United Kingdom, June 30 -- Joe Keery and his Stranger Things co-stars are "bonded" for life.

The 33-year-old actor-and-musician - who plays Steve Harrington in the Netflix series - is thankful the young cast had one another for support as they became household names as a result of the global popularityof the retro sci-fi drama.

Discussing his track Charlie's Garden - which was inspired by co-stars Charlie Heaton and Natalia Dyer - he told The Guardian newspaper: "It's a little tip of the cap to everybody in Atlanta who had such a big effect on me.

"My community down there ended up being so much more important to me than I ever thought that they would be. We're all bonded for life...

"We always had each other. It wasn't like being Maca...