Originally published on August 15, 1973 By Steven Rosen LA Free Press On Sept. 2, Steely Dan perform their first concert as headliners, that status which lifts the working-class band from the ranks of the bourgeois and places it in the stead of the nobility groups. After only two albums, the quintet has risen from […]
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Ultimate Spinach Meets Naked Lunch’s Dildo
Originally published on April 23, 1973 By Judith Sims Rolling Stone LOS ANGELES — Steely Dan named itself after William Burroughs’ mighty dildo in Naked Lunch. “We just wanted to give the band a little more thrust than most other bands,” quipped Donald Fagen. It must have been a good idea; the group’s single, “Do […]
Steely Dan: Get Your Thrills Here
Originally published on March 10, 1973 By Penny Valentine Sounds The most exciting new band to break from the States this year is Steely Dan. Can’t Buy A Thrill is the lie of a title they chose for their first album. By parting with your hard earned currency and acquiring this collection you are faced with […]
Steely Dan: Rock & Roll via Third Stream
Originally published on October 27, 1972 By Chris Van Ness LA Free Press It all started with one of the most casual hypes I have ever gotten. It came in the form of an advance tape of an album by a new group called Steely Dan. “Listen to it. I don’t know anything about the […]
