/whos-next-08-black-tide/ |title=Who's Next '08: Black Tide |last1=Anderson |first1=Kyle |date=February 1, 2008 |website=spin.com |publisher=SpinMusic |access-date=July 13, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.readperiodicals.com/201002/1938741131.html |title=Steven Spence |last1=Worley |first1=Gail |date=February 1, 2010 |website=readperiodicals.com |publisher=Modern Drummer |access-date=July 13, 2015}} He was accepted and enrolled in Florida State University in Tallahassee. When he auditioned for the heavy metal band Black Tide, in 2007, he quit school to tour Ozzfest and record the group's debut album Light from Above in Chicago.
In 2009, Spence was selected as an "Up and Coming" artist in the Modern Drummer readers' poll. The same year, he won first place at the Vans Warped Tour Drum-Off. When playing live with Black Tide, Spence would play the drums and keyboard simultaneously. He also recorded keyboards and piano on various songs including "Into the Sky" on Post Mortem and the title track on Light from Above. In 2012, he left Black Tide to work on other projects.{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/black-tide-loses-members-records-new-ep/ |title=BLACK TIDE Loses Members, Records New EP |author= |date=August 6, 2013 |website=blabbermouth.net |access-date=July 13, 2015}}
Spence is also a DJ and composer. He has worked with bands including The Mowgli's and Kalin and Myles.{{cite web |url=http://www.rockedition.com/interviews/artist-interviews/interview-with-steven-spence-of-black-tide/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402154041/http://www.rockedition.com/interviews/artist-interviews/interview-with-steven-spence-of-black-tide/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=April 2, 2012 |title=Interview with Steven Spence of Black Tide |last1=Sugarman |first1=Scott |date=November 23, 2011 |website=rockedition.com |publisher=Rock Edition |access-date=July 13, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/steven-spence-mn0000990915/credits |title=Steven Spence |author= |website=allmusic.com |publisher=All Media Network, LLC |access-date=July 13, 2015}} In 2014, he collaborated as a songwriter with Clinton Sparks, The Mowgli's and Kylie Morgan on the song "I'm Good". The song was written to be an anthem for the Band Together Project, an initiative created to end bullying.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl-5PdLYAt0 |title="I'm Good" – Official Lyric Video |author= |website=YouTube.com |publisher=Band Together Project |access-date=July 13, 2015}}
Filmography
= Films =
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Title !Role !Note |
| 2017
|Hoverboard Thief |
= Music videos =
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Title !Artist !Role |
| 2017
|"Pillow Talking" |Native American |
| 2016
|"If It Feels Right" |Steven Spence |Producer, vocals, performer |
| 2011
|"That Fire" |Drummer |
| 2011
|"Walking Dead Man" |Black Tide |Drummer |
| 2011
|"Fight 'Til the Bitter End" |Black Tide |Drummer |
| 2011
|"Bury Me" |Black Tide |Drummer |
| 2009
|"Shockwave" |Black Tide |Drummer |
| 2008
|"Warriors of Time" |Black Tide |Drummer |
| 2008
|"Shout" |Black Tide |Drummer |
References
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External links
- [http://noisecreep.com/five-albums-that-changed-my-life-black-tide-drummer-steven-spen/ Five Albums That Changed My Life: Black Tide Drummer Steven Spence]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhrWUJXilT4/ Steven Spence Bedroom Drum Solo]
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:American male drummers
Category:21st-century American drummers
Category:American heavy metal musicians