![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Their initial dark and heavy brooding sound, which mixed Goth, industrial and black metal was embedded into their new Steampunk identity which they took on in 2006 when they recast themselves as Steampunk. Originally a Goth band (and there does seem to be a lot of Goth DNA embedded in steam punk) Abney Park are from Seattle and are looked on by some as the quintessential steampunk band. The bands are loosely linked by their flamboyant Victoriana wardrobes and their fictional back stories where the reinvent themselves as characters in their own stories. The diversity of the bands is breath taking from industrial, Darkwave and goth to singalong punk, folk and Indian raga to vaudeville. Initially a sub genre of science fiction from the late eighties that recast sci fi into the Victorian times, Steampunk has become definitive musical sub genre where dressing up in Victoriana but with a shade of the sci future links together a disperate selection of bands who are only loosely connected musically. No-one can agree where the scene started and their are many antecedents of similar things going on back through pop culture and especially to the early goth scene with that fast forward to the future thing allied witha fascination for the gloomy yet glamorous, forward thinking cam do attitude and yet a very conservative Victorian age. Of course, like all these media cliches, this was no exactly true and a whole host of mini tribes have been running around on our high streets for the past decade- from the various shades of metal heads to indie kids to hipsters to the so called chavs…each one with their own distinct dress codes and soundtracks.Īdded to this is now Steampunk, which looks like a take on the early goth look if it was transported back to 1890 and to a time of industrial revolution prowess and a real sense of the machine as king that tallies neatly with sci fi. ![]()
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