As Classic Rock reported, Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild" was actually the first track to ever include "heavy metal" in the lyrics; as such, it could even be considered the "first real metal track," in some ways:
Granted, it's not as heavy as much of the metal that came in the years after "Born to Be Wild" was released, but it was still one of the hardest-rocking tunes around at the time...even though, as it turns out, the tune wasn't meant to be an anthem for biker gangs.
“The biker thing was a big surprise to me,” Bonfire explained, noting that he'd never even been on a motorcycle when he wrote the song. “The truth is, I wrote ‘Born to Be Wild’ about my first car, a beat-up Ford Falcon. It’s not as glamorous as a fire-breathing two-wheeler, but c’mon. Nothing’s as cool as your first car.”
"The sky was dark and lightning struck,” he said. "I remembered studying the periodic table of elements in school, and there was a category for heavy metals. The phrase ‘heavy metal thunder’ popped into my head. I had no idea how important those words would soon become.”
“The band brought it to life in ways I couldn’t imagine when I played it on my Telecaster," Bonfire continued. "Michael Monarch played brilliantly — I loved his distorted sound. And, of course, my singing couldn’t compare to John Kay. The reality of it didn’t quite hit me at first.”
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"When the film was over, I went to the men’s room, and a guy was singing the song at the urinal,” he said. “At that point, I thought, Okay, this thing has struck a nerve.”
Luckily, according to Bonfire, "most of the time" he's happy with the way his song's legacy has panned out.
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