Michael Monarch Musical artist

Michael Monarch (born on July 5, 1950 in Los Angeles, California) is an American guitarist. He is best known for his work with the band Steppenwolf.As the original lead guitarist with Steppenwolf (until 1969) he played on all their hits, including "Born to Be Wild", "Magic Carpet Ride", and "Rock Me" while still in high school. He also played on Janis Joplin's album "I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!". He later went on to record for the SwanSong/Atlantic recording group Detective. Monarch performs with other 1960s and 1970s rockers in the supergroup World Classic Rockers.

Personal facts

Michael Monarch
Birth dateJuly 05, 1950
Birth place
Los Angeles , United States

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Musical artist

Career started1967
associated musical artist
Janis Joplin
Steppenwolf (band)
World Classic Rockers
Detective (band)
Hokus Pokus (band)
BackgroundNon vocal instrumentalist
genre
Heavy metal music
Rock and roll
Blues rock
Folk rock
Hard rock
instrument
Guitar
Fender Esquire

Michael Monarch on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.michaelmonarch.com