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-'''Steely Dan''' is a [[Grammy]]-winning [[United States|American]] [[Rock music|rock]] band centered on core members [[Walter Becker]] and [[Donald Fagen]]. The band reached a peak of popularity in the late 1970s, with the release of seven albums blending elements of [[jazz]], [[rock and roll|rock]], [[funk]], [[rhythm and blues|R&B]], and [[Pop music|pop]].+'''Steely Dan''' is an American [[jazz rock]] band founded by core members [[Walter Becker]] (guitars, backing vocals) and [[Donald Fagen]] (keyboards, lead vocals) in 1972. Blending elements of [[jazz]], [[rhythm and blues|R&B]], [[Traditional pop music|traditional pop]], and sophisticated [[music production|studio production]] with ironic and cryptic lyrics, the band enjoyed critical and commercial success starting from the early 1970s until breaking up in 1981. ''[[Rolling Stone magazine|Rolling Stone]]'' has called them "the perfect musical [[antihero]]es for the Seventies". Fans of [[Beat Generation]] literature, Fagen and Becker named the band after "Steely Dan III from [[Yokohama]]", an oversized, steam-powered [[strap-on dildo]] mentioned in the [[William S. Burroughs]] novel ''[[Naked Lunch]]''.
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-Fans of [[Beat Generation]] literature, Fagen and Becker named the band after "Steely Dan III from [[Yokohama]]", an oversized, steam-powered [[strap-on dildo]] mentioned in the [[William S. Burroughs]] novel ''[[Naked Lunch]]''.+
==Discography== ==Discography==
*1972: ''[[Can't Buy a Thrill]]'' *1972: ''[[Can't Buy a Thrill]]''

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Steely Dan is an American jazz rock band founded by core members Walter Becker (guitars, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals) in 1972. Blending elements of jazz, R&B, traditional pop, and sophisticated studio production with ironic and cryptic lyrics, the band enjoyed critical and commercial success starting from the early 1970s until breaking up in 1981. Rolling Stone has called them "the perfect musical antiheroes for the Seventies". Fans of Beat Generation literature, Fagen and Becker named the band after "Steely Dan III from Yokohama", an oversized, steam-powered strap-on dildo mentioned in the William S. Burroughs novel Naked Lunch.

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