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steamroller

[steem-roh-ler] / ˈstimˌroʊ lər /
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steamroll
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Dec. 29 ‘Mannheim Steamroller Christmas’ Synth-rock versions of holiday classics from Chip Davis’ chart-topping instrumental group.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2021

The enduring exception to this, of course, is the heavy, enveloping wave of the neoclassical act Mannheim Steamroller, a sound so plainly nuts and uncanny that it suggests anything is possible.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 28, 2018

Almost anything can be labeled “rock”: Metallica, ABBA, Mannheim Steamroller, a haircut, a muffler.

From New York Times • May 23, 2016

The latter is plausible, especially when you consider the Binge-Watching Steamroller Theory, an idea from Slate TV critic Willa Paskin.

From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2016

Here is J. Bryan Lowder on how to appreciate the chintzy yuletide music of Mannheim Steamroller.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2015




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