Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Oberlin Steel is a steel band based at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio. Formed in 1981 and known as the Oberlin Can Consortium until 2001, the group plays in the tradition of the great steel bands of Trinidad, but also performs arrangements of salsa, calypso, and jazz as well as original compositions and arrangements by band members.