Jerry Edmonton
Hard rock, Composer
1946 – 1993
Who was Jerry Edmonton?
Jerry Edmonton was the drummer for the rock band, Steppenwolf.
He was born Gerald McCrohan in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. Both he and his brother Dennis, also known as Mars Bonfire, changed their surnames to Edmonton during the 1960s, when they performed in a group called Sparrow. 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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- Born
- Oct 24, 1946
Oshawa - Siblings
- Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
- Died
- Nov 28, 1993
Santa Barbara
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on July 23, 2013
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