The ABC / Dunhill Singles Collection

What was the hardest-rocking band ever to notch three Top Ten hits? For our money, it s Steppenwolf. Formed from the Canadian band The Sparrow (including Dennis Edmonton a.k.a. Mars Bonfire), and led by vocalist John Kay, Steppenwolf scored with Born to Be Wild, Magic Carpet Ride and Rock Me in the space of nine months back in 1968-1969, and hit the charts eleven more times up though the mid- 70s. Often tagged as a biker band mostly due to their prominent presence on the soundtrack to Easy Rider Steppenwolf was actually a socially-conscious, highly political outfit, never more so than on their controversial LP Monster, one of 14 charting albums released by the band over a 20-year period.