Editing Steampunk (section)

===Music===
[[File:Robert Brown and Finn Von Claret of Abney Park 2008.jpg|thumb|Robert Brown and Finn Von Claret from Abney Park]]

Steampunk music is very broadly defined. [[Abney Park (band)|Abney Park]]'s lead singer [[Robert Brown (musician)|Robert Brown]] defined it as "mixing Victorian elements and modern elements". There is a broad range of musical influences that make up the steampunk sound, from [[industrial dance]] and [[world music]]<ref name=Rowe/> to [[folk rock]], [[dark cabaret]] to straightforward [[punk rock|punk]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-the-men-that-will-not-be-blamed-for-nothing-this-may-be-the-reason-leather-apron-7554544.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-the-men-that-will-not-be-blamed-for-nothing-this-may-be-the-reason-leather-apron-7554544.html |archive-date=2022-05-24 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Album: The Men That Will Not Be Blamed for Nothing, This May Be the Reason (Leather Apron) – Reviews – Music|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=Mar 11, 2012|author=Simon Price|access-date=Aug 6, 2014}}</ref> [[Carnatic music|Carnatic]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://dmp.dreamwidth.org/9727.html|work=Tales of the Urban Adventurer|title=Beyond Victoriana: #10 An Interview with Sunday Driver|author=D.M.P.|date=Jan 16, 2010|access-date=February 25, 2010|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191507/http://dmp.dreamwidth.org/9727.html|url-status=live}}</ref> to [[industrial music|industrial]], [[hip-hop]] to opera (and even [[Doctor Steel|industrial hip-hop opera]]),<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rue-morgue.com/mag_42.php|title=Audio Drome Review: Dr. Steel|magazine=Rue Morgue Magazine, issue 42|date=November–December 2004|format=back issue|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310161056/http://www.rue-morgue.com/mag_42.php|archive-date=March 10, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indymogul.com/post/11836/interview-dr-phineas-waldolf-steel-mad-scientist|title=Interview: Dr. Phineas Waldolf Steel, Mad Scientist|publisher=[[Indy Mogul]]|first=Wesley|last=Scoggins|quote=Many have mentioned your work in regards to Steampunk influenced bands like Abney Park (and for that matter the Steampunk "style" in general).|access-date=August 29, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227003408/http://www.indymogul.com/post/11836/interview-dr-phineas-waldolf-steel-mad-scientist|archive-date=December 27, 2010}}</ref> [[darkwave]] to [[progressive rock]], [[Barbershop Quartet|barbershop]] to [[big band]].

Joshua Pfeiffer (of [[Vernian Process]]) is quoted as saying, "As for [[Paul Roland]], if anyone deserves credit for spearheading Steampunk music, it is him. He was one of the inspirations I had in starting my project. He was writing songs about the first attempt at manned flight, and an Edwardian airship raid in the mid-80s long before almost anyone else{{nbsp}}..."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://steampunkbible.com/2012/04/in-memoriam-joshua-pfeiffer-interviews-paul-roland-part-i|title=In Memoriam: Joshua Pfeiffer interviews Paul Roland, Part I|publisher=The Steampunk Bible|date=April 12, 2012|access-date=April 12, 2016|archive-date=April 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404025621/http://steampunkbible.com/2012/04/in-memoriam-joshua-pfeiffer-interviews-paul-roland-part-i/|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Thomas Dolby]] is also considered one of the early pioneers of retro-futurist (i.e., Steampunk and Dieselpunk) music.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pri.org/stories/arts-entertainment/music/music-festival-conference-set-to-celebrate-steampunk-11696.html|title=Music festival, conference set to celebrate steampunk|publisher=Public Radio International|author=Kurt Andersen|date=6 October 2012|access-date=20 November 2012|archive-date=26 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126065637/http://www.pri.org/stories/arts-entertainment/music/music-festival-conference-set-to-celebrate-steampunk-11696.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=Steamstock>{{cite web|url=http://steampunk-music.com/article.cfm?a=82|title=Steamstock: An Antiquarian Exposition|publisher=steampunk-music.com|date=September 10, 2012|first=Mark|last=Rossmore|access-date=November 15, 2012|archive-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305023226/http://steampunk-music.com/article.cfm?a=82|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Amanda Palmer]] was once quoted as saying, "Thomas Dolby is to Steampunk what [[Iggy Pop]] was to [[Punk rock|Punk]]!"<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/22/idUS181362+22-Jun-2011+BW20110622|title=Thomas Dolby Debuts The Floating City Transmedia Game|work=Reuters|date=Jun 22, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126061702/https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/22/idUS181362%2B22-Jun-2011%2BBW20110622|archive-date=January 26, 2013}}</ref>

Steampunk has also appeared in the work of musicians who do not specifically identify as steampunk. For example, the music video of [[Turn Me On (David Guetta song)|"Turn Me On"]], by [[David Guetta]] and featuring [[Nicki Minaj]], takes place in a steampunk universe where Guetta creates human androids. Another music video is "[[The Ballad of Mona Lisa]]", by [[Panic! at the Disco]], which has a distinct Victorian steampunk theme. A continuation of this theme has been used throughout the 2011 album ''[[Vices And Virtues|Vices & Virtues]]'', in the music videos, album art, and tour set and costumes. In addition, the album ''[[Clockwork Angels]]'' (2012) and its supporting [[Clockwork Angels Tour|tour]] by progressive rock band [[Rush (band)|Rush]] contain lyrics, themes, and imagery based around steampunk. Similarly, [[Abney Park (band)|Abney Park]] headlined the first "Steamstock" outdoor steampunk music festival in [[Richmond, California]], which also featured [[Thomas Dolby]], [[Frenchy and the Punk]], [[Lee Presson and the Nails]], [[Vernian Process]], and others.<ref name=Steamstock/>

The music video for the [[Lindsey Stirling]] song "Roundtable Rival", has a Western steampunk setting.