The phrase “heavy metal thunder” in Steppenwolf’s 1968 hit “Born to Be Wild” is one of the earliest uses of the term “heavy metal” in a musical context — predating the musical genre itself by about two years.

The band STEPPENWOLF took its name from the 1927 novel of the same name by German-Swiss author Herman Hesse.

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