Steppenwolf ibhendi reCanada rock rinoshanda kubva 1968 kusvika 1972. Bhendi rakaumbwa mukupera kwa1967 muLos Angeles nemuimbi John Kay, keyboardist Goldie McJohn uye chigubhu Jerry Edmonton.
Nhoroondo ye Steppenwolf Group
John Kay akaberekwa muna 1944 muEast Prussia uye akatamira kuCanada nemhuri yake muna 1958. Pazera remakore 14, Kay akanga ava kutotamba paredhiyo. Iye nemhuri yake vakatamira kuBuffalo, New York ndokuzoenda kuSanta Monica, California.
Kumadokero kumahombekombe, Kay akafadzwa nemimhanzi yerock yaibudirira zvikuru, uye munguva pfupi akanga ava kuridza acoustic blues uye kuimba nziyo dzechinyakare mumashopu ekofi nemabhawa.
Kubva pauduku, Kay akaratidza kufarira zvikuru mimhanzi, uye akazobatana neboka reSparrow muna 1965.
Kunyange zvazvo boka racho raiva nenzendo dzakawanda, uye kunyange kurekodha nziyo dzavo, hazvina kumbounza kubudirira kwakakosha uye munguva pfupi yakaparara. Nekudaro, pakukurudzira kwaGabriel Mekler, Kay akafunga kuunganidzazve nhengo dzebhendi.
Panguva iyoyo, boka racho raisanganisira: Kay, Goldie McJohn, Jerry Edmonton, Michael Monarch naRushton Morev. Edmonton Munun'una waDennis akapa bhendi iro rimwechete Born to Be Wild, iro raakambonyorera dambarefu rake ega.
Zita reboka racho rakachinjwawo, somugumisiro vakanzi Steppenwolf. Kay akafuridzirwa nebhuku raHermann Hesse rinonzi Steppenwolf uye akasarudza kutumidza boka racho nenzira iyoyo.
Kudzoka kwebhendi kwakabudirira zvikuru. Born to Be Wild yaive yekutanga kurova kukuru kwaSteppenwolf, uye muna 1968 yaive ichiridza pamachati ese.
Mushure mekubudirira kwakadaro muna 1968, boka racho rakaburitsa rwiyo rwavo rwechipiri, The Second. Yaisanganisira hits dzakawanda dzaive munziyo shanu dzepamusoro dzenguva yavo.
Rimwe dambarefu, rakaburitswa muna 1969, "On Your Birthday", raive nerwiyo rwakaita seRock Me, iro rakabaya nziyo gumi dzepamusoro.
Dambarefu rebhendi rinonyanya kupomerwa zvematongerwo enyika, Monster, rakaburitswawo muna 1969, rakapokana marongero aPresident Nixon uye, zvinoshamisa, rwiyo rwacho rwakaratidza kuve rwakanyanya.
Muna 1970 bhendi rakaburitsa dambarefu ravo rinonzi Steppenwolf 7, iro rinotorwa nevamwe sedambarefu repamusoro reboka iri. Rwiyo rweSnowblind Friend rwakanyanya kufarirwa nekuda kwekuisa pfungwa pakushandisa zvinodhaka uye matambudziko ane chekuita nazvo.
Panguva ino, boka rakanga rasvika pachinhanho chekubudirira, asi kusawirirana pakati pevatambi kwakazokonzera kuparara kwaro (muna 1972). Mushure meizvozvo, Kay akarekodha ega maalbum akadai seMakakanganwa Nziyo uye Unsung Magamba uye My Sportin.
Rwendo rwekuonekana nebhendi rwakabudirira zvikuru, uye muna 1974 Kay akatora danho rekugadzirisa bhendi, zvikaguma nekuburitswa kwemaarubhamu akadai seSlow Flux neSkullduggery. Zvisinei, panguva ino boka racho rakanga risisina mukurumbira, uye muna 1976 rakarambana zvakare.
Kay akadzokera kubasa rake ega. Pakazosvika ma1980, mabhendi akati wandei "akaputika" aisanganisira vaimbove nhengo dzebhendi vachishandisa zita reSteppenwolf kushanya.
Nenguva isipi Kay akagadzira mutsara mutsva uye akatumidza bhendi John Kay naSteppenwolf kuti vaedze uye vadzore kubwinya kwekare kwebhendi, iro rinoramba richishanda sechinyorwa chikuru.
Muna 1994 (pamberi pemakore makumi maviri neshanu ekuyeukwa kweSteppenwolf) Kay akadzokera kune yaimbova East Germany kune akakunda akatevedzana emakonzati. Rwendo urwu rwakamubatanidza neshamwari nehama dzaasina kumboona kubva achiri mudiki. Mugore rimwe chete, Kay akabudisa biography yake, iyo inotaura zvose pamusoro pekukwira nekudzika kweboka rake.
Mukutanga kwe2012, John Kay akatengesa kodzero dzake dzose kuna Steppenwolf kune maneja wake, asi akachengetedza kodzero yekushanyira uye kuita saJohn Kay & Steppenwolf.
Shanduko mukuumbwa kweboka Chikamu
Mushure meimwe Rock Me, Move Over, Monster naHey Lawdy Mama, bhendi rakapinda mumhando ye "eclipse". Zvakangodaro, vakaramba vachinakidzwa nekuzivikanwa kukuru muUS nekune dzimwe nyika. Apo bhendi rakanga rava panguva yavo yekuputsika, kuchinja kwemutsara kwakatyisidzira kubudirira kwavo.
Gitare akatsiviwa naLarry Byr, uyo akazotsiviwa naKent Henry. Mutambi webass akatsiviwa naMorgan Nikolai uyezve naGeorge Biondo.
Pakupedzisira, kushaikwa kwemutsara wechigarire kwakawedzera, uye mukutanga kwa1972 boka rakaparara. "Takanga takasungirirwa kumufananidzo uye chimiro chemimhanzi, uye kwete kumatambudziko evashandi," Kay akadaro pamusangano wehurukuro.
Boka nhasi
Nhasi, Steppenwolf inoshanda pasina mari yakawanda. Basa rakazvimiririra reboka rinosanganisira rekodha studio.
Kune zvakare webhusaiti inoburitsa mimhanzi yaSteppenwolf, ichibvumira "mafani" kuwana zviri nyore basa rebhendi richangoburwa pamwe chete neCD reissues yeSteppenwolf yese uye John Kay album catalog.
Iyo bhendi inoenderera mberi nekuburitsa mimhanzi mitsva pamwe nemapurojekiti mazhinji, kusanganisira ichangoburwa solo kuita naJohn Kay.
Nemarekodhi anopfuura mamirioni makumi maviri akatengeswa pasi rose, uye nenziyo dzadzo dzakabvumidzwa kushandiswa mumafirimu makumi matatu nemanomwe uye 20 zvirongwa zveterevhizheni, basa raSteppenwolf rave chikamu chakakosha chehupenyu hwedu.
