I've never heard Steeltown, but that beautifully written overview has made me want to seek it out. Keep em' coming! (the reviews that is :)
I read many years ago a comment in a music mag by Lloyd Cole, the gist if which was.... the stuff you get into in your formative years as a teen, makes the biggest impression on you, and you find that through your life that you return to those sounds time and again, because they had such an impact on you at the time. The cool stuff you get into later is always relevant, but never quite buries itself as deep as the original musical you loved, be it cool or not.
I find that true with many bands I listened to as a kid. Simple Minds, Bauhaus, Echo And The Bunnymen, Gary Numan, John Foxx, Teardrops/Cope, Sabbath etc....
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