USteppenwolf wayeyiqembu le-rock laseCanada elisebenza kusukela ngo-1968 kuya ku-1972. Ibhendi yasungulwa ngasekupheleni kuka-1967 e-Los Angeles yi-vocalist uJohn Kay, i-keyboardist Goldie McJohn kanye nesigubhu uJerry Edmonton.
Umlando we-Steppenwolf Group
UJohn Kay wazalwa ngo-1944 eMpumalanga Prussia, futhi ngo-1958 yena nomkhaya wakhe bathuthela eCanada. Lapho eneminyaka engu-14, uKay wayesevele edlala emsakazweni. Yena nomndeni wakhe bathuthela eBuffalo, eNew York, base beya eSanta Monica, eCalifornia.
Ogwini oluseNtshonalanga, uKay wathakaselwa indawo yomculo we-rock echumayo, futhi ngokushesha wayesedlala umculo we-acoustic blues nomculo wesintu odumayo ezitolo zekhofi nasezinkantini.
Kusukela ebusheni, uKay wakhombisa intshisekelo ejulile emculweni, ngemuva kwalokho wajoyina iqembu elithi Sparrow ngo-1965.
Nakuba leli qembu lihambele kakhulu laze laqopha nezingoma zalo, alizange lilethe impumelelo enkulu futhi lahlukana ngokushesha. Kodwa-ke, ngokugcizelela kukaGabriel Meckler, uKay wanquma ukuhlanganisa amalungu eqembu.
Ngaleso sikhathi, iqembu lalihlanganisa: uKay, Goldie McJohn, Jerry Edmonton, Michael Monarch kanye noRushton Morev. Umfowabo ka-Edmonton uDennis unikeze leli qembu ngengoma ethi Born to Be Wild, ayibhalele i-albhamu yakhe eyedwa.
Izinguquko nazo zathinta igama leqembu, ngenxa yalokho babizwa ngokuthi i-Steppenwolf. UKay ugqugquzelwe inoveli kaHermann Hesse ethi Steppenwolf futhi wanquma ukuqamba leli qembu ngaleyo ndlela.
Ukubuya kweqembu kube yimpumelelo eyisimanga. I-Born to Be Wild yaba ingoma yokuqala ka-Steppenwolf futhi yadlalwa kuwo wonke amashadi ngo-1968.
Ngemuva kwale mpumelelo, leli qembu lakhipha i-albhamu yalo yesibili, ethi, The Second, ngo-1968. Yayihlanganisa izingoma ezimbalwa ezaziphakathi kwezingoma ezinhlanu eziphezulu zesikhathi sayo.
Enye i-albhamu, eyakhishwa ngo-1969, ethi On Your Birthday, yaveza i-Top XNUMX eyashisa izikhotha ethi Rock Me.
I-albhamu yeqembu enecala kakhulu kwezombusazwe, i-Monster, nayo eyakhululwa ngo-1969, yangabaza izinqubomgomo zikaMongameli u-Nixon futhi, ngokumangazayo, leli culo laphenduka i-hit enkulu.
Ngo-1970, ibhendi yakhipha i-albhamu yayo ethi Steppenwolf 7, ethathwa ngabanye njenge-albhamu ehamba phambili yeqembu. Ingoma ethi Snowblind Friend yathakaselwa kakhulu ngokugxila ekusebenziseni kabi izidakamizwa kanye nezinkinga ezihambisana nakho.
Ngalesi sikhathi, leli qembu lase lifinyelele esicongweni sempumelelo, kodwa ukungaboni ngaso linye phakathi kwabadlali kuholele ekuhlakazweni kwalo (ngo-1972). Ngemuva kwalokhu, uKay uqophe ama-albhamu eyedwa njengezingoma Ezikhohliwe kanye ne-Unsung Heroes kanye ne-My Sportin.
Uhambo lokuvalelisa lweqembu lwaba yimpumelelo kakhulu, kwathi ngo-1974 uKay wathatha isinyathelo sokuguqula ibhendi, kwagcina ngokuthi kukhishwe ama-albhamu afana ne-Slow Flux ne-Skullduggery. Nokho, manje leli qembu lalingasathandwa kakhulu, futhi ngo-1976 laphinde lahlukana.
UKay wabuyela emsebenzini wakhe eyedwa. Ngawo-1980, amaqembu amaningana ahlanganisa amalungu angaphambili ebhendi "ayesevele" futhi asebenzisa igama le-Steppenwolf ukuvakasha.
Ngokushesha uKay udale iqembu elisha futhi waqamba iqembu ngokuthi u-John Kay no-Steppenwolf ukuze azame ukubuyisa udumo lwangaphambili lweqembu, elisaqhubeka nokusebenza njengelebula elikhulu.
Ngo-1994 (ngaphambi kokugubha iminyaka engu-25 kaSteppenwolf), uKay wabuyela ezweni langaphambili laseMpumalanga Jalimane ochungechungeni lwamakhonsathi okunqoba. Lolu hambo lwamhlanganisa nabangane nezihlobo ayengakaze azibone kusukela esemncane. Ngawo lowo nyaka, uKay washicilela i-biography yakhe, etshela konke mayelana nokwehla nokwenyuka kweqembu lakhe.
Ekuqaleni kuka-2012, uJohn Kay wathengisa wonke amalungelo akhe ku-Steppenwolf kumphathi wakhe, kodwa wagcina ilungelo lokuvakasha nokwenza njengo-John Kay & Steppenwolf.
Izinguquko ekubunjweni kweqembu I-Steppenwolf
Ngemuva kwezingoma ezithi Rock Me, Move Over, Monster kanye nethi Hey Lawdy Mama, leli qembu lingene ohlotsheni “lokusitheka kwelanga”. Kodwa-ke, baqhubeka bethandwa kakhulu e-US nakwamanye amazwe. Lapho nje ibhendi isezingeni eliphezulu, izinguquko zohlelo zasongela impumelelo yazo.
Umdlali wesigingci wathathelwa indawo uLarry Byre, okwathi ngemva kwalokho kwathathwa uKent Henry. Umdlali we-bass uthathwe nguMorgan Nicolai kwase kuba uGeorge Biondo.
Ekugcineni, ukuntuleka kohlu oluphelele kwaba nethonya elikhulu, futhi iqembu lahlakazeka ekuqaleni kuka-1972. "Sasiboshelwe esithombeni nesitayela somculo, hhayi ezinkingeni zabasebenzi," kusho uKay esithangamini nabezindaba.
Iqembu namuhla
Namuhla, i-Steppenwolf isebenza ngaphandle kwezimali eziyinhloko. Imisebenzi yaleli qembu ezimele ihlanganisa esalo isitudiyo sokuqopha.
Kukhona nesizindalwazi esikhipha umculo ka-Steppenwolf, okuvumela "abalandeli" ukuthi bafinyelele kalula umsebenzi wakamuva weqembu, kanye nokukhishwa kabusha kwama-CD ayo yonke ikhathalogu ye-albhamu ka-Steppenwolf kanye no-John Kay.
Ibhendi iyaqhubeka nokukhipha umculo omusha kanye namaphrojekthi ahlukahlukene, okuhlanganisa nokuphuma yedwa kuka-John Kay kwakamuva.
Ngemva kokudayisa amarekhodi angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-20 emhlabeni wonke, futhi izingoma zabo zinelayisensi yokusetshenziswa kumafilimu angu-37 nezinhlelo zethelevishini ezingu-36, umsebenzi ka-Steppenwolf usuphenduke insakavukela ekuphileni kwethu.
