Steppenwolf-"Steppenwolf" (1968)

The first time the term Heavy Metal would be used would be in the song "Born to be Wild" by the group Steppenwolf, a Californian band formed in 1967, which exerted a powerful rock sound.
Together with contemporary bands such as Vanilla Fudge and Iron Butterfly, they were precursors of the metal genre, their influences being decisive for the following bands of the style
Included in the group's debut album "Steppenwolf" (1968), it became the anthem of the "Hells Angels" and would later appear in the cult film "Easy Rider", reaching the top positions of the charts.
Born from the ashes of the blues rock band The Sparrows by John Kay (guitarist and vocalist), Jerry Edmonton (Drums) Michael Monarch (secondary guitar), Goldie McJohn (keyboards), and Rushton Moreve (bassist).
In the following five years Steppenwolf will be, historically, an important group, that will come to sell some 25 million records, with eight of their albums receiving the Gold Record; "Steppenwolf" (68), "The Second" (68), "Monster" (69), "Steppenwolf 7" (70), "Steppenwolf Live" (70), "Gold" (71) and "16 Greatest hits" (73), and managing to place up to twelve of their songs on the Billboard's Top 100, among which are "Magic Carpet Ride", which reached number 3, or "Rock Me", although its trajectory will soon be cut short, and then it will have only sporadic comebacks, but it is undoubted that immortality was granted by the fact that "Born to Be Wild" is considered the first Heavy Metal song in history.