Steve Loeb

American producer, engineer, keyboardist, songwriter & record label/studio owner.
Loeb started a record company (, aka ) and purchased a recording studio in New York () with . After some money battles with a third partner, the studio was renamed and became a partnership between Loeb and Philip Glass music director . In 1983 Loeb bought out Riesman and became the sole owner of the studio which was renamed .
The forerunner of synthesizing the genres of heavy metal and hip-hop, Loeb produced chart records for 13 albums for heavy metal icons Riot and the Top 10 pop single "Amityville" for rapper Lovebug Starski which Loeb wrote with rapper Kurtis Blow.