
Once Steppenwolf performed by the rather tame name The Sparrows, but record producer Gabriel Mekler (1942-1977) got the band's alpha male, John Kay, interested in the idea to name the band Steppenwolf, after the novel by German/Swiss writer and poet Herman Hesse.
Active: 1967-1972; 1974-1976; 1980-present, CAN/USA
Site: http://steppenwolf.com/
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