Steel Train

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The band began when two friends, Jack Antonoff and Scott Irby-Ranniar, sharing a common love of music, began playing together. They busked in subways and alleyways in New York, and in 1999/2000 recorded a demo that garnered a large degree of record label interest. Despite the array of offers, the guys, now called Steel Train (after lyric in a Sublime song) eventually chose to sign with Drive Thru Records particularly drawn by the support but also artistic freedom the label offered. In 2002, the band recorded their debut ep entitled ‘For You My Dear,’ recruiting Evan Winiker (formerly of NJ emo band Random Task) and Matthias Gruber to help with recording and touring. The two later became full members of the band, first Winiker (who was presented as a full member in the promotional pieces for that same ep, released in January 2003) and later Gruber, who joined with second guitarist Matthew Goldman to complete the band and create Steel Train. Together the band went on to record the ‘1969’ ep (a CD of cover versions of songs from that year that inspired the band and their sound), and a year later their debut album ‘Twilight Tales From The Prairies Of The Sun,’ released in 2005. In December of 2006 the band announced that they would be departing ways with Matthias Gruber (drums) and Matt Goldman (guitar) who chose to pursue other interests. The positions were filled by tour manager Daniel Silbert on guitar and Jon Shiffman on drums.

1	I Feel Weird	270
2	Firecracker	263
3	Kill Monsters In The Rain	153
4	Black Eye	146
5	Alone On The Sea	135
6	Better Love	127
7	Dakota	118
8	A Magazine	106
9	Leave You Traveling	94
10	Diamonds in the Sky	85
11	School Is For Losers	84
12	I've Let You Go	80
13	Women I Belong To	76
14	Killing Monsters In The Rain	70
15	Blown Away	66

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Illinoisemakerr wrote:
last month

They are a million times better live than on CD. They really know how to conduct an audience!

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tornadointhesky wrote:
last month

i can't wait to seeee youuuuu.

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Octagon88 wrote:
last month

Their performance at lolla was so energetic. That lead singer can play some guitar

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blairmi2 wrote:
last month

I didn't care for hush sound at all, I had to leave halfway through their set....these guys rocked.

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ultraviolet56 wrote:
last month

these guys stole the show from the hush sound...where have they been all my life?!?!?!

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Breefield wrote:
July 2008

Best stage presence ever, I <3 you Jack, you're to passionate! New mancrush :p

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Katie8192 wrote:
July 2008

This band is helping me get through the loss of the Format.

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thisismorningh wrote:
July 2008

@Naked-Robot: I believe they played "I Feel Weird"

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notthequiettype wrote:
July 2008

i saw them live with ludo and the spill canvas and they were absolutely phenomenal. it made me a fan when before i couldn't really get into them.

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Naked-Robot wrote:
July 2008

What song did they play on Conan?

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trollforjustice wrote:
July 2008

I absolutely love Twilight Tales. I listened to Trampoline last night for the first time, and it doesn't even seem like the same band. Huge disappointment.

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Desiderata03 wrote:
June 2008

You show me someone who thinks Steel Train is awful live, and I'll show you someone who doesn't know what a good live performance is. These guys need to tour with more bands I care about. I've got this thing against going to a concert just to see one opening band, but they're so damn good. >_>

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whenkaciattacks wrote:
June 2008

better love <3

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mintedtea wrote:
June 2008

I saw them last week and they were completely awful. I do not understand this amount of listens.

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kimmy_tsoaf wrote:
June 2008

i dig their older album(s) better than trampoline. trampoline's awesome though.

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kabukibc wrote:
May 2008

omfg, last night's live show was phenomenal.

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nobloodnoguts wrote:
May 2008

Black Eye game me a black eye when I was doing air guitar to it ;)

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ThunderBeard wrote:
April 2008

300k listens? WTF

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Desiderata03 wrote:
April 2008

But what I really wanted to come here to say is that these guys are fucking amazing live. Good recorded, but absolutely top-notch live.

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Desiderata03 wrote:
April 2008

It's not cool or interesting, it's just annoying as hell because we either have to skip the song halfway through every time (which isn't always feasible) or else just sit through silence. I mean jesus christ. /rant

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