I was shopping for a new analogue 8-Track recorder for my girlfriend on eBay this past week, and finally won a bid for a Yamaha MTX8II. When I paid for it, the seller told me he couldn’t ship it right away because he’s working 16-hour days, but managed to make a quick plug for his band: SteelWind.
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Have a listen to his MP3s. It’s just too classic. It’s almost too “ironic” (in the annoying hipster ersatz use of the word).
You’ve gotta wonder about SteelWind. Where these guys live. What their lives are like. What their musical dreams are / were. Maybe it’s just awsesome that they’re still out there *rockin’*. I have bittersweet feeling about it. Will I become this dude one day? Will I be woefully out of style, in that retro kitch kind of way because I just *can’t let go* of the totally awesome early 00’s? Half of me, some little voice inside me wishes that this guy would find his nitch market and sell 100,000 copies of his home-recorded demo. The other half of me want to turn my head in horror.

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  • Yes! SteelWind is amazing! You can read more comments other people made on this (same) post at my music blog on MOG: mog.com/magdalenus. Maybe we should just start talking about this guy as the most amazing thing since sliced bread and make him famous for 15 minutes (at least, doesn\'t everyone deserve it?).
  • hihi, i know dorothy...and have become a blog-lurker of your little (lovely) corner of the internet.

    this is TOO strange that you mention this, only because i run a radio station (www.wprb.com where you can find the program guide i will mention in a second....) this guy sends us stuff ALL the time. he obviously knows we reject his records and just sends them every few months.... a glimpse into the life of steel wind. last year in our little annual publication the wprb program guide, we decided to include his album art in the "best" (scariest) album art of 2005 there was just no way that facial hair was not getting in.

    steel wind strikes again. at work, and when im peacefully lurking the internet at home. AHH.
    i hope the 8 track recorder was well loved.
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