Music career

Stebbins was a member of a music band called 'The Point' which was active on the Los Angeles club circuit from 1979 to 1985.
The Point were often described as part of L.A.'s psychedelic revival scene known as the Paisley Underground

Paisley Underground

Paisley Underground is an early genre of alternative rock, based primarily in Los Angeles, California, which was at its most popular in the mid-1980s.- History :...

. They released a self-titled four song EP in 1981 that was described by the L.A. Times as having a "purity of intent that recalls the haunting resonance of pre-psychedelic Northern California groups like The Beau Brummels

The Beau Brummels

The Beau Brummels were an American rock band. Formed in San Francisco in 1964, the band's original lineup included Sal Valentino , Ron Elliott , Ron Meagher , Declan Mulligan , and John Petersen...

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The Point released a full length album in 1983 called Magic Circle, (not to be confused with the 2005 album of the same title by Wizard.) The record was produced by Vitus Matare of The Last and recorded at Radio Tokyo studio in Venice, California and released on the Warfrat label. Magic Circle was also released in Europe in 1984 on the Lolita label. One of its songs, "All My Life" which was co-written by Stebbins and co-guitarist/vocalist Tom Alford, was included in a 2006 episode of the Gilmore Girls

Gilmore Girls

Gilmore Girls is an American family comedy-drama series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, starring Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. On October 5, 2000, the series debuted on The WB and was cancelled in its seventh season, ending on May 15, 2007 on The CW...

television show.

Published works

Stebbins' first book, on the subject of Beach Boy percussionist Dennis Wilson

Dennis Wilson

Dennis Carl Wilson was an American rock and roll musician best known as a founding member and the drummer of The Beach Boys. He was a member of the group from its formation until his death in 1983...

 is entitled Dennis Wilson, The Real Beach Boy. First published in 2000, the book was ranked as the number two bestseller in MOJO magazine for that year. The book is currently out of print; however a revised edition is expected in 2012.

In 2007 Virgin Books Ltd, London, published The Lost Beach Boy, which Stebbins wrote with David Marks, one of the early members of the Beach Boys, and which tells the story of Marks' time with the band in 1962-1963, as well as Marks' experiences after he left the Beach Boys in late 1963.

Stebbins has also written "The Beach Boys FAQ", an extensive reference style book for Backbeat Books, which is scheduled be published in September 2011.

Other media contributions

Stebbins contributed liner notes to the 2008 Legacy Edition CD release of Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean Blue which was Rolling Stone magazine's 2008 reissue of the year. He has also worked as a creative contributor to television shows airing on BBC

BBC

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including the documentaries The Beach Boys- Wouldn't It Be Nice and "Queen - The Days Of Our Lives", as well as two multi-episode series The Secret Map of Hollywood and "I'm In A Rock And Roll Band." Stebbins is also co-producer of the BBC television documentary Legends- Dennis Wilson, The Real Beach Boy.

External links

• Official site
• http://www.myspace.com/jonpstebbins - MySpace site for Jon Stebbins