 Complete the following phrase:  Unlike the generation before, the late sixties American and British counterculture and hippie movements had diverted rock towards psychedelic rock, heavy metal, progressive rock and many other styles, most dominated by socially and politically incisive lyrics. The music was an attempt to reflect upon the events of the timecivil rights, the growing unrest in America over the war in Vietnam, and the rise of feminism. In many instances, the message within the song was simplistic or banal. Although only two of the five original members of Steppenwolf were born in Canada Jerry Edmonton and Goldy McJohn, the band was among the biggest in Canadian music in the 1960s and 1970s. German born frontman, John Kay, would later become a Canadian citizen and was the only member of Steppenwolf to be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and Canadas Walk of Fame. Steppenwolf is most famous for the songs Born to Be Wild, Magic Carpet Ride and The Pusher. Born to be Wild is the groups biggest hit, making it to No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968, becoming one of the 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and becoming one of Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In 1969, drummer Corky Laing, from Montreal, joined pioneering American hard rock band Mountain. Another one of the most prominent players of the late 1960s and early 1970s rock scene was Neil Young, who was a member of the folk rock band Buffalo Springfield, before joining Crosby, Stills, Nash  Young. Young also recorded music with Crazy Horse throughout his solo career. The song Ohio, written by Neil Young and recorded with CSNY, was in response to political events of the time and has since become an America social icon of the period. Ohio was written about the 