Step on Wolf…Born to Wild
"Born to Be Wild" es una canción interpretada por primera vez por la banda Steppenwolf, escrita por Mars Bonfire. La canción a menudo se invoca tanto en cultura popular como en contracultura para denotar una apariencia o actitud de ciclista. A veces se describe como la primera canción heavy metal, y la segunda estrofa lírica "heavy metal thunder" marca el primer uso de este término en la música rock (aunque no como una descripción de un musical. Born to Be Wild" was written by Mars Bonfire (who also wrote several other songs for Steppenwolf) as a ballad.[6] Bonfire was previously a member of the Sparrows, the predecessor band to Steppenwolf, and his brother was Steppenwolf's drummer. Although he initially offered the song to other bands — The Human Expression, for one[7] — "Born to Be Wild" was first recorded by Steppenwolf in a sped-up and rearranged version that AllMusic's Hal Horowitz described as "a roaring anthem of turbo-charged riff rock" and "a timeless radio classic as well as a slice of '60s revolt that at once defines Steppenwolf's sound and provided them with their shot at AM immortality."[6]
