Stevenson Sedgwick
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Stevenson Sedgwick is an American musician, record producer, author, programmer and professional gambler, most known for his compositions as the songwriter for the post-punk, experimental, deathrock group The Phantom Limbs,[1][2] and as one of the principal songwriters for Black Ice.[3] He is also known for work as producer assistant and mixer for artists including electronic music pioneer Gary Numan.[4]
Stevenson Sedgwick was the founder and composer for the post-punk/deathrock band The Phantom Limbs, which gained notoriety in the San Francisco bay area and later internationally (including two world tours) for Stevenon's unique keyboard-driven compositions, and the outrageous stage behavior of their singer, Hopeless (aka Loto Ball). They garnered the attention of Jello Biafra of Dead Kennedys fame to his Alternative Tentacles label, which put out their critically acclaimed[5] debut Applied Ignorance as well as the subsequent Displacement and Accept the Juice albums. Upon their demise, Biafra wrote that he "missed them more than any band in recent history"[6]
Songwriter for Black Ice
Other notable group membership
Author
Sedgwick has provided commentary to the zines 'I Like Tuesdays', 'Not Peace But a Sword' as well as fiction to 'The Utne Reader', and 'Youth Writes' magazine.[10]