Author: STEPPENWOLF

Format: Best of

Release Date: 22-06-1999

Details: Amazon.ca Steppenwolf earned its place in the rock pantheon thanks to "Born to Be Wild," the deathless classic immortalized in the 1969 counterculture flick Easy Rider. But there was more to John Kay & Co. than a theme song for motorcycle rallies. Steppenwolf also offered social commentary in the form of "Snowblind Friend" and "The Pusher," prime psychedelia ("Magic Carpet Ride"), and plenty of good-time hard rock ("Hey Lawdy Mama," "Rock Me"). In some ways, they were the thinking person's hard rock band (a specialty niche, to be sure, with Kay's band taking their name, after all, from a Hermann Hesse novel). Alas, like so many examples of MCA's 20th Century Masters collection, this Steppenwolf set contains some fine music, but is inferior to a previous package--1999's All-Time Greatest Hits, which offers many more tracks for just a couple more bucks. --Daniel Durchholz Product Description Within three months in 1968, the Hammond-heavy hits Born to Be Wild and Magic Carpet Ride heralded the arrival of an absolutely killer rock band-and the Steppenwolf hits just kept coming. Here are those two plus Rock Me; Move Over; It's Never Too Late; Hey Lawdy Mama; Who Needs Ya; Ride with Me, and more!

UPC: 008811195427

EAN: 0008811195427

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: used very good