On this day, October 24, 1946, Jerry Edmonton of Steppenwolf was born.

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Hat tips, This Day in Rock (the link doesn't work anymore) and This Day in Music

Jerry Edmonton

Gerald Michael Edmonton (born Gerald McCrohan, October 24, 1946 – November 28, 1993) was a Canadian-American musician who was the drummer, and secondary lead vocalist for the rock band Steppenwolf.

He was born in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. Both his brother Dennis, also known as Mars Bonfire, and he changed their surnames to Edmonton during the 1960s, when they performed in a group called The Sparrows. John Kay and Goldy McJohn joined this group in Toronto in 1965 and, after some more changes in personnel and relocating to California, the group was renamed Steppenwolf.

When Steppenwolf temporarily broke up on February 14, 1972, Edmonton and Steppenwolf organist Goldy McJohn formed the band Seven with singer Lance Gullickson and guitarist Robin Huff. After Seven, Edmonton, and McJohn formed Manbeast with Rod Prince and Roy Cox of Bubble Puppy before Steppenwolf reconvened in 1974 for three albums before breaking up again in 1976.

Edmonton married former Steppenwolf bandmate Andy Chapin's widow in the 1980s. Edmonton died in a car accident in Santa Ynez, California in 1993.

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I posted a {different?} video of this song on about this day in 2016, just before the presidential election. It is no less timely today. The audio is taken from the album.

Steppenwolf - Monster

Christian Larsen
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515,986 views Jul 4, 2011
Steppenwolf inspired "The Plagiarist's Wireless," now available in FORTUNE: LOST AND FOUND (Omnium Gatherum) in paperback and Kindle editions. Visit www.exlibrislarsen.com for more information.

"Monster" is the title track from Steppenwolf's 1969 album, Monster, featuring John Kay (vocals), Larry Byrom (guitar), Nick St. Nicholas (bass), Goldy McJohn (organ), and Jerry Edmonton (drums). The live footage in this video comes from their 1970 Randall's Island Pop Festival performance, featuring St. Nicholas's replacement, George Biondo.

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The footage was from Steppenwolf's performance at the Randall's Island Pop Festival in July 1970. This audio might be from that performance:

Steppenwolf - Pop Festival Randall's Island - 07-1970

Evil Monkeys
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3,241 views Jun 15, 2012
https://theevilmonkeysrecords.blogspot.com/2012/06/randalls-island-1970-rock-film.html

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Another link, with an intro:

Steppenwolf - Monster (live at Randall' Island festival, NY 1970) RARE

foutupourfoutu
545 subscribers

163,008 views Feb 4, 2010
One rare live video of Steppenwolf playing Monster, featured in the 1977 movie "The Day The Music Died"
Transcript
Follow along using the transcript.

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I'm pretty sure this was the clip I posted back in 1916. Hat tip, Maynar, at https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017194100

Steppenwolf - Monster

Steve Rangel
1.54K subscribers

897,472 views Jul 8, 2010
This great song from Steppenwolf never gained the popularity it should have - probably because it's so long.
I just had fun playing along with it and decided to make this video. I hope it will reach a few people so they can see what a great message John Kay had back then - and that it's (unfortunately) very - if not more so - relevant today.
I included some of the fantastic artwork from David Dees ( http://www.ddees.com/ )

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New York Pop Festival

Thu Oct 26, 2023: On October 24, 1946, Jerry Edmonton, of Steppenwolf, was born.

Wed Oct 26, 2022: On October 24, 1946, Jerry Edmonton, of Steppenwolf, was born.

Tue Oct 24, 2017: Happy 71st birthday, Jerry Edmonton.