Steppenwolf

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Steppenwolf is a Canadian-American rock band best known for their late-1960s hits like "Born to Be Wild" and "Magic Carpet Ride," which became iconic anthems of counterculture and motorcycle culture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical group ⓘ
rock band ⓘ
activePeriod 1970s ⓘ
late 1960s ⓘ
associatedAct The Sparrows ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Canada ⓘ
United States ⓘ
debutAlbum Steppenwolf ⓘ
debutAlbumReleaseYear 1968 ⓘ
formedIn 1967 ⓘ
genre acid rock ⓘ
blues rock ⓘ
hard rock ⓘ
psychedelic rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasAlbum At Your Birthday Party ⓘ
For Ladies Only ⓘ
Monster ⓘ
Steppenwolf ⓘ
Steppenwolf 7 ⓘ
linked to: Steppenwolf

The Second ⓘ
hasInstrumentation bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
keyboards ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
hasMember Goldy McJohn ⓘ
Jerry Edmonton ⓘ
John Kay ⓘ
Michael Monarch ⓘ
Rushton Moreve ⓘ
hasSubsequentLineup John Kay & Steppenwolf ⓘ
influencedCulture counterculture of the 1960s ⓘ
motorcycle culture ⓘ
languageOfLyrics English ⓘ
leadVocalist John Kay ⓘ
lyricCoinedPhrase Born to Be Wild – "heavy metal thunder" ⓘ
linked to: Born to Be Wild
namedAfter Steppenwolf (novel) ⓘ
linked to: Steppenwolf
namedAfterAuthor Hermann Hesse ⓘ
linked to: Herman Hesse
notableFor anthem of motorcycle culture – Born to Be Wild ⓘ
linked to: Born to Be Wild

late-1960s rock hits ⓘ
notableWork Born to Be Wild ⓘ
Magic Carpet Ride ⓘ
Monster ⓘ
Rock Me ⓘ
The Pusher ⓘ
originCity Los Angeles ⓘ
originState California ⓘ
recordLabel ABC Records ⓘ
Dunhill Records ⓘ
MCA Records ⓘ
songFeaturedIn Born to Be Wild – Easy Rider ⓘ
linked to: Born to Be Wild
songUsedInFilm Born to Be Wild ⓘ

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The Mynah Birds → associatedAct → Steppenwolf ⓘ
Born to Be Wild → artist → Steppenwolf ⓘ
Born to Be Wild → performer → Steppenwolf ⓘ
Born to Be Wild → includedInAlbum → Steppenwolf ⓘ
Born to Be Wild → album → Steppenwolf ⓘ
The Pusher → artist → Steppenwolf ⓘ
The Pusher → performer → Steppenwolf ⓘ
The Pusher → associatedAct → Steppenwolf ⓘ
The Pusher → recordingArtist → Steppenwolf ⓘ
Dunhill Records → notableArtist → Steppenwolf ⓘ
Nick St. Nicholas → memberOf → Steppenwolf ⓘ
Nick St. Nicholas → associatedAct → Steppenwolf ⓘ
Steppenwolf → debutAlbum → Steppenwolf ⓘ
Steppenwolf → hasAlbum → Steppenwolf ⓘ
Steppenwolf → hasAlbum → Steppenwolf 7 ⓘ
linked to: Steppenwolf
The Sparrows → associatedBand → Steppenwolf ⓘ
The Sparrows → predecessorOf → Steppenwolf ⓘ
Goldy McJohn → memberOf → Steppenwolf ⓘ
Goldy McJohn → associatedAct → Steppenwolf ⓘ
Goldy McJohn → helpedDefineSoundOf → Steppenwolf ⓘ
Peter Maffay → notableWork → Steppenwolf (album) ⓘ
linked to: Steppenwolf
Hoochie Coochie Man → coveredBy → Steppenwolf ⓘ
Bobby Cochran → associatedBand → Steppenwolf ⓘ
Bobby Cochran → associatedAct → Steppenwolf ⓘ
Born to Be Wild → performer → Steppenwolf ⓘ
subject linked to: Mars Bonfire
Jerry Edmonton → memberOf → Steppenwolf ⓘ
subject linked to: Mars Bonfire
The Sparrows → laterBecame → Steppenwolf ⓘ
subject linked to: Mars Bonfire
Mars Bonfire → associatedAct → Steppenwolf ⓘ
Everybody's Next One → artist → Steppenwolf ⓘ
Everybody's Next One → performer → Steppenwolf ⓘ
Everybody's Next One → partOfAlbum → Steppenwolf ⓘ
Everybody's Next One → album → Steppenwolf ⓘ
Everybody's Next One → recordedBy → Steppenwolf ⓘ
Everybody's Next One → includedIn → Steppenwolf (1968 studio album) ⓘ
linked to: Steppenwolf
Gabriel Mekler → associatedWith → Steppenwolf ⓘ
Gabriel Mekler → produced → Steppenwolf (Steppenwolf album) ⓘ
linked to: Steppenwolf