Piledriver (band)
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Piledriver is a Canadian
thrash
/ heavy metal
band, formed in 1985 by Gord Kirchin (under the stage name of Pile Driver). They are known for an over-the-top image and flamboyant song titles and lyrics (as exemplified by such tracks as "Sex With Satan", "Alien Rape", "Sodomize the Dead", "Witch Hunt" and "Human Sacrifice"). Their best known song is possibly the title track of their debut album, Metal Inquisition from 1985. The album was followed by Stay Ugly a year later in 1986. These two early recordings have globally sold nearly 500,000 copies to date.
The band soon disappeared. However, some years later, Kirchin revealed that the band and albums were just a studio project and that the band never really existed at all, with all the names and virtually everything else about the band being made up. Kirchin later formed his own band, Dogs With Jobs, sporadically working on solo material. In 2005, a new band was formed under the revised name of The Exalted Piledriver. A long search began for Kirchin to find the right musicians to fill the promise of the original albums. In the summer of 2006 the current line-up was finalized: Mark Kopernicky (stage name Kinky Pork Cream, guitars), Gerry Keough (stage name Glace Frothfritter, drums
) and Robert Tollefson (stage name Lobo Elf Snort, bass
). After many live shows in Canada, the USA and in Europe, the band entered the studio in late 2007 to record the first album to feature an actual band. The album, entitled Metal Manifesto, was released in 2008. The band will be playing shows in Canada and Europe during 2009, including a date at the Headbanger's Open Air festival in Itzehoe, Germany in July.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
thrash
Thrash metal
Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized usually by its fast tempo and aggression. Songs of the genre typically use fast percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work...
/ heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band, formed in 1985 by Gord Kirchin (under the stage name of Pile Driver). They are known for an over-the-top image and flamboyant song titles and lyrics (as exemplified by such tracks as "Sex With Satan", "Alien Rape", "Sodomize the Dead", "Witch Hunt" and "Human Sacrifice"). Their best known song is possibly the title track of their debut album, Metal Inquisition from 1985. The album was followed by Stay Ugly a year later in 1986. These two early recordings have globally sold nearly 500,000 copies to date.
The band soon disappeared. However, some years later, Kirchin revealed that the band and albums were just a studio project and that the band never really existed at all, with all the names and virtually everything else about the band being made up. Kirchin later formed his own band, Dogs With Jobs, sporadically working on solo material. In 2005, a new band was formed under the revised name of The Exalted Piledriver. A long search began for Kirchin to find the right musicians to fill the promise of the original albums. In the summer of 2006 the current line-up was finalized: Mark Kopernicky (stage name Kinky Pork Cream, guitars), Gerry Keough (stage name Glace Frothfritter, 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 ....
) and Robert Tollefson (stage name Lobo Elf Snort, bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
). After many live shows in Canada, the USA and in Europe, the band entered the studio in late 2007 to record the first album to feature an actual band. The album, entitled Metal Manifesto, was released in 2008. The band will be playing shows in Canada and Europe during 2009, including a date at the Headbanger's Open Air festival in Itzehoe, Germany in July.
As The Exalted Piledriver
- Official Live Bootleg Shpinsk, Batslavia (DVD, 2005)
- Metal Manifesto / Promo '05 (Demo, 2005)
- Metal Manifesto (LP, 2008)
- Night Of The Unpolished Turd (Live LP, 2011)