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Krokus (band)
Krokus is a hard rock/heavy metal band from Switzerland. They enjoyed moderate success in North America during the 1980s.Krokus was founded in Solothurn in 1974 by bassist Chris von Rohr and guitarist Tommy Kiefer...

' sixth album, released in 1982 on Arista Records
Arista Records
Arista was an American record label. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operated under the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records...

. It was the first album to feature Mark Kohler on rhythm guitar. It includes a cover of The Guess Who
The Guess Who
The Guess Who are a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Initially gaining recognition in Canada, they also found international success from the late 1960s through the mid-1970s with numerous hit singles, including "American Woman", "These Eyes" and "Share the Land"...

's song "American Woman
American Woman (song)
"American Woman" is a song by Canadian rock band The Guess Who, first released in January 1970 on the album of the same name and later in March as a single, which reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song has been covered by many rock artists, including Lenny Kravitz, Krokus, and The Butthole...

", and a song "Rock N' Roll" which is very similar to the Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...

 song "Rock And Roll
Rock and Roll (Led Zeppelin song)
"Rock and Roll" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin, which was first released as the second track from the band's fourth album in 1971, with a guest appearance by The Rolling Stones pianist Ian Stewart.-Overview:...

". The song "Long Stick Goes Boom" is on the radio station V-ROCK in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories is a 2006 sandbox-style action video game developed by Rockstar Leeds in association with Rockstar North. It was published by Rockstar Games for the PlayStation Portable in late 2006 and later for the PlayStation 2 in March 2007. The game is the eighth...

.".

Track listing

  1. "Long Stick Goes Boom" (Chris Von Rohr; Fernando Von Arb; Marc Storace) - 5:10
  2. "Bad Boys, Rag Dolls" (Chris Von Rohr; Fernando Von Arb; Marc Storace) - 3:45
  3. "Playin' The Outlaw" (Chris Von Rohr; Fernando Von Arb; Freddy Steady; Marc Storace) - 4:00
  4. "Save Me" (Chris Von Rohr; Fernando Von Arb; Marc Storace) - 4:18
  5. "Down The Drain" (Chris Von Rohr; Fernando Von Arb) - 3:12
  6. "American Woman
    American Woman (song)
    "American Woman" is a song by Canadian rock band The Guess Who, first released in January 1970 on the album of the same name and later in March as a single, which reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song has been covered by many rock artists, including Lenny Kravitz, Krokus, and The Butthole...

    " (Burton Cummings; Gary Peterson; Michael James Kale; Randy Bachman) - 3:39
  7. "I'm On The Run" (Chris Von Rohr; Fernando Von Arb; Marc Storace) - 3:42
  8. "To The Top" (Chris Von Rohr; Fernando Von Arb; Freddy Steady; Marc Storace) - 4:22
  9. "Rock 'N' Roll" (Chris Von Rohr; Fernando Von Arb) - 4:06

Arista US LP Track listing (1982)

Side One
  1. "Long Stick Goes Boom" - 5:10
  2. "Bad Boys, Rag Dolls" - 3:45
  3. "Playin' The Outlaw" - 4:00
  4. "Save Me" - 4:22


Side Two
  1. "Down The Drain" - 3:12
  2. "American Woman
    American Woman (song)
    "American Woman" is a song by Canadian rock band The Guess Who, first released in January 1970 on the album of the same name and later in March as a single, which reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song has been covered by many rock artists, including Lenny Kravitz, Krokus, and The Butthole...

    " - 3:39
  3. "I'm On The Run" - 3:42
  4. "To The Top" - 4:18
  5. "Rock 'N' Roll" - 4:06

Personnel

  • Marc Storace
    Marc Storace
    Marc Storace is a Maltese rock vocalist and songwriter. His career in music started in the 1960s, but he is most noted for his position as frontman, lead singer and songwriter of Swiss hard rock band Krokus from 1980. Before joining Krokus he sang with the Swiss progressive rockers TEA following ...

     - vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

  • Fernando Von Arb
    Fernando Von Arb
    Fernando von Arb or simply FVA, is a Swiss guitarist, songwriter and producer. He is known for the consistency of being the Swiss based, hard-rock guitarist of Krokus.- Career :...

     - Lead Guitar
    Lead guitar
    Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...

  • Chris Von Rohr - Bass Guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • Freddy Steady - drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

  • Mark Kohler - Rhythm Guitar
    Rhythm guitar
    Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...

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