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Steely Dan

An American rock band performing complex, unconventional jazz fusion with elements of soft rock, funk, and R&B. Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, who formed the basis of the collective, preferred studio work and rarely performed concerts; in their clever and unusual lyrics, they often touched on the dark sides of life (drugs, crime, etc.). Steely Dan had consistent success in the 1970s (achieving their first success in 1972 — with the hits Do It Again and Reeling in the Years), but subsequently received the definition from Rolling Stone magazine as the perfect anti-heroes of the music of the 70s. The group broke up in 1981 but reformed twelve years later and resumed concert and studio activity. In the twenty-first century, Steely Dan released two albums of new material, for the first of which — Two Against Nature — they received four Grammy awards, including for the song Cousin Dupree.