Genres: Rock & Roll, Hard Rock, Psychedelic, Heavy Metal, Acid Rock, Album Rock Active: 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's Formed: 1967 in Los Angeles, CA
The Who, The Yardbirds, The Animals, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Hoyt Axton, Don Covay, The Pretty Things, Howlin' Wolf, The Troggs, Them, The Standells, Mitch Ryder, ? & the Mysterians, The Kinks, Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters The James Gang, Iron Butterfly, Ten Years After, Spooky Tooth, The Doors, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Vanilla Fudge, Zephyr, Blues Magoos, Nazareth, SRC, Mountain, Beck, Bogert & Appice, Big Brother & the Holding Company, Blind Faith, Blue Cheer, Alice Cooper, Cream Bad Company, Birtha, Blue Cheer, Plan 9, Ted Nugent, Nashville Pussy, Queens of the Stone Age, Hondonero, Kirka, Blind Melon, Flower Travellin' Band, Collective Soul, The Stranglers, The Runaways, Mountain, Motörhead, Montrose, Judas Priest, Heart |  |
Led by John Kay (born Joachim Krauledat, April 12, 1944), Steppenwolf's blazing biker anthem "Born to Be Wild" roared out of speakers everywhere in the fiery summer of 1968, John Kay's threatening rasp sounding a mesmerizing call to arms to the counterculture movement rapidly sprouting up nationwide. German immigrant Kay got his professional start in a bluesy Toronto band called Sparrow, recording for Columbia in 1966. After Sparrow disbanded, Kay relocated to the West Coast and formed Steppenwolf, named after the Herman Hesse novel. "Born to Be Wild," their third single on ABC-Dunhill, was immortalized on the soundtrack of Dennis Hopper's underground film classic Easy Rider. The song's reference to "heavy metal thunder" finally gave an assignable name to an emerging genre. Steppenwolf's second monster hit that year, the psychedelic "Magic Carpet Ride," and the follow-ups "Rock Me," "Move Over," and "Hey Lawdy Mama" further established the band's credibility on the hard rock circuit.
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Release: August 11, 2009
Label: Friday Music
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