Over a century later the term “Heavy Metal” found its way into literature when it appeared in William S. Burroughs’s 1961 novel, The Soft Machine, in reference to one of its characters, Uranian Willy: The Heavy Metal Kid. Six years Steppenwolf’s “Born To Be Wild,” recorded in 1967 and released in 1968 on their debut record, Steppenwolf, contained the famous lyric “I like smoke and lightnin’, heavy metal thunder.”Listen to Steppenwolf now. And “Born to Be Wild” was one of the first songs they cut. Much of the success of the album is down to “Born to Be Wild” and “The Pusher” being featured in the 1969 movie, Easy Rider. Steppenwolf was originally released on January 29, 1968, and it entered the Billboard chart on March 9, the same year.