Steppenwolf 7 is an album by the band Steppenwolf

Steppenwolf (band)

Steppenwolf are a Canadian-American rock group that was prominent in the late 1960s. The group was formed in 1967 in Los Angeles by vocalist John Kay, guitarist Michael Monarch, bassist Rushton Moreve, keyboardist Goldy McJohn and drummer Jerry Edmonton after the dissolution of Toronto group The...

, released in 1970

1970 in music

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, and their fifth studio recording for Dunhill Records

Dunhill Records

Dunhill Records was started by Lou Adler, Al Bennett, Pierre Cossette and Bobby Roberts in 1964 as Dunhill Productions, originally for the purpose of releasing Johnny Rivers recordings on Imperial Records. It became a record label in 1965 and was distributed by ABC Records...

. It is the first Steppenwolf album with new bass player George Biondo. While the album featured Steppenwolf's trademark rock and roll sounds, none of the songs were able to make the Top 40. The album featured a classic cover of Hoyt Axton

Hoyt Axton

Hoyt Wayne Axton was an American country music singer-songwriter, and a film and television actor. He became prominent in the early 1960s, establishing himself on the West Coast as a folk singer with an earthy style and powerful voice. As he matured, some of his songwriting efforts became well...

's "Snowblind Friend", their second cover of one of his anti-drug songs (the first being the famous "The Pusher"). Other tracks such as "Who Needs Ya," "Renegade," and "Hippo Stomp" stand out as often-mentioned additions to their catalog.

Track listing

1. "Ball Crusher" – [8:00] 4:50
2. "Forty Days and Forty Nights
   Forty Days and Forty Nights
   "Forty Days and Forty Nights" is a blues song recorded by Muddy Waters in 1956. Called "a big, bold record", it was a hit, spending six weeks in the Billboard R&B chart where it reached number seven...
   
   " – [2:57] 3:02
3. "Fat Jack" – [4:20] 4:50
4. "Renegade" – 6:07
5. "Foggy Mental Breakdown" – [4:00] 3:52
6. "Snowblind Friend" – [3:50] 3:52
7. "Who Needs Ya'" – [2:47] 2:59
8. "Earschplittenloudenboomer" – [5:04] 5:00
9. "Hippo Stomp" – [4:20] 5:43

Personnel

• George Biondo
  George Biondo
  George Michael Biondo was the bass guitarist of the American rock band, Steppenwolf, from April 1970 to October 1976...
  
   - Bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , Vocals (Background)
• Larry Byrom
  Larry Byrom
  Larry Byrom is an American guitarist who has written, recorded, and toured with acts like Steppenwolf, Ratchell, Neil Young, Steve Winwood, Peter Frampton, Eddie Rabbit and Tanya Tucker.- References :...
  
   - Guitar, Vocals (Background)
• Goldy McJohn
  Goldy McJohn
  Goldy McJohn is a Canadian keyboard player best known as the original keyboardist for rock group Steppenwolf. Originally a classically trained pianist, he was a pioneer in the early use of the electronic organ in heavy metal...
  
   - Keyboards
• John Kay
  John Kay (musician)
  John Kay is a German-Canadian singer, songwriter and guitarist known as the frontman of Steppenwolf...
  
   - Guitar, Vocals, Guitar (Electric), Harmonica
• Jerry Edmonton
  Jerry Edmonton
  Jerry Edmonton was the drummer for the rock band, Steppenwolf.He was born Gerald McCrohan in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. Both he and his brother Dennis, also known as Mars Bonfire, changed their surnames to Edmonton during the 1960s, when they performed in a group called The Sparrows...
  
   - Drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  

Other Personnel

• Richard Podolar - Producer, Engineer
• Tom Gundelfinger - Photography
• Bill Cooper - Engineer
• Gary Burden - Art Direction, Liner Design, Artwork

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1970	Pop Albums	19

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1971	"Snowblind Friend"	Pop Singles	60