Painkiller (Krokus album)
Encyclopedia
Pain Killer is the third album by Krokus
. It was recorded at Manor Studios, Oxford
, England
, and took just six days to produce.
Side 2
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...
. It was recorded at Manor Studios, Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, and took just six days to produce.
Track listing
Side 1- "Killer" - 3:37
- "Werewolf" - 3:03
- "Rock Ladies" - 2:45
- "Bad Love" - 4:26
- "Get Out Of My Mind" - 3:20
Side 2
- "Rock Me, Rock You" - 3:03
- "Deadline" - 1:50
- "Susie" - 2:46
- "Pay It" - 2:50
- "Bye Bye Baby" - 4:09
Re-packaging
The album was also released as Pay it in Metal, and featured different covers for different regions. In all, five different covers were released, all containing exactly the same tracks.Line-Up
- Chris Von Rohr - Vocals
- Fernando Von ArbFernando Von ArbFernando 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 GuitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure... - Jürg Naegeli - Bass GuitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Freddy Steady - DrumDrumThe drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
s - Tommy Kiefer - Rhythm GuitarRhythm guitarRhythm 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...