Steely Dan is an American
jazz rock band whose music also blends elements of
funk,
R&B, and
pop. Founded by core members
Walter Becker and
Donald Fagen in 1972, the band enjoyed great critical and commercial success in the late 1970s and early 1980s before breaking up in 1981.
Rolling Stone has called them "the perfect musical
antiheroes for the Seventies". Steely Dan reunited in 1993 and has toured steadily ever since.