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Mars Bonfire
real name Dennis Eugene McCrohan
Oshawa, Canada
Mars Bonfire is credited on 1,835 releases across 383 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1968–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,835
Credits
383
Albums
7
Decades active
452
In collections
Biography
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He played with The Sparrow, but left before they became Steppenwolf. He wrote “Born To Be Wild,” though he wasn't member of the band when they recorded it.
(Born 21 April 1943). Name appears as Mars Bon Fire on the 1990 album "Breakin' Through The Doors" by Sunlight Sky Saxon & The Dragonslayers.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
1,835 releases · 383 albums · active 1968–2026
- Performance · 2,069
- Other credits · 57
- Production · 8
Studios: American Recording Co. · Olympic Studios · Command Studios · Fame Recording Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Electric
1987
Steppenwolf
1968
Patient Number 9
2022
Some Enchanted Evening
1978
Easy Rider (Music From The Soundtrack)
1969
Secret Treaties
1974
Gold (Their Great Hits)
1971
16 Greatest Hits
1973
On Your Feet Or On Your Knees
1975
The Second
1968
Live
1970
Hey Jude
1969
The Decline Of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1988
An Anthology Vol. II
1974
Skydog: The Duane Allman Retrospective
2013
Electric Peace
2013
Slade Alive!
1972
Wild Flower
1987
Early Steppenwolf
1969
Three Dog Night
1968
Full Moon, Dirty Hearts
1993
All For One
1983
Prince Of Darkness
2005
Love At Psychedelic Velocity
2010
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