Steel Train
Steel Train is an indie rock band which formed in 1999 in New Jersey, Unite… Read Full Bio ↴Steel Train is an indie rock band which formed in 1999 in New Jersey, United States. They consist of Jack Antonoff (vocals, guitar), Daniel Silbert (guitar), Evan Winiker (bass, vocals), Justin Huey (keyboards, vocals) and Jon Shiffman (drums)
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 their debut album 'Twilight Tales From The Prairies Of The Sun,' dropped a year later 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.
In 2009, the band left the Drive Thru label and in June of 2010 independently released their eponymously-titled third LP. Included in that release was a companion album, 'Terrible Thrills: Vol. I', consisting of covers and re-imaginings of each 'Steel Train' track by female artists, including Scarlett Johansson, Tegan and Sara, Holly Miranda, Alia Shawkat, Amanda Palmer, and Jack's sister Rachel Antonoff.
The band often polarizes opinions, mainly based around the fact that the style of rock they play is more 'classic' (Jack often jokes the band was "30 years too late"), yet people see them as very much a part of the emo/pop-punk scene (mainly due to their Drive Thru Records connections). They are well noted for their impressive live shows and 'jamming' ability.
The lead singer, Jack, also used to date Scarlett Johansson and the song Better Love off of Twilight Tales from the Prairies of the Sun is about/makes reference to her [1] [2]. Though Better Love is a song strictly about her, he also references her in "2 O'clock'" and "Dig". "Josie smiles and laughs, while me and Scarlett will smoke our hash." [3]and "oh, my scarlet you had a real friend in me."Lyrics
[edit] Current Members
* Jack Antonoff - Vocals, Guitar, Piano
* Evan Winiker - Bass, Backing Vocals
* Daniel Silbert - Guitar, Backing Vocals
* Jon Shiffman - Drums, Percussion
* Justin Huey - Keys
[edit] Past Members
* Matthias Gruber - Drums, Percussion
* Matthew Goldman - Guitar, Backing Vocals
* Scott Irby-Ranniar - Vocals, Percussion
[edit]
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 their debut album 'Twilight Tales From The Prairies Of The Sun,' dropped a year later 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.
In 2009, the band left the Drive Thru label and in June of 2010 independently released their eponymously-titled third LP. Included in that release was a companion album, 'Terrible Thrills: Vol. I', consisting of covers and re-imaginings of each 'Steel Train' track by female artists, including Scarlett Johansson, Tegan and Sara, Holly Miranda, Alia Shawkat, Amanda Palmer, and Jack's sister Rachel Antonoff.
The band often polarizes opinions, mainly based around the fact that the style of rock they play is more 'classic' (Jack often jokes the band was "30 years too late"), yet people see them as very much a part of the emo/pop-punk scene (mainly due to their Drive Thru Records connections). They are well noted for their impressive live shows and 'jamming' ability.
The lead singer, Jack, also used to date Scarlett Johansson and the song Better Love off of Twilight Tales from the Prairies of the Sun is about/makes reference to her [1] [2]. Though Better Love is a song strictly about her, he also references her in "2 O'clock'" and "Dig". "Josie smiles and laughs, while me and Scarlett will smoke our hash." [3]and "oh, my scarlet you had a real friend in me."Lyrics
[edit] Current Members
* Jack Antonoff - Vocals, Guitar, Piano
* Evan Winiker - Bass, Backing Vocals
* Daniel Silbert - Guitar, Backing Vocals
* Jon Shiffman - Drums, Percussion
* Justin Huey - Keys
[edit] Past Members
* Matthias Gruber - Drums, Percussion
* Matthew Goldman - Guitar, Backing Vocals
* Scott Irby-Ranniar - Vocals, Percussion
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Steel Train Lyrics
A Magazine Everyone wants to be part of the scene See themselves pretty…
Alley Cat I'm taking new answers to questions of yesterday I've seen y…
Alleycat I'm taking new answers to questions of yesterday I've seen …
Alone On The Sea Coming home from a month away Empty cabinets and bed Well, i…
Angelica In light just bleed, Angelica Don't say the lights would no…
Bad Moon Rising I see a bad moon rising I see trouble on the…
Behavior When I look at my strange behavior Well I think I…
Better Love Well, you wake the love that sleeps inside And dreamed that…
Black Eye Oh, black eye, you show me in a painting A buildings…
Bloody Lips About time you paid for all of this You've got the…
Blown Away So blown away by all the faces and the dreamers I'm…
Blue So long since I've seen your eyes and I Am…
Bullet I fell in love in the back seat of your…
Catch You On The Other Side From my cradle to your grave To this home, I am…
Cellophane And Glass And I'd rather watch a sunset Through cellophane and glass T…
Children in the 90s You think I want this? Everything bugs me I made a hell…
Dakota Please remember the nights that we spent In the city where…
Diamonds In The Sky We are, we are diamonds in the sky We float around,…
Dig Dig, I dig a girl who's on her own Smiles at…
don Well, it ain't no use to sit and wonder why,…
Fall Asleep I like to think about you late at night When no…
Firecracker Firecracker, you waved in the night And something that I saw…
For You My Dear It takes a lot to really fake you and leave…
Grace i'm big, and small it hurts to crawl this velvet aisle again…
Gypsy Waves Well, I ran through the river of pride and shame I…
Helplessly Hoping Helplessly hoping Her harlequin hovers nearby Awaiting a wor…
I Dreams seem incomplete between your sheets And ooh I walk th…
I Feel Weird When I was eighteen everything was alive Then the planes hit…
I Shall Be Released They say ev'rything can be replaced, Yet ev'ry distance is …
I Want You Children, lover You and I undercover Do you remember the son…
I Want You Back When I had you to myself I didn't want you…
I Will Stay Here Dreams seem incomplete between your sheets And ooh I walk th…
I've Let You Go Dreamed you were running last night Oh, not searching for me…
Kill Monsters In The Rain Come and save me, come on down from that hill Where…
Leave You Traveling You know I've been traveling for a long, long time I've…
Natural Mystic There's a natural mystic flowing through the air And if you…
Night Falls Time has shown its face Too many words Too many hopes and…
Road Song When I was a little kid My father told me to…
S.O.G. Burning In Hell Many years in my city I've never seen a face like…
School Is For Losers Can you pull me out, I think I might, I…
Soldier in the Army Blue wind Don't know what, Don't know what, don't know Wh…
Space Oddity Ground Control to Major Tom Ground Control to Major Tom Take…
Story in a Dream I know I can't predict the weather But I will run…
The Speedway Motor Racers Club I fear the weight of the world But not the shot…
Tickle Your Toes So she walks, so she walks, so she walks on…
Touch Me Bad Alright - I wake up in the morning and I Don't ever…
Turnpike Ghost I want to live like I did back then With the…
Two O' Clock It must be hard to be you It's hard to be…
Two O'Clock It must be hard to be you It's hard to be…
W. 12th [ INSTRUMENTAL ]…
Wake Your Eyes Wake your eyes cause the world's still turning around The l…
Women I Belong To Well, I wake in the night and I wanna write…
You and I Undercover Children, lover You and I undercover Do you remember the s…
You are Dangerous I had the chance to do the thing I never…