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The discography of Steppenwolf, a Canadian-American Hard rock band, consists of 13 studio albums, 14 compilation albums, 5 (live albums) 41 singles, and three music videos. The band was formed in 1967 after some members of The Sparrows split. [1]
Steppenwolf is the debut studio album by Canadian-American rock band Steppenwolf, released on January 29, 1968, on ABC Dunhill Records. It includes songs written by band members and songs written by others such as the Willie Dixon blues classic "Hoochie Coochie Man", retitled "Hootchie Kootchie Man". [1]
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The Sparrows
In 1965 John Kay joined the Sparrowsand was followed by Goldy McJohn. The group eventually broke up.
Breakthrough, success, and decline
In late 1967, Gabriel Mekler urged Kay to re-form the Sparrows and suggested the name change to Steppenwolf, inspired by Hermann Hesse's novel of the same name. Steppenwolf's first two singles were "A Girl I Knew" and "Sookie Sookie". The band finally rocketed to worldwide fame after their third single, "Born to Be Wild", was released in 1968, as well as their version of Hoyt Axton's "The Pusher". Both of these tunes were used prominently in the 1969 counterculture cult film Easy Rider (both...
Breakup
The band broke up after a farewell concert in Los Angeles on Valentine's Day, 1972. Kay went on to a brief solo career, scoring a minor solo hit in 1972 with "I'm Movin' On" from his album Forgotten Songs and Unsung Heroes. Although it received generally high marks from most critics, the album sales were disappointing in the US. Kay released a second solo album in 1973 on the Dunhill label titled My Sportin' Life. This album sold less than his first solo album and was less gritty and more LA...
Original lineup 1. John Kay – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica (1967–1972, 1974–1976, 1980–2018) 2. Michael Monarch – lead guitar, backing vocals (1967–1969) 3. Rushton Moreve – bass guitar (1968–1970; died 1981) 4. Jerry Edmonton – drums, backing vocals (1967–1972, 1974–1976; died 1993) 5. Goldy McJohn – keyboards, backing vocals (1967–1972, ...
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- Born To Be Wild (Steppenwolf, 1968) No surprises in our top track since the band will always be most closely associated with this first hit, a generational symbol and a prototype for the emerging heavy metal scene of 1968.
- Magic Carpet Ride (The Second, 1968) Each of the band’s first three studio albums contained a US Top 10 hit, and the winning entry on The Second was another drug-referencing anthem.
- Rock Me (At Your Birthday Party, 1969) Moving into the holy trinity of Steppenwolf’s three US Top 10 hits, “Rock Me” was an infectious shaker with an exciting percussive section towards the end.
- Move Over (Monster, 1969) One of the singles that kept Steppenwolf on AM as well as FM radio, written by Kay with regular band producer Gabriel Mekler.
Jul 29, 2020 · Steppenwolf’s first, self-titled album was released in spring 1968. The album started getting extensive play on underground FM stations. Things really caught fire when the third single from it, Born To Be Wild , was released in the summer and the band got airplay on AM radio.
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Jan 29, 2024 · It was in the autumn of 1967 that the band went into the American Recorders in Studio City, California to start work on what was their debut album for ABC Dunhill. And “Born to Be Wild” was one of...
"Born to Be Wild"-written by ex-Sparrow member Dennis Edmonton, aka Mars Bonfire-became Steppenwolf's first major hit, and was subsequently featured prominently (along with the band's pointed reading of Hoyt Axton's anti-hard-drug composition "The Pusher") in the seminal '60s film Easy Rider, cementing Steppenwolf's status as counterculture ...
