# Steppenwolf

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steppenwolf/376283>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 13, 2006, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steppenwolf/376283 "2006-10-13T07:43:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![overeasy4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b9bd4f/32.png) [@overeasy4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overeasy4)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steppenwolf/376283/1 "2006-10-13T07:43:24Z")

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Watching those infomercials late at night of music from the 70’s, I saw Steppenwolf singing their classic.  
I had never seen them before, only heard and the singer was a way hottie.  
What was his name and whatever became of him?

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**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steppenwolf/376283/2 "2006-10-13T08:18:25Z")

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His name was, and is, John Kay, and he is still touring with a band he calls Steppenwolf. He’s the only original member of it, though. I’ve never, ever heard him described as a hottie. He’s old enough to be your grandfather now!

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**Author:** ![overeasy4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b9bd4f/32.png) [@overeasy4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overeasy4)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steppenwolf/376283/3 "2006-10-13T08:26:09Z")

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Huh. I just wikipedia’d him and that wasn’t the name he was born with, in Germany.  
And it says he was born 1944, which would’ve made him 14 when I was born; not exactly grandfather material.

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**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steppenwolf/376283/4 "2006-10-13T08:32:11Z")

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Oh, we’re the same age, then! Well, he’s old enough to be _somebody’s_ grandfather! Just not ours.

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**Author:** ![overeasy4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b9bd4f/32.png) [@overeasy4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overeasy4)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steppenwolf/376283/5 "2006-10-13T08:35:01Z")

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The sunglasses helped too. But he didn’t look bad, and I am not one to hardly ever find a musician attractive. Besides Joey.