# Stevie Aiello

Stephen Aiello (born April 30, 1983) is an American songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is best known for touring and recording with American rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars. He was one of the founding members of Monty Are I, a band he formed in 1998 with some friends. Aiello has also worked with artists such as Mumford & Sons, Cheyenne Jackson, Lana Del Rey, Junkie XL, Young Guns, Cobra Starship, Every Avenue, Starset, and The Knocks, among others.
Aiello was nominated for two GMA Dove Awards for his work with Rapture Ruckus on the album Invader (2015). His list of work includes projects with recording acts like Sleeping with Sirens, Of Mice & Men, We Came as Romans, Anti-Flag, Blessthefall, Pop Evil, and Before Their Eyes.

## Early life

Stevie Aiello was born April 30, 1983, in Cranston, Rhode Island. His family has Italian origins; his great-grandparents moved from Serrastretta to United States in the early 20th-century. Aiello attended the Cranston High School West and then enrolled at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston. While he was a student there, he started writing music and playing in a number of rock and metal bands. His influences include artists as varied as Underoath, Metallica, Josh Groban, Hans Zimmer, and Michael Jackson.

## Music career

Aiello founded Monty Are I in 1998 with guitarist Ryan Muir, keyboardist Andrew Borstein, bassist Mike Matarese, and drummer Justin Muir. Aiello was the lead singer of the band and played rhythm guitar. After winning Ernie Ball's Battle of the Bands in 2003, Monty Are I signed to Stolen Transmission, an imprint of Island Records.
Monty Are I went on to play Warped Tour and shared the stage with bands like Anberlin, My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, Yellowcard, Hawthorne Heights and The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. Aiello recorded the albums Wall of People (2006) and Break Through the Silence (2009) as frontman and composer of Monty Are I. He later joined music publishing company Razor & Tie as songwriter and record producer. During this period, he worked with Ben Lovett from Mumford & Sons, Cheyenne Jackson, Lana Del Rey, Junkie XL, Alex Suarez from Cobra Starship, Every Avenue, and The Knocks.
Aiello collaborated with Before Their Eyes on the albums Untouchable (2010) and Redemption (2012) alongside producer Joey Sturgis. In early 2013, He moved to Los Angeles where he started working with Thirty Seconds to Mars after former touring member Tim Kelleher left the band to work on his own music. Aiello is playing bass guitar, keyboards and occasionally rhythm guitar. He later began to take part at recording sessions with the band. In 2014, Aiello joined producer Rob Graves to work with Starset on the album Transmissions (2014), and again in 2019 for Starset's third studio album, Divisions.
He worked with Crown the Empire on the albums The Resistance: Rise of the Runaways (2014) and Retrograde (2016). His work with Rapture Ruckus on their fifth album Invader (2015) earned him two nominations at the GMA Dove Awards in the categories of Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year and Rap/Hip Hop Song of the Year. Aiello rejoined Joey Sturgis to work with Blessthefall on their fifth album To Those Left Behind (2015). He later worked on the records Echoes (2016) by Young Guns and Gossip (2017) by Sleeping with Sirens.
In 2018 he started a side project called CNTRLLR and on 19 October of the same year he released a new version of "Stuck" by The Aces on Spotify and YouTube. On April 26, 2019 he released a new song called "Endgame".

## Discography

| Year | Artist | Album | Label | Songs |
| 2020 | The Score | - | Republic Records | Best Part |
| 2020 | Anti-Flag | 20/20 Vision | Spinefarm Records UK | The Disease - Un-American |
| 2019 | Natalia Nykel | Origo EP | Universal Music Polska Sp. | Wanna Go Back |
| 2019 | League of Legends ft. Chrissy Costanza - Cailin Russo | Phoenix | Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC | Phoenix |
| 2019 | Arrested Youth | - | Lowly | What You're Made Of |
| 2019 | Starset | Divisions | Fearless Records | Waking Up - Faultline |
| 2019 | Dreamers | Launch Fly Land | Fairfax Recordings | Celebrate |
| 2018 | WWE Music Group | Flight Of The Valkyries (Daniel Bryan) | Columbia Records | Flight Of The Valkyries |
| 2018 | Thrillchaser | A Lot Like Love | Thrillchaser | Hold on to the Night - Out of Our Minds |
| 2018 | Of Mice & Men | Defy | Rise Records | How Will You Live - Back To Me |
| 2018 | No Sleep For Lucy | Until The End | Lucy Records | Don't Let Go |
| 2018 | Escape The Fate | I Am Human | Eleven Seven Music | Four Letter Word |
| 2018 | Diamante | Volume I | Time Records | Bulletproof |
| 2018 | Thirty Seconds to Mars | America | Interscope | Walk On Water - Dangerous Night - Dangerous Night |
| 2017 | Sleeping With Sirens | Gossip | Warner Bros | Legends - Trouble - Hole In My Heart - Empire To Ashes |
| 2017 | Sainte | Smile and Wave | Good Problems | Lighthouse |
| 2017 | Motionless In White | Graveyard Shift | Roadrunner Records | Queen For Queen - Untouchable |
| 2017 | Hanazuki ft. Cosmos & Creature | Beautiful Life | Legacy Recordings | Beautiful Life |
| 2017 | Fernando Varela | Vivere | Panorama | I Believe In You |
| 2017 | Falling In Reverse | Coming Home | Epitaph | Superhero |
| 2017 | Echo Black | Dawn | Echo Black | Poison Apple |
| 2017 | Anti-Flag | American Fall | Spinefarm Records US | American Attraction - Throw It Away |
| 2016 | Young Guns | Echoes | Wind-up Records | Mad World |
| 2016 | Out Came The Wolves | Strange Fate | Roadrunner Records | Bleed - The Curse |
| 2016 | James Durbin | Riot On Sunset | Wild Vine Records | We Are The Unknown |
| 2016 | I Prevail | Lifelines | Fearless | One More Time - Stuck In Your Head |
| 2016 | Crown The Empire | Retrograde | Rise Records | Oxygen |
| 2016 | Bad Seed Rising | Awake In Color | Roadrunner Records | Horizon |
| 2016 | As Lions | Selfish Age | Eleven Seven Music | Pieces |
| 2016 | American Wolves | Part Of Me | American Wolves | Part Of Me |
| 2016 | Alive In Barcelona | Alive in Barcelona | Smartpunk Records | Back To Life |
| 2016 | Against The Current | In Our Bones | Fueled By Ramen/Atla | Brighter - Forget Me Now - Roses |
| 2015 | We Came as Romans | We Came As Romans | Equal Vision/Spinefarm/Caroline Australia | Flatline - Memories - The World I Used To Know |
| 2015 | Soysauce ft. Stalking Gia | Lunch Money | ASCAP | Talking To Myself |
| 2015 | Sleeping Wolf | The Dark | Sleeping Wolf Music | BlindFold |
| 2015 | Gentlemen Roosevelt | Here EP | Roosevelt Records | Here |
| 2015 | Conquer Divide | Conquer Divide | Artery Recordings | Nightmares |
| 2015 | Breathe Carolina feat. Karra | Platinum Hearts | Armada Trice | Platinum Hearts |
| 2015 | Blessthefall | To Those Left Behind | Fearless Records | Condition//Comatose - Up In Flames |
| 2015 | Against The Current | Gravity | Warner Music Japan | Brighter - Fireproof - Paralyzed |
| 2014 | Crown The Empire | The Resistance | Rise Records | Cross Our Bones |
| 2014 | Starset | Transmission | Razor & Tie | My Demons |
| 2014 | James Durbin | Celebrate | Wind-up Records | Louder Than A Loaded Gun |
| 2014 | Heartist | Feeding Fiction | The All Blacks U.S.A., Inc. | Skeletons - Unbreakable |
| 2014 | Dan Sultan | Blackbird | Liberation Records | Loving's Just For Fools |
| 2014 | Charming Liars | We Won't Give Up | Riot | My Kind Of Crazy |
| 2014 | Black Veil Brides | Black Veil Brides | Lava Records/Universal Republic Records | Shattered God |
| 2013 | William Beckett | Genuine & Counterfeit | Equal Vision Records | Cracks in the Ceiling |
| 2013 | Love and Death | Between Here & Lost | Tooth & Nail Records | Meltdown |
| 2013 | Cheyenne Jackson | I'm Blue, Skies | Shiny Boy Music LLC | Before You - She's Pretty, She Lies - I'm Blue, Skies - Drive - Don't Wanna Know |
| 2012 | Shaun Lopez - Spacebrother | The Antidote | - | The Antidote |
| 2012 | Sovereign Soldiers | Born Again | Sovereign Soldiers | Goodbye To Yesterday - Unstoppable |
| 2012 | Hollywood Ending | Always 18 | Hollywood Ending | She's All That |
| 2012 | Before Their Eyes | Redemption | InVogue Records | Alive - Find - Lies - Faith |
| 2011 | We Are the In Crowd | Best Intentions | Hopeless Records | On Your Own |
| 2011 | Pop Evil | War of Angels | eOne Music | Daisy Chain |
| 2011 | Amely | The Raleigh Sessions | Amely Independent Records | Never Gonna Let Go |
| 2010 | Before Their Eyes | Untouchable | Rise Records | Entire Album |
| 2010 | Amely | Hello World | Fearless Records | Come Back - Sing To You |