Steppenwolf 7 Steppenwolf
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Album-Release:
1970
HRA-Release:
22.01.2015
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- 1 Ball Crusher 04:52
- 2 Forty Days And Forty Nights 03:03
- 3 Fat Jack 04:50
- 4 Renegade 06:08
- 5 Foggy Mental Breakdown 03:54
- 6 Snowblind Friend 03:53
- 7 Who Needs Ya 03:01
- 8 Earschplittenloudenboomer 05:01
- 9 Hippo Stomp 05:42
Info for Steppenwolf 7
1970's Steppenwolf 7, the mysteriously titled fifth Steppenwolf album overall, sees the group's return to the good-old heavy metal direction. 1969's Monster, an album that explored more serious social topics, proved to be an experimental side-step. Steppenwolf gets back to basics on such Spinal Tap-esque titles as the funk rocker 'Ball Crusher' and the instrumental 'Earschplittenloudenboomer.'
With 'Snowblind Friend,' the band revisits the cautionary drug tale originally laid down in their '60s anthem 'The Pusher.' The most lyrically interesting track on the album is definitely 'Renegade,' in which Steppenwolf singer/leader John Kay tells the autobiographical tale of how he and his family fled Nazi Germany during World War II.
This album benefited greatly from Larry Byrom’s creative surge and contributions from George Biondo (who replaced Nick St. Nicholas on Bass). Larry and George had worked together in the group ‘T.I.M.E.” and were not only fine players but also excellent singers. We put their vocal talents to good use on the songs “Foggy Mental Breakdown”, “Who Needs Ya” and “Fat Jack” on which George also sang co-lead or solo. Those tracks as well as “Renegade” and “Hippo Stomp” were some of my favorites and featured some of Larry’s finest playing along with Jerry Edmonton’s imaginative arrangement ideas. I found that these tracks stimulated my lyric/melody writing and I was quite pleased with our finished collaboration. Since I was busy working on vocal parts for tracks the guys were laying down, I found myself playing guitar only on “40 Days and 40 Nights” and “Snowblind Friend”, however Larry more than picked up the slack in that department. During these sessions, I developed an ear infection and remember doing vocals with one ear out of commission. All in all “7” remains as one of my favorite Wolf albums to this day.
John Kay, lead vocals, guitar, harmonica
Larry Byrom, lead guitar
Goldy McJohn, keyboards
George Biondo, bass, vocals
Jerry Edmonton, drums
Recorded at American Recording Co. Studio, Studio City, California
Engineered by Bill Cooper
Produced by Richard Podolor
Digitally remastered
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