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Apocalisse's avatar

A metal name before metal existed

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Michael Portelance's avatar

'Heavy Metal Thunder'

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Jeremy Poynton's avatar

Not quite. Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum, 1968, with a monster Summertime Blues. Feel free to respond - OK Boomer...

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Apocalisse's avatar

No, you should just tell Me what do you mean with that

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Jeremy Poynton's avatar

OK Boomer? It's now a standard response to Boomers such as I

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Gareth Sean Paul McCarthy's avatar

The best song for starting a road trip, followed by Born to run.

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Ken's avatar

' You know I smoked a lotta grass

Oh Lord, I popped a lotta pills

But I never touched nothin

That my spirit couldn't kill

You know I've seen a lotta people walking

'round

With tombstones in their eyes

But the Pusher don't care

If you live - or if you die

God Damm ! The Pusher

Say God Damn ! The Pusher Man"

Easy Rider made this group a part of the fabric of our lives. This group was part of the craziness of Laurel Canyon that was the center of Rock and Roll during the mid 60's.

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David Shaw's avatar

Used to follow their keyboardist Goldy McJohn on Twitter (I think it was). Wikipedia claims he was in the Sparrow (not Sparrows) but I think he was later like John Kay. Don't recall a keyboardist in the early days in Yorkville.

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Petey's avatar

Fan

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John Nogowski's avatar

Steppenwolf 7, I know, I know, is a really listenable album. For some reason, one summer we had that record playing over and over again. Very unsung band.

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Karen's avatar

One of my favorite songs of all time.

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maxumusK's avatar

This is one of those songs in my history that I have not "over listened to," so when it pops up it always sounds fresh.

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Old Codger Steve's avatar

They were born to be wild….

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Jim C's avatar

Yeah. That and Radar Love/Twilight Zone

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KKS Handmade Guitars's avatar

Apart from late 68 when Led Zeppelin hit the US so hard it was like Thor's hammer

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Dean Hughes's avatar

First concert I ever attended, 1971, Steppenwolf with Three Dog Night opening. UPS Fieldhouse, Tacoma, Wa

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Elmer's avatar

Around the mid-60s there was a proto-punk garage band sound among lesser known groups. Steppenwolf really nailed the edgy sound. One of their albums had an inside cover showing them with a purple penis-mobile.

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86 🍊 🌮's avatar

If man is still alive …

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Gordon Schenck's avatar

Monster. The lyrics are as relevant today as they were 55 years ago. Maybe more so today.

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David Shaw's avatar

Used to go and see them regularly at the Inn on the Parking Lot as The Sparrow. They were excellent though didn't have their famous singer yet (who I think still worked at my father's architecture office) ... they did a cover of DOWN HOME GIRL ... better than the Stones. I think the drummer wrote BORN TO BE WILD under an alias (MARS BONFIRE),

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