- Steppeulvene
Steppeulvene (
Danish language for Steppenwolf) was a Danish rock band which despite its short life has become the icon for the Danishhippie music scene. The name of the group was taken from the 1928 novel "Steppenwolf" by German Nobel laureateHermann Hesse . Also in 1967, in California, the band Steppenwolf named itself after the novel.Their only
album "Hip" (1967 ) was the first rock album with original Danish lyrics, and has attained near-mythological status in the history of Danish rock.The group was the result of a collaboration between lead singer
Eik Skaløe , who had traveled in the Orient in the early 1960's and wrote theBob Dylan -inspired, highly symbolic and almost surreal lyrics, andStig Møller (guitar, vocal), who wrote the drawling, psychedelic, folk-influenced music. The other members were Søren Seirup (bass) and Preben Devantier (drums).A tour in October 1967 came to a chaotic end when a concert was cut short by the police and the group members were arrested for cannabis use. Shortly after being released, Eik Skaløe went on a journey to Afghanistan/Nepal (on the so-called "hippie trail") and was found dead outside the city of
Ferozepore near the Indian/Pakistani border in October1968 , apparently after a drug-induced suicide. Back inDenmark the rest of the group attempted to carry on, but, lacking the characteristic Skaløe as a front figure, quickly dissolved.External links
* [http://www.steppeulvene.com/index.html Steppeulvene dedication website]
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