page_title: John Kay (musician)
section_title: Musical career
hierarchical_section_title: John Kay (musician) / Musical career
caption_attribution_description: John Kay of Seppenwolf playing live in South Carolina.
context_page_description: John Kay is a German-born Canadian rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist known as the frontman of Steppenwolf.
context_section_description: In 1965, invited by fellow German-born bass player Nick St. Nicholas (Klaus Kassbaum), Kay joined a blues rock and folk music group known as The Sparrows, which had moderate success in Canada before moving to California, augmenting its line-up and changing its name to Steppenwolf in 1967. With music that pioneered hard rock and heavy metal, Kay's Steppenwolf had international success with songs such as "Born to Be Wild", "Magic Carpet Ride", "Monster", "The Pusher", and "Rock Me".
  Kay recorded both as a solo artist and with Steppenwolf during the late 1970s, and wrapped up Steppenwolf's 40th year of touring with what was to be a final gig in October 2007. However, Kay and Steppenwolf appeared on 24 July 2010 at the three-day HullabaLOU music festival in Louisville, Kentucky.
caption: Kay in a performance in South Carolina, USA on 1 January 1971
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