Piledriver - The Wrestling Album 2
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Piledriver: The Wrestling Album 2 was an album released by the World Wrestling Federation in 1987. It featured actual vocal performances from several of the wrestlers themselves.

The original vinyl LP release of Piledriver featured a head shot of Hulk Hogan
Hulk Hogan
Terrance Gene "Terry" Bollea , better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American Semi-retired professional wrestler, actor, television personality, and musician currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ....

 wearing a construction hard hat on the front cover. It has not yet officially appeared in the CD format, whereas every other WWF/WWE album has. In addition to the album, a VHS videotape version was also issued in 1987 by Coliseum Video. This tape featured music videos for 8 of the songs from the album (the songs "Crank It Up" and "Waking Up Alone" did not have music videos made for them).

Track listing

  1. Robbie Dupree
    Robbie Dupree
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     & Strike Force
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    Strike Force was a professional wrestling tag team in the World Wrestling Federation composed of Rick Martel and Tito Santana.-History:...

     - "Girls in Cars" – 3:34
  2. Koko B. Ware - "Piledriver" – 2:55
  3. The Honky Tonk Man
    The Honky Tonk Man
    Roy Wayne Farris , better known by his ring name The Honky Tonk Man, is an American professional wrestler. A 1975 graduate from University of Memphis with a B.S. degree in Education. Coached high school football 2 seasons at Munford High School in Munford, Tennessee...

     - "Honky Tonk Man" – 2:09
  4. Derringer
    Rick Derringer
    Rick Derringer is an American guitarist, vocalist, and entertainer.-1960s:When he was seventeen years old, his band The McCoys recorded "Hang on Sloopy" in the summer of 1965, which became the number one song in America before "Yesterday" by The Beatles knocked it out of the top spot. The song was...

     - "Demolition
    Demolition (professional wrestling)
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    " – 3:14
  5. Slick
    Ken Johnson (wrestling)
    Kenneth "Ken" Johnson better known to wrestling fans as "Slick - The Doctor of Style", is a former American professional wrestling manager with the World Wrestling Federation...

     - "Jive Soul Bro" – 3:35
  6. Jimmy Hart
    Jimmy Hart
    James "Jimmy" Ray Hart is a professional wrestling manager, executive, composer, and musician currently signed with WWE. He is best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling under his nickname "The Mouth of the South." He has managed many professional...

     - "Crank It Up" – 2:42
  7. Hillbilly Jim
    Hillbilly Jim
    Jim Morris , best known to fans as Hillbilly Jim, is an American professional wrestler and disc jockey. He was one of the World Wrestling Federation's most popular wrestlers of the mid-to-late 1980s.-Career:...

     & Gertrude - "Waking Up Alone" – 2:59
  8. Vince McMahon
    Vince McMahon
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     - "Stand Back" – 3:02
  9. "Mean" Gene Okerlund
    Gene Okerlund
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     & Derringer
    Rick Derringer
    Rick Derringer is an American guitarist, vocalist, and entertainer.-1960s:When he was seventeen years old, his band The McCoys recorded "Hang on Sloopy" in the summer of 1965, which became the number one song in America before "Yesterday" by The Beatles knocked it out of the top spot. The song was...

     - "Rock 'N Roll Hoochie Koo
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    " – 3:40
  10. The WWF Superstars - "If You Only Knew" – 3:18

Production

  • Executive Producer: David Wolff
  • Producer: Rick Derringer
    Rick Derringer
    Rick Derringer is an American guitarist, vocalist, and entertainer.-1960s:When he was seventeen years old, his band The McCoys recorded "Hang on Sloopy" in the summer of 1965, which became the number one song in America before "Yesterday" by The Beatles knocked it out of the top spot. The song was...

  • Co-Producer: David Wolff
  • Recorded and Mixed by: Tom Edmonds
  • WWF Music Director: Jim Johnston
    Jim Johnston
    Jim Johnston may refer to:* Jim Johnston , member of the Bristol band Monk & Canatella* Jim Johnston , composer of music for WWE* Jim Johnston * Jim Johnston , American television director and producer...

  • Project Administrator: Laura Adler
  • Art Director/Cover Design: Brian Penry
  • Photographer: Stephen H. Taylor
  • Illustration: Brian Penry, Tom Brenner
  • Photo Studio: Chris Meech, Images IV
  • Make-up: Amanda Wallingford
  • Legal Affairs: Ed Kelman
  • A&R Consultant: Michael Caplan
  • Product Manager: John Doelp
  • Assistant Engineers: Oz Fritz and Anita Sobelson
  • Recorded at: Platinum Island Recording Studio (NYC), The Hit Factory (NYC)
  • Mixed at: Platinum Island Recording Studio
  • Special Thanks: Top Kat Studios (NYC), Dallas Sound Lab, Nicollet Sound (Minneapolis), The Metalworks Studios (Toronto), Vernie "Butch" Taylor (Guitar on "Jive Soul Bro"), Rosemary Mulligan

Musicians

  • Drums: Bernard Kenny, Kevin Hupp, Chuck Bürgi, Robert Ford, Bobby Leonard
  • Guitars: Rick Derringer, Vernie "Butch" Taylor
  • Bass: Charles Torres-Mass, Rick Derringer, Howard Cloud
  • Keyboards: Vinnie Martucci, Rick Derringer, Paul Griffin, George Pavlis
  • Horns: Joshua Schneider, Don Hahn, Richie Cannata, Marion Meadows, Steve Sechi
  • Background Vocals: Elaine Goff, Amy Goff, Bernard Kenny, Rick Derringer, D.L. Byron, Randi Michaels, Cookie Watkins, Dennis Feldman, Robbie Dupree, Randy Rolin, Steve Johnstad, Vernie "Butch" Taylor
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