Steve Miller Band

The Steve Miller Band is a blues rock band which has been around since the sixties. They were primarily popular in the seventies, and had numerous hit singles and bestselling albums. Most of their hits went on to become classic rock staples. Space Cowboy was the inspiration for the Smash Mouth hit Walkin' on the Sun. The group, being from the Bay Area, performed at the Monterey Pop Festival of 1967 (although Miller himself is from Wisconsin). They are a part of the Haight-Ashbury sound that was happening at the time. Despite the band's significance, only Miller was inducted, without his band. This caused mass criticism from fans. The Steve Miller Band song Fly Like an Eagle was successfully covered by soul musician Seal for the live action/animation hybrid film Space Jam. Their single Jet Airliner contains the word "shit", which was censored to "kicks" for radio play.