Editing Mars Bonfire (section)

{{short description|Canadian musician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name                = Mars Bonfire
| image               = Dennis Edmonton (Mars Bonfire) of The Sparrows.jpg
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| landscape           = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank -->
| alt                 = 
| caption             = {{circa|early 1967}}
| background          = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name          = Dennis Eugene McCrohan
| native_name         = 
| native_name_lang    = 
| alias               = Dennis Edmonton
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1943|04|21|df=yes}}
| birth_place         = [[Oshawa]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| origin              = 
| death_date          = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date 1st) -->
| death_place         = 
| genre               = [[rock music|Rock]]
| occupation          = Musician, songwriter
| instrument          = [[guitar]]
| years_active        = <!-- YYYY–YYYY (or –present) -->
| label               = 
| associated_acts     = [[Steppenwolf (band)|Steppenwolf]], [[The Sparrows (band)|The Sparrows]]
| website             = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} -->
}}

'''Dennis Edmonton''' (born '''Dennis Eugene McCrohan'''; 21 April 1943), also known by the stage name '''Mars Bonfire''', is a Canadian [[rock music|rock]] musician and songwriter, best known for writing the [[chart-topper|hit]] song "[[Born to Be Wild]]" for [[Steppenwolf (band)|Steppenwolf]].<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|title=Mars Bonfire Biography|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p15999/biography|pure_url=yes}}|accessdate=22 January 2011}}</ref><ref name="Grdn">{{cite news |last1=Dave Simpson |title=How we made Steppenwolf's Born to Be Wild: Interview |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jul/31/how-we-made-steppenwolf-born-to-be-wild |access-date=20 September 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 July 2018}}</ref>