Songwriting UK Magazine interview with Jon Stevens

We meet the Antipodean rock singer and Noiseworks/INXS frontman who went from teenage superstar to Jesus Christ Superstar and beyond

Antipodean singer-songwriter Jon Stevens is recognised as one of the most talented rock musicians to emerge from Australia. His solo career took off as early as 1980 when, at the age of 16, he topped the New Zealand charts with his first two singles. Luckily the commercial success didn’t stop there, as Jon went on to front Sydney rock band Noiseworks, who released three platinum studio albums between 1987 and 1991, followed by a greatest hits collection in 1992.

Jon Stevens live

When the group split that year, Jon ended up performing in an Australian production of the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar, before embarking on another phase as a solo artist. From 2000 to 2003, following the death of his friend Michael Hutchence, Jon was asked to take his place as the lead singer of INXS and toured with the band.

Over the last three decades, the New Zealander continued to ply his trade as a musician, songwriter and producer, collaborating with the likes of Slash and forming The Dead Daisies project.

And now, for Jon’s tenth studio album, Starlight, he joined forces with legendary Dave Stewart of Eurythmics, who co-wrote and produced the record, and recruited other stellar featured artists like Ringo Starr.

It sounded like a fascinating story, so we gave Jon a call to find out more…

Read the full article here.