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Michael Monarch
Los Angeles, United States
Michael Monarch is credited on 248 releases across 33 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1968–2021 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
248
Pressings credited
33
Albums
7
Decades active
128
In collections
Biography
Michael Monarch (born July 5, 1950) is an American guitarist. He is best known for his work with the band Steppenwolf. Monarch was born in Los Angeles. As the original lead guitarist with Steppenwolf (1967 through most of 1969), he played on all their hits, including "Born to Be Wild", "Magic Carpet Ride", and "Rock Me", all while still a teenager. He also played on Janis Joplin's album I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! and was a member of the Michael Des Barres-fronted band Detective. Monarch also worked with Roger Glover of Deep Purple, Andy Fraser of Free, Chris Hillman of The Byrds and numerous others. Monarch performs with other 1960s and 1970s rock musicians in the supergroup World Classic Rockers and locally in Florida as "Michael Monarch - an evening of music and conversation".
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
248 releases · 33 albums · active 1968–2021
- Performance · 403
- Other credits · 10
- Production · 10
- Engineering · 7
Studios: American Recording Co. · Record Plant, Los Angeles · Sound City Studios · Record Plant, Sausalito
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Steppenwolf
- Detective
- Hokus Pokus (2)
- Dark Angel (3)
- The Nelsen Adelard Band
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