Steppenwolf ƙungiyar dutsen Kanada ce mai aiki daga 1968 zuwa 1972. An kafa ƙungiyar a ƙarshen 1967 a Los Angeles ta hanyar mawaƙi John Kay, mawallafin maɓalli Goldie McJohn da ɗan ganga Jerry Edmonton.
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An haifi John Kay a cikin 1944 a Gabashin Prussia kuma ya koma Kanada tare da danginsa a 1958. Sa’ad da yake ɗan shekara 14, Kay ya riga ya fara wasa a rediyo. Shi da iyalinsa sun ƙaura zuwa Buffalo, New York sannan kuma zuwa Santa Monica, California.
A gabar tekun yamma, Kay ya yi sha'awar yanayin kaɗe-kaɗe na kaɗe-kaɗe na dutsen, kuma ba da daɗewa ba yana buga ƙwaƙƙwaran kaɗe-kaɗe da kaɗe-kaɗe na jama'a a cikin shagunan kofi da mashaya.
Tun lokacin samartaka, Kay ya nuna sha'awar kiɗa mai zurfi, kuma daga baya ya shiga ƙungiyar Sparrow a 1965.
Duk da cewa kungiyar ta yi yawon bude ido da dama, har ma da nadar wakokinsu, ba ta taba samun gagarumar nasara ba kuma nan da nan ta watse. Koyaya, bisa buƙatar Gabriel Mekler, Kay ya yanke shawarar sake tattara membobin ƙungiyar.
A wancan lokacin, ƙungiyar ta haɗa da: Kay, Goldie McJohn, Jerry Edmonton, Michael Monarch da Rushton Morev. Ɗan'uwan Edmonton Dennis ya ba wa ƙungiyar tare da guda ɗaya wanda aka haifa don zama Wild, wanda ya rubuta asali don kundin sa na solo.
An kuma canza sunan kungiyar, saboda haka aka kira su Steppenwolf. Littafin littafin Hermann Hesse Steppenwolf ya yi wahayi zuwa Kay kuma ya yanke shawarar sanya sunan kungiyar haka.
Dawowar ƙungiyar ta kasance nasara mai ban mamaki. An haife shi don zama Wild shine babban bugun farko na Steppenwolf, kuma a cikin 1968 yana wasa akan duk sigogin.
Bayan irin wannan nasarar a cikin 1968, ƙungiyar ta fitar da kundi na biyu, The Second. Ya haɗa da hits da yawa waɗanda ke cikin manyan waƙoƙi biyar na zamaninsu.
Wani kundi, wanda aka fitar a shekarar 1969, mai suna "A Ranar Haihuwarku", yana da bugu kamar Rock Me, wanda ya buga manyan wakoki goma.
Kundin kundin da aka fi tuhumar kungiyar, Monster, wanda kuma aka sake shi a shekarar 1969, ya yi tambaya game da manufofin Shugaba Nixon kuma, abin mamaki, waƙar ta zama babban abin burgewa.
A cikin 1970, ƙungiyar ta fitar da kundinsu Steppenwolf 7, wanda wasu ke ɗauka a matsayin kundi mafi kyau na ƙungiyar. An yaba wa waƙar Snowblind Friend musamman saboda yadda ta mai da hankali kan shaye-shayen miyagun ƙwayoyi da matsalolin da ke tattare da ita.
A wannan lokacin, kungiyar ta kai kololuwar nasara, amma rashin jituwa tsakanin ’yan wasan kwaikwayo ya kai ga wargajewarta (a shekarar 1972). Bayan haka, Kay ya yi rikodin kundi na solo kamar Waƙoƙin da aka manta da Jarumai da ba a taɓa su ba da kuma Sportin na.
Ziyarar bankwana da ƙungiyar ta yi nasara sosai, kuma a cikin 1974 Kay ya ɗauki matakin gyara ƙungiyar, inda ya kai ga fitar da albam kamar Slow Flux da Skullduggery. Duk da haka, a yanzu kungiyar ba ta da farin jini sosai, kuma a shekarar 1976 ta sake watsewa.
Kay ya koma aiki a kan sana'arsa ta kaɗaici. A cikin 1980s, ƙungiyoyi da yawa "sun tashi" wanda ya ƙunshi tsoffin membobin ƙungiyar ta amfani da sunan Steppenwolf don yawon shakatawa.
Ba da daɗewa ba Kay ya kafa sabon layi kuma ya sanya wa ƙungiyar John Kay da Steppenwolf suna don gwadawa da kwato tsohuwar ɗaukakar ƙungiyar, wacce ke ci gaba da aiki a matsayin babban lakabin.
A shekara ta 1994 (a jajibirin bikin cika shekaru 25 na Steppenwolf) Kay ya koma tsohuwar Jamus ta Gabas don gudanar da wasannin kide-kide na nasara. Wannan tafiya ta sake hada shi da abokai da ’yan uwa wadanda tun yana karami bai taba ganin su ba. A cikin wannan shekarar, Kay ya buga tarihin rayuwarsa, wanda ya ba da labarin komai game da abubuwan da ke faruwa a ƙungiyarsa.
A farkon 2012, John Kay ya sayar da duk haƙƙoƙinsa ga Steppenwolf ga manajansa, amma ya riƙe haƙƙin yawon shakatawa da aiki a matsayin John Kay & Steppenwolf.
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Bayan guda Rock Me, Move Over, Monster da Hey Lawdy Mama, ƙungiyar ta shiga cikin wani nau'in "eclipse". Duk da haka, sun ci gaba da jin daɗin babbar shahara a cikin Amurka da ƙasashen waje. A daidai lokacin da ƙungiyar ta kasance a wurin watsewarsu, sauye-sauyen layi sun yi barazanar nasararsu.
An maye gurbin guitarist da Larry Byr, wanda Kent Henry ya maye gurbinsa. An maye gurbin dan wasan bass da Morgan Nikolai sannan kuma George Biondo.
A ƙarshe, rashin samun layi na dindindin ya ɗauki nauyinsa, kuma a farkon 1972 kungiyar ta wargaje. "An ɗaure mu da hoto da salon kiɗa, kuma ba batun batun ma'aikata ba," in ji Kay a wani taron manema labarai.
Rukuni yau
A yau, Steppenwolf yana aiki ba tare da tallafi na yau da kullun ba. Ayyukan ƙungiyar masu zaman kansu sun haɗa da ɗakin rikodin nata.
Har ila yau, akwai gidan yanar gizon da ke fitar da kiɗan Steppenwolf, yana ba da damar "masoya" don samun sauƙi ga ayyukan ƙungiyar kwanan nan da kuma sake fitar da CD na dukan kundin kundin kundin Steppenwolf da John Kay.
Ƙungiyar ta ci gaba da fitar da sababbin kiɗa da kuma ayyuka da yawa, ciki har da wasan kwaikwayo na kwanan nan na John Kay.
Tare da sama da rikodin miliyan 20 da aka sayar a duk duniya, kuma tare da waƙoƙin su da aka ba da lasisi don amfani a cikin fina-finai 37 da shirye-shiryen talabijin 36, aikin Steppenwolf ya zama wani ɓangare na rayuwarmu.
