According to the band's fictional backstory, the "musical automatons" were invented by a rich San Diego inventor named Colonel P. A. Walter in 1896 and kept in the Walter family over the years. Called the 8th 1/2 Wonder of the World, the robots were a technological marvel that ran off steam powered engines and artificial intelligence. The band's name is said to come from Walter's first robot, a giant mechanical giraffe. A fictional timeline on the band's website chronicles the band's supposed "appearances" throughout the years at such notable places as the 1933 Chicago World's Fair and The Ed Sullivan Show.
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. 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. They even went as far to invent a sci Fi backdrop for themselves and new Victoriana stage names before making an unlikley tilt towards a world music twist to their sound on recent releases.
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