# Guitarist, Singer & Songwriter STEVE CONTE Releases New Single + Video “Flying”

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- Published: 2021-10-19T09:30:00-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

**NYC Guitarist, Singer & Songwriter Steve Conte (New York Dolls, Michael Monroe)
Releases New Single + Video “Flying”**

**Off Upcoming Album ‘Bronx Cheer’ Out November 5, 2021**

[**Stream The New Single “Flying” Here**](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=932365.2246.1.df9abf3503acfa4864a96452311c9965)

[**Watch The Music Video Here**](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=932365.2247.1.3c691d2b16ba07d5c0904326d77b443a)

[**Pre-Save The Album ‘Bronx Cheer’ Here**](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=932365.2248.1.20d0ee4b7e78f6b38a29628c3a458474)

Core band consists of Steve Conte on guitar and vocals with bass by his brother 
John Conte (Southside Johnny & The Jukes, David Bowie, Ian Hunter) and Charley Drayton(
Keith Richards, Iggy Pop, The Replacements) on drums. LP also features guest appearances
by Clem Burke (Blondie), Andy Rourke (The Smiths), and Jesse Malin.

_“The best rock and roll has the power to lift the sedentary from their chairs and
make even the most blasé sing along. That’s a good description of what happens when
you crank up Steve Conte.”- _**_Elmore Magazine_**

_“A bright, fuzzy sounding slice of American pop rock suitable for all.”- _**_Backseat
Mafia_**

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_Photo: Anja van Ast_

New York City guitarist, singer and songwriter **Steve Conte** has released **“Flying,”**
the next single off his first solo album in five years, the attitude-infused _**
Bronx Cheer**_, releasing Friday, **November 5** on **Wicked Cool Records**.

Steve says, _“This one goes back to 1994 when I was working on a band that was never
to be with Brynn Arens of Flipp. We jammed on this in my rehearsal studio very organically
and I came up with the lyrics later. I did a few demos of it over the years and 
it never left my consciousness. I always knew it was a winner, and when I played
it to filmmaker Peter Perenyi, he fell in love with it and was dying to make an 
epic video for it…which he has done now! It’s about how in the face of adversity,
disappointment and trauma, a person of strong will can keep going for their dreams.
Of course, in my case, it could just be that I’m stubborn as hell and can’t do anything
else!”_

Long known for his memorable guitar work as a member of **New York Dolls**, as well
as former **Hanoi Rocks** frontman **Michael Monroe’s** band (with whom he still
performs), Steve found international fame in recent years via his collaborations
with Japanese composer and artist **Yoko Kanno** on the soundtracks to several hit
anime series, including _**Cowboy Bebop**_.

**Stream the new single “Flying” HERE:** [https://orcd.co/flying](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=932365.2249.1.1fd18a6909d71f61da3da0d6b4a358bb)

**Watch the video HERE:** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpsoo6s1pXw](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=932365.2250.1.c129ad466cb04b988e6807f5f17bbc41)

**Read more about the song and video on American Songwriter:** [https://americansongwriter.com/steve-conte-releases-flying-off-upcoming-album-bronx-cheer/](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=932365.2251.1.e88c62a9ab780e76baaf0ecb541ee4af)

Steve Conte - Flying (Official Video)

[⌊Steve Conte - Flying (Official Video)⌉⌊Steve Conte - Flying (Official Video)⌉

Watch this video on YouTube

Of the album’s title, Conte says, _“A ‘Bronx cheer’ is what we also call a ‘raspberry.’
Sticking out your tongue and blowing air to make a fart sound. The title for this
album works on many levels. First is the fact that I moved to The Bronx five years
ago – and I’m lovin’ it! But it all came together when I found the photo, which 
is on the album cover, of a group of high school kids marching down Fifth Avenue
protesting the election of Donald Trump. So not only is the lead kid, Theo Fenton,
raising his fist in protest, contrasting the word ‘cheer,’ the title also gives 
Trump a big fat raspberry!”_

**Pre-save the upcoming album ‘Bronx Cheer’ HERE:**[https://orcd.co/bronxcheer](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=932365.2253.1.356a7c0260a4f5de61d2c618bb813f3f)

_**Bronx Cheer**_ is brimming with the spirit of New York both past and present.“
I remember the danger, dirty streets, the garbage strike, sleazy 42nd Street,”_ 
Conte recalls of his first visits to the city as a kid in the 1970s. _“When I moved
here in the mid-1980s it was not all that different – but it’s very different now.
Yet somehow, I still love it – and hate it. To me, that’s what the Blues and Punk
Rock have in common – complaining!”

The album’s 11 tuneful new songs, all written by Conte (with one co-written by **
Brynn Arens**) swing like a citified update on **Paul Westerberg** or **Old 97’s.**
The first single “Recovery Doll” is a fast-paced tale of excess that traces a descent
from fun times to darker spaces. “Wildwood Moon” and “Dog Days Of Summer” are bursting
with hot-weather nostalgia and shimmering production. “Liar Like You” is an unabashed
Punk rave-up.

The core of _**Bronx Cheer**_ consists of Steve on guitar and vocals with bass by
his brother **John Conte (Southside Johnny & The Jukes, David Bowie, Ian Hunter)**
and the renowned **Charley Drayton (Keith Richards, Iggy Pop, The Replacements)**
on drums.

_“I knew I wanted to make a straight ahead Rock and Soul album with New York attitude,
but I didn’t want the approach of the drummer to be predictable or normal.”_ Steve
explains. _“Charley brings a certain quirkiness to a track that no one else would
think of. And John was the only bass player I even considered having on this record.”_

Conte produced the album with **Andrew Hollander**, who in addition to work with
Indie bands like **White Rabbits** has also composed and/or produced with Pop stalwarts
like **The Chainsmokers** and **Carly Rae Jepsen.**_“A lot of times Andrew was the
tiebreaker between two different parts of my mind, like when I was wondering if 
I should play a 12-string solo or use a wah-wah pedal.”_

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Tracking for the album began in September 2019 at Atomic Sound in Brooklyn. Overdubs
were completed by February 2020, and the album was mixed during the pandemic by **
Niko Bolas (Neil Young, Keith Richards, Don Henley).**

Album closer “Gimme Gimme Rockaway” is the one song which had been released prior
to 2021, having found success and “Coolest Song In The World” status on **Little
Steven’s Underground Garage** as a 2017 single. For that track, the band consists
of Conte with **Clem Burke** of **Blondie** on drums and **Andy Rourke** of **The
Smiths** on bass, with Wicked Cool labelmate **Jesse Malin** on backing vocals.

Raised in a musical family – Steve’s mother Rosemary Conte is a noted NY/NJ jazz
singer – Steve started spending time in New York City as a kid, his father bringing
him to his first Madison Square Garden concert, by none other than Chuck Berry. 
Some years later, Conte found himself playing an entire show onstage in Berry’s 
band. His own music first gained notice when his band **Company Of Wolves** signed
to Mercury Records, releasing a self-titled album on the label in 1990. Over the
years he’s also worked with **Peter Wolf, Eric Burdon of The Animals, Willy DeVille,
Billy Squier, Willie Nile, Maceo Parker**, and even been **Paul Simon’s** tour rehearsal
vocal stand-in.

Conte first met Wicked Cool founder **Stevie Van Zandt** when the Dolls played Van
Zandt’s Underground Garage Festival in 2004. _“But my connection with him goes back
to Jersey,”_ he says. _“I grew up with his cousins in Matawan [near the Jersey shore],
so I had been hearing about his legend for years.”_

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