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Born To Be Wild by Steppenwolf

Artist Biography For Steppenwolf

Steppenwolf Is A Rock Band Which Formed In Los Angeles California United States In 1967. The Band Originally Consisted Of John Kay vocals Guitar Michael Monarch guitar Rushton Moreve bass Goldie McJohn keyboards And Jerry Edmonton drums . The Band Is Best Known For Their Hit Singles "Born To Be Wild" And "Magic Carpet Ride". They Were Named After The Novel Der Steppenwolf By German Author Hermann Hesse. Frontman John Kay's Mother Escaped With Him At Age 4 From Soviet Occupied East Germany An Event Recounted In The Song "Renegade" On The Album Steppenwolf Seven. His Family Resettled In Hannover West Germany Before Moving To Canada In 1958. Kay Is Partially Blind Hence The Use Of Dark Glasses In 1968 Nick St. Nicholas Replaced Moreve As Bass Player. Steppenwolf Had Its Origins In The Toronto Blues Band Sparrow Which Was Formed In 1964 And Played Coffeehouses In Yorkville. By 1967 They Had Settled In San Francisco. Steppenwolf Rocketed To Fame After Their Third Single "Born To Be Wild" Was Used In The Movie Easy Rider As Well As "The Pusher". The Former Song May Have Coined The Term "heavy Metal". This Was Followed By Several More Hits Including "Magic Carpet Ride" From Steppenwolf The Second And "Rock Me" From At Your Birthday Party. Many Fans Consider Their Double Album Steppenwolf Live an Extended Single Album In The UK The Best Of Steppenwolf's Releases. Monster And For Ladies Only Were The Band's Most Political Albums And Are Still Fondly Remembered By Fans As Two Of The Best Rock & Roll Snapshots Of The Attitudes Of The Late 1960s And Early 1970s. The Band Broke Up In 1971 And Kay Pursued A Solo Career. Steppenwolf Reformed In 1974 With The Album Slow Flux And Disbanded In 1976. Afterwards Several Versions Of The Band Toured North America Until Kay Reformed The Official Version Of The Group In 1980. John Kay Released A Solo Album In 2001. Read More On Last.Fm. User-Contributed Text Is Available Under The Creative Commons By-SA License Additional Terms May Apply.

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Born to Be Wild

"Born To Be Wild" Is A Rock Song Written By Mars Bonfire Actual Name Dennis Eugene McCrohan Born 21 April 1943 In Oshawa Ontario Canada Name Changed To Dennis Edmonton In The Early 1960s It Was Made Famous By The Canadian Rock Band Steppenwolf. Often Used In Popular Culture And In Movie Soundtracks Most Notably In The Soundtrack For The Movie "Easy Rider" 1969 The Song Is Sometimes Described As The First Heavy Metal Song Ever Written And Is Also Said To Have Inspired The Name Of The Emerging Heavy Metal Genre Although These Claims Are Disputed The Song's Second Verse Which Refers To "heavy Metal Thunder " Though It Is A Reference To The Weight Of The Motorcycle Contains The First Recorded Reference To "heavy Metal."

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