Steppenwolf magic carpet ride series#

Steppenwolf magic carpet ride series#

∙ In 1994, Kay celebrated the band’s 25th anniversary with a series of concerts in the former East Germany, near his childhood home, and with his autobiography, Magic Carpet Ride. Magic Carpet Ride - YouTube Music Up next Lyrics Related Autoplay Add similar songs to the end of the queue Baby don't hurt me hadaway live brian cini 4:48 Autoplay is on Baby don't hurt me. Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild / Magic Carpet Ride 7' (VG/VG). FOR SALE Image information The image is an original photograph of the offered item. ∙ Kay contributed vocals to Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five’s 1988 hip-hop cover of Steppenwolf’s hit “Magic Carpet Ride.” STEPPENWOLF - BORN To Be Wild / Magic Carpet Ride 7' (VG/VG). ∙ The group broke up for the first time on February 14, 1972, which Los Angeles mayor Sam Yorty officially declared to be Steppenwolf Day. ∙ All five studio albums they released between 19-including the Gold-selling The Second-reached the Top 20 of the Billboard 200. Steppenwolf originally released Magic Carpet Ride written by John Kay and Rushton Moreve and Steppenwolf released it on the album The Second in 1968.

∙ Their biggest hit, 1968’s “Born to Be Wild,” became the rebellion theme for a generation after it was featured in Dennis Hopper’s 1969 counterculture film, Easy Rider.

∙ Formed in Los Angeles in 1967 by singer John Kay and other ex-members of Canadian band The Sparrow, the group took their name from the title of a Hermann Hesse novel. Steppenwolf was a Canadian-American rock band whose thundering sound propelled several enduring anthems of the ’60s and helped pave the way for the rise of ’70s hard rock.