Kevin Bivona

Kevin Bivona (born November 8, 1986[2]) is an American musician and audio engineer best known for his work with The Transplants and Tim Armstrong. He is currently the guitarist for the ska punk band The Interrupters.

Kevin Bivona
Born (1986-11-08) November 8, 1986
Van Nuys, California, U.S.
Other names"Sweatshop", "Young Kevin"
OccupationMusician, record producer, audio engineer
Spouse(s)Aimee Allen[1]
Musical career
GenresPunk rock, ska punk, street punk, hardcore punk, reggae, ska, 2-tone, country music, rapcore, hip hop
InstrumentsGuitar, vocals
Years active2005–present
LabelsHellcat, Epitaph, Interscope
Associated actsThe Interrupters, Jimmy Cliff, Rancid, Tim Timebomb, Transplants, The Engine Room, Devils Brigade, Travis Barker, +44, Psycho White, Paul Wall, The Cool Kids, Dirt Nasty, Cypress Hill

Early career

In 2005, Bivona became the touring keyboard player for The Transplants on the Vans Warped Tour. Following the Warped Tour, he began to work around Los Angeles as a recording engineer.[3] This led to continued involvement with Transplants, as well as Paul Wall, Travis Barker, Dirt Nasty, The Cool Kids, and Psycho White.

Personal life

Bivona is married to fellow Interrupters band member Aimee Allen.[1] The other two members of the Interrupters are his twin brothers.

With The Transplants and studio work

On March 2, 2011, Bivona appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno with Travis Barker and Cypress Hill, performing "The Beat Goes On" off Barker's debut solo album.[4] On March 7, 2011, he appeared on Conan with the Transplants performing "Saturday Night" off Travis' solo record.[5]

In 2011, he engineered and mixed the Jimmy Cliff record Rebirth produced by Tim Armstrong. Both Armstrong and Bivona were awarded the Grammy Award for "Best Reggae Album."

In 2012, Bivona and Aimee Allen co-founded the Los Angeles-based ska-punk band The Interrupters along with his brothers, twins Jesse and Justin.[6] Their debut record was released August 5, 2014, on Hellcat Records.

"Tim Timebomb" project

From October 2012 to October 2013, Bivona was heavily involved in the Tim Timebomb project, in which Rancid frontman Tim Armstrong released a song a day for a year via his website.[7]

During the summer of 2013, the Transplants toured the US and Canada, opening for Rancid. The Rancid headlining tour was split into three legs, with the Transplants on the first two legs of the tour. For the third and final leg of the Rancid tour, the Tim Timebomb project took the Transplants' direct support spot. While Bivona played bass in Transplants,[8] and organ, piano and guitar in Tim Timebomb, he also played organ/piano for a few Rancid songs for the extent of the tour. His band The Interrupters were opening support for the second and third legs of the tour.[9]

Selected discography
Year Artist/band Album Role
2006 +44 When Your Heart Stops Beating Keyboards, programming
2010 Paul Wall The Heart of a Champion Engineer
2010 Dirt Nasty Nasty as I Wanna Be Mixing
2010 Devils Brigade Devils Brigade Engineer
2011 Sublime with Rome Yours Truly Musician, vocals
2011 The Cool Kids When Fish Ride Bicycles Engineer
2011 Jimmy Cliff Sacred Fire EP Guitar, piano, engineer, mixing
2011 Travis Barker Give The Drummer Some Guitar, bass, keyboards, engineer, composer
2012 Jimmy Cliff Rebirth (Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album) Guitar, piano, engineer, mixing
2012 Yelawolf Psycho White Keyboards
2013 Transplants In a Warzone Bass, engineer, guitar, keyboards
2014 Various Artists 22 Jump Street soundtrack Composer, "Live Forever"
2014 The Interrupters The Interrupters Guitar, vocals, songwriter, engineer
2014 Rancid ...Honor Is All We Know Engineer, mixer
2016 The Interrupters Say It Out Loud Guitar, vocals, songwriter, engineer
2017 Anti-Flag American Fall Hammond B3
2017 Rancid Trouble Maker Engineer, Melodica, Piano, Hammond B3
2018 The Interrupters Fight the Good Fight Guitar, vocals, songwriter, engineer
2018 Madball For The Cause Engineer
2018 RATBOY Internationally Unknown Engineer, Mixer, Master
2020 Machine Gun Kelly Tickets to My Downfall Bass, Guitar, Hammond B3, Piano, Synthesizer
2021 Lars Frederiksen To Victory Engineer, Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Percussion, Hammond B3
2021 The Mighty Mighty Bosstones When God Was Great Guitar, Piano, Organ, Background Vocals

References
  1. @Kevin Bivona (February 2, 2021). "Wedding Photo". Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Instagram.
  2. "Instagram / kevinsweatshop". Instagram. November 8, 2015. Archived from the original on December 25, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  3. "EQ Magazine – October 2009 – Room with a Vu". Nxtbook.com. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
  4. "211333248 – Video Dailymotion". Dailymotion.com. March 3, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
  5. "Free Music Videos, Video Interviews, Music Video News, Live Sessions and Clips". Nme.Com. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
  6. Jason Rohrer. "Los Angeles Music Review: THE INTERRUPTERS (House of Blues)". Stageandcinema.com. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
  7. "Kevin Bivona". Timtimebomb.com. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
  8. "Twitter / Fender: @Transplantsband Kevin Bivona". Twitter.com. July 1, 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
  9. "Twitter / Interruptweets: Excited about our tour with". Twitter.com. July 3, 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
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