Steppenwolf biography

The energetic style of "Steppenwolf" helped to lay the foundation of hard rock x, and the term "Heavy Metal" first sounded in their song "Born to Be Wild". In addition to this most famous biker anthem, other rock standards remained in the baggage of the group: Magic Carpet Ride, Rock ME and Monster. Over 25 million records were sold throughout the entire existence of Steppenwolf, their songs were in 50 films, and the radio stations of classical rock still put “wolf” compositions on air.

He spent his childhood in Hanover, where he “infected” the American rock and roll, which sounded on the radio. The boy managed to move closer to his idols in the year when he and his family moved to Toronto. It was here that John plunged into rock music, devoting all his free time to her. In the middle of x, Kay joined the ranks of the Blues-Rock Group "Sparrow". For several years, the team worked in Canada and, having earned a decent popularity there, moved to California.

There, John met the representative of Dunhill Records Gaybriel Mecler, who offered him to assemble a new composition and make an entry on his label. After a little thought, Kay took with him two partners in the "Sparrow" - the drummer of Jerry Edmonton and the keyboat Goldi McGanon, and filled the rest of the vacancies with gifted summer guitarist Michael Monarch and Basist Rashton Moreva.

The newly formed team dubbed "Steppenwolf" in honor of the work of the same name by Herman Hesse. In M, a debut album came out, in style, which was a hard blues rock with a "dirty" vocal kay. The record contained a powerful composition "Born to be Wild", which sounded in the film "Easy Rider", which made the group a favorite of all bikers. The debut was followed by a series of successful albums, almost each of which contained at least one hit.

So, on The Second was the classic “Magic Carpet Ride”, “At Your Birthday Party” was accompanied by the song “Rock Me”, which fell into the hot ten, “Monster” contained the title hit, “Steppenwolf Live” gave birth to “Hey Lawdy Mama ". In the meantime, the composition of the group has changed repeatedly. In M, Moreva, replaced by the ex-member of the "Sparrow" nickname Saint-Nicolas, and he, in turn, gave way to George Biono.

Kay took up the release of solo albums, although already in the year he reanimated the project with McZhon, Edmonton, Biono and the new guitarist Bobby Kocran. This composition gave out three good records, but in M ​​the team broke up again. Kay returned to solo work, and after some time, he was surprised to find that his two former colleagues would tour in the staging clubs under the Steppenwolf Sample.

The musicians had to work hard to return the former respect, but gradually they achieved the goal. A significant role in the restoration of reputation was played by the annual Festival "Wolffest" organized by Kee and his team. The “STEPPENWOLF” was marked by triumphal tour in John, in East Germany. Unfortunately, from the second half of the X group suspended the production of studio work, and its public concerts became a relatively rare occurrence.

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