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    Steppenwolf

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    Canadian-American band Steppenwolf was formed by German-born guitarist and singer John Kay (real name, Joachim Fritz Krauledat) in 1967, playing a mixture of rock and blues heavily influenced by Chuck Berry (Kay wrote a song entitled Berry Rides Again).

    The hog-loving macho rockers came to prominence in 1969 when their recording of Born To Be Wild was featured extensively in the box-office smash Easy Rider (1969) and became a big US hit. The song references “heavy metal thunder” in the second verse – widely recognised as the first time the phrase “heavy metal” appeared in a song.

    They followed up with several more US hit singles: The Pusher, Magic Carpet Ride, Rock Me, Monster and Don’t Step On The Grass Sam. They also clocked up eight US Gold albums.

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    Steppenwolf split in 1972 after a series of line-up changes, with Kay going solo, and Edmonton and McJohn forming their own group, called Manbeast. Yet two years later they re-formed for a series of concerts before going their own separate ways once again.

    John Kay re-formed the group again in 1980 after huge publicity in America found several bogus groups exploiting the name Steppenwolf.

    He explained the situation to a journalist at the time: “Various people who had been fired from the band over the years and were unable to make ends meet on their own talents, thought it was a good idea to use the name Steppenwolf – at one time there were three Steppenwolf’s touring the States at once – all cashing in on our success. So, I decided to re-form the original band to put them all out of business once and for all.”

    How can anyone take a band seriously who has song titles like Earschplittenloudenboomer and Hippo Stomp??

    Drummer Jerry Edmonton was killed in a motor accident on 28 November 1993.

    steppenwolf4

    John Kay
    Guitar, vocals
    Michael Monarch

    Guitar
    Goldy McJohn

    Keyboards
    Rushton Moreve

    Bass
    Jerry Edmonton

    Drums, vocals
    George Biondo
    Bass, vocals
    Bobby Cochran
    Guitar, vocals
    Wayne Cook
    Keyboards

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