Steve Thompson is a native New Yorker. As a youth, he worked as a
DJ in New York City. He was mentored by music moguls
David Geffen and
Clive Davis early in his career. At
Geffen Records, he got his first real break in the rock genre as a mixer on the 1987
Guns N' Roses album
Appetite for Destruction that would become Geffen's most successful album. == Awards ==