Hailing from a small farm town just outside of St. Louis Missouri, Steve Wilson taught himself how to play the drums by listing to records when he was about 4 years old. His father bought him his first set of drums at age 11 and he joined his first band at age 13, boosting him to play his first “bar gig” at 15 and participate in his first recording session at 17.  Having a father and uncle who where both musicians, Steve grew up in a house surrounded by music.  From country western to rock and roll and all stops in between.  Steve credits his parents, sister, and uncle for his early love of music and his willingness to enjoy all popular styles of it. 

 Being involved in school band and High School Jazz band by day, and playing in his rock band by night, along with the careful musical and career guidance of his High School music teacher Matt, the foundation for a lifelong love of playing the drums had been poured.

Post High School, Steve attended P.I.T at Musicians Institute in Los Angeles, CA where he met, recorded with and became life long friends with Dave Weiner from the Steve Vai Band. While still a student at M.I.  Steve also met, auditioned for and went on to record and tour with D.H. Peligro, drummer from the iconic punk rock band the Dead Kennedys in his side project Peligro.  A six week U.S tour in the summer of 2000 would result in Steve leaving school to pursue this opportunity and would later lead to Steve “filling in” on drums for D.H on several D.K tours both domestic and international from 2005 to 2015.  Steve would also be invited to write and record with East Bay Ray of the Dead Kennedys on his 2010 solo release  East Bay Ray and the Killer Smiles, produced by Paul Leary (Sublime, Butthole Surfers)