Steppenwolf ndi gulu la rock laku Canada lomwe limagwira ntchito kuyambira 1968 mpaka 1972. Gululi lidapangidwa kumapeto kwa 1967 ku Los Angeles ndi woimba John Kay, woyimba keyboard Goldie McJohn ndi woyimba ng'oma Jerry Edmonton.
Mbiri ya Gulu la Steppenwolf
John Kay anabadwa mu 1944 ku East Prussia ndipo anasamukira ku Canada ndi banja lake mu 1958. Ali ndi zaka 14, Kay anali atayamba kale kusewera pawailesi. Iye ndi banja lake anasamukira ku Buffalo, New York ndipo kenako ku Santa Monica, California.
Ku gombe lakumadzulo, Kay anachita chidwi kwambiri ndi nyimbo za rock zomwe zinkachulukirachulukira, ndipo posakhalitsa anayamba kusewera nyimbo zamtundu wa acoustic ndi kung'ung'udza m'mashopu a khofi ndi mabala.
Kuyambira ali wachinyamata, Kay adawonetsa chidwi kwambiri ndi nyimbo, ndipo adalowa mgulu la Sparrow mu 1965.
Ngakhale kuti gululo linali ndi maulendo ambiri, ndipo ngakhale kujambula nyimbo zawo, sizinabweretse kupambana kwakukulu ndipo posakhalitsa linatha. Komabe, atalimbikitsidwa ndi Gabriel Mekler, Kay adaganiza zophatikizanso mamembala a gululo.
Panthawiyo, gululi linali: Kay, Goldie McJohn, Jerry Edmonton, Michael Monarch ndi Rushton Morev. Mchimwene wake wa Edmonton, Dennis, adapatsa gululo gulu limodzi lotchedwa Born to Be Wild, lomwe poyambirira adalembera chimbale chake chokha.
Dzina la gulu linasinthidwanso, chifukwa chake adatchedwa Steppenwolf. Kay adauziridwa ndi buku la Hermann Hesse la Steppenwolf ndipo adaganiza zotcha gululo mwanjira imeneyi.
Kubwereranso kwa gululi kunali kopambana kwambiri. Born to Be Wild inali nyimbo yoyamba ya Steppenwolf, ndipo mu 1968 inali kusewera pama chart onse.
Pambuyo pa kupambana kotere mu 1968, gululo linatulutsa chimbale chawo chachiwiri, The Second. Inaphatikizanso nyimbo zingapo zomwe zinali mu nyimbo zisanu zapamwamba za nthawi yawo.
Chimbale china, chomwe chidatulutsidwa mu 1969, "On Your Birthday", chidali ndi nyimbo ngati Rock Me, yomwe idagunda nyimbo khumi zapamwamba kwambiri.
Chimbale chodziwika bwino kwambiri cha gululi, Monster, chomwe chidatulutsidwanso mu 1969, chidakayikira mfundo za Purezidenti Nixon ndipo, chodabwitsa, nyimboyi idagunda kwambiri.
Mu 1970 gululo linatulutsa chimbale chawo cha Steppenwolf 7, chomwe ena amachiwona kukhala chimbale chabwino kwambiri pagululo. Nyimboyi yotchedwa Snowblind Friend inayamikiridwa kwambiri chifukwa choganizira kwambiri za kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo komanso mavuto omwe amakumana nawo.
Panthawiyi, gululi lidafika pachimake chopambana, koma kusagwirizana pakati pa ochita masewerawo kudapangitsa kuti awonongeke (mu 1972). Pambuyo pake, Kay adalemba ma solo monga Nyimbo Zoiwalika ndi Unsung Heroes ndi My Sportin.
Ulendo wotsazikana ndi gululi udayenda bwino kwambiri, ndipo mu 1974 Kay adachitapo kanthu kuti asinthe gululo, zomwe zidafika pachimake pakutulutsa ma Albums monga Slow Flux ndi Skullduggery. Komabe, pakali pano gululo silinali lotchuka kwambiri, ndipo mu 1976 linathanso.
Kay anabwerera kukagwira ntchito yake yekha. Pofika zaka za m'ma 1980, magulu angapo "adayaka" omwe anali mamembala akale omwe amagwiritsa ntchito dzina la Steppenwolf kuti ayende.
Posakhalitsa Kay anapanga mzere watsopano ndipo adatcha gulu la John Kay ndi Steppenwolf kuti ayese kubwezeretsanso ulemerero wakale wa gululo, lomwe likupitirizabe kugwira ntchito ngati chizindikiro chachikulu.
Mu 1994 (madzulo a chikumbutso cha 25th Steppenwolf) Kay anabwerera ku East Germany wakale pa mndandanda wopambana wa zoimbaimba. Ulendo umenewu unamupezanso ndi anzake komanso achibale amene sanawaonepo kuyambira ali mwana. M'chaka chomwecho, Kay adafalitsa mbiri yake, yomwe imafotokoza zonse zokhudza kukwera ndi kutsika kwa gulu lake.
Kumayambiriro kwa chaka cha 2012, John Kay anagulitsa ufulu wake wonse kwa Steppenwolf kwa mtsogoleri wake, koma adakhala ndi ufulu woyendera ndikuchita monga John Kay & Steppenwolf.
Kusintha kwa kamangidwe ka gulu Mwapen
Pambuyo pa nyimbo imodzi ya Rock Me, Move Over, Monster ndi Hey Lawdy Mama, gululi lidalowa ngati "kadamsana". Komabe, adapitilizabe kusangalala ndi kutchuka kwakukulu ku US ndi kunja. Pomwe gululi lidatsala pang'ono kutha, kusintha kwa mzere kudawopseza kupambana kwawo.
Woyimba gitala adasinthidwa ndi Larry Byr, yemwe adasinthidwa ndi Kent Henry. Wosewera wa bass adasinthidwa ndi Morgan Nikolai kenako ndi George Biondo.
Pamapeto pake, kusowa kwa mzere wokhazikika kunasokoneza, ndipo kumayambiriro kwa 1972 gululo linatha. "Tinali omangidwa ku chithunzi ndi kalembedwe ka nyimbo, osati ku nkhani za ogwira ntchito," adatero Kay pamsonkhano wa atolankhani.
Gulu lero
Masiku ano, Steppenwolf amagwira ntchito popanda ndalama zambiri. Ntchito yodziyimira payokha ya gululi imaphatikizapo situdiyo yake yojambulira.
Palinso tsamba la webusayiti lomwe limatulutsa nyimbo za Steppenwolf, zomwe zimalola "mafani" kuti azitha kupeza ntchito zaposachedwa za gululi komanso ma CD a kabukhu lonse la Steppenwolf ndi John Kay.
Gululi likupitiriza kumasula nyimbo zatsopano komanso ntchito zambiri, kuphatikizapo nyimbo zaposachedwa za John Kay.
Ndi ma rekodi opitilira 20 miliyoni omwe agulitsidwa padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo nyimbo zawo zidaloledwa kugwiritsidwa ntchito m'mafilimu 37 ndi mapulogalamu 36 a kanema wawayilesi, ntchito ya Steppenwolf yakhala gawo lofunikira m'miyoyo yathu.
