Legendary American-Canadian rock band the repertoire of which includes Born To Be Wild as perhaps their best known song.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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