![]() ![]() ![]() Even so, they enjoyed tremendous success. Definitely bluesy, but with the added advantage of a highly eccentric singer in John Kay, they didn’t truly fit into the time or their environment but stood outside looking in with a sardonic smile and a leather-clad insouciance that has more in common with East Coasters like the MC5 and the Blue Oyster Cult than the hippy-dippy era. ![]() Both songs were featured in the legendary hippy road movie Easy Rider (1969) (starring Jack Nicholson, Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper) and were also featured on the soundtrack, this guaranteeing a kind of instant fame even before most people had caught up with their debut album.įor the next five years, Steppenwolf cemented their reputation as a great if somewhat anomalous West Coast group. One of the finest counter-culture Los Angeles, California rock groups, Steppenwolf have guaranteed their iconic status thanks to coining the term ‘heavy metal thunder’ in their trademark song ‘Born to Be Wild.’ This epic biker anthem is closely matched by Steppenwolf’s version of Hoyt Axton’s ‘The Pusher’. ![]()
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