(Vocal/instrumental group, 1967–72, 1974–76, 1980–present) After they migrated from Toronto to Los Angeles, Steppenwolf scored a million-seller with the 1968 biker anthem ‘Born To Be Wild’. With ‘The Pusher’, it was also a highlight of 1969’s Easy Rider film soundtrack. Other hits included self-penned ‘Magic Carpet Ride’, ‘Rock Me’ and 1970’s ‘Hey Lawdy Mama’. Ebbing record sales ...
‘Contact’ and ‘H.A.P.P.Y. Radio’. He made high-profile guest recordings with Utah Saints (2000) and Jools Holland (2002). Styles & Forms | Sixties | Rock Personalities | Steppenwolf | Sixties | Rock ...
(Vocals, songwriter, actor, 1938–99) Axton’s mother, Mae Boren Axton, co-wrote ‘Heartbreak Hotel’, and Hoyt himself enjoyed his greatest success through other artist’s covers of his songs – ‘Greenback Dollar’ (Kingston Trio), ‘Joy To The World’ (Three Dog Night) and ‘The Pusher’ (Steppenwolf). Popular in the UK through his 1979 singles ‘Della And The Dealer’ and ‘A ...
The term ‘heavy metal’ came from the controversial US Beat Movement novel, Naked Lunch, in which the author, William Burroughs, talked about ‘heavy metal thunder’. This phrase was used in Steppenwolf’s 1968 single ‘Born To Be Wild’, and helped christen an emerging sub-genre of hard rock. The origins of heavy metal are heard in the hard rock ...
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