◇ image via WikipediaSteel Train
Steel Train is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Forgive Durden and Dear and the Headlights. Those roots explain a lot about how Steel Train arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as fun., Piebald, Walk the Moon, Jukebox the Ghost and Tokyo Police Club, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into fun., Scarlett Johansson, Amanda Palmer, Young the Giant and The Spill Canvas, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around Steel Train, reaching back through Forgive Durden and forward to fun.. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Steel Train was an indie rock band from New Jersey. They performed at Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Coachella, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and Late Show with David Letterman, and toured with several acts, including Tegan and Sara, Fun, Ben Folds, O.A.R., Finch, and the Get Up Kids. The band played their final show at the Bowery Ballroom in January 2013.
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Steel Train connections
Steel Train grew out of Forgive Durden and Dear and the Headlights, shares an orbit with fun., Piebald, Walk the Moon and Jukebox the Ghost, went on to shape fun., Scarlett Johansson, Amanda Palmer and Young the Giant. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Steel Train
Sounds and acts that shaped Steel Train.
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