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Piledriver (album)

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Piledriver is the fifth studio album by the English rock band Status Quo, released in 1972. [1]

33 relations: A&M Records, Acoustic guitar, Alan Lancaster, Album, AllMusic, Bass guitar, Bob Young (musician), Chuck Berry, Dog of Two Head, Drum kit, Francis Rossi, Guitar, Hard rock, Harmonica, Hello! (album), IBC Studios, Jim Morrison, John Coghlan (drummer), John Densmore, Organ (music), Paper Plane (song), Percussion instrument, Piano, Pye Records, Ray Manzarek, Rick Parfitt, Robby Krieger, Robert Christgau, Singing, Status Quo (band), The Doors, UK Singles Chart, Vertigo Records.

A&M Records

A&M Records was an American record label founded as an independent company by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss in 1962.

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Acoustic guitar

An acoustic guitar is a guitar that produces sound acoustically by transmitting the vibration of the strings to the air—as opposed to relying on electronic amplification (see electric guitar).

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Alan Lancaster

Alan Charles Lancaster (born 7 February 1949) is an English bassist, best known as a founding member of the English rock band Status Quo.

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Album

An album is a collection of audio recordings issued as a single item on CD, record, audio tape or another medium.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide or AMG) is an online music guide.

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Bass guitar

The bass guitar (also known as electric bass, or bass) is a stringed instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, except with a longer neck and scale length, and four to six strings or courses.

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Bob Young (musician)

Robert Keith Young (born 16 May 1945 in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England) is an English musician and author, who became famous for being the unofficial fifth member of the rock band Status Quo.

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Chuck Berry

Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music.

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Dog of Two Head

Dog of Two Head is a 1971 rock album by Status Quo released by Pye Records, their fourth studio album.

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Drum kit

A drum kit — also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums — is a collection of drums and other percussion instruments, typically cymbals, which are set up on stands to be played by a single player, with drumsticks held in both hands, and the feet operating pedals that control the hi-hat cymbal and the beater for the bass drum.

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Francis Rossi

Francis Dominic Nicholas Michael Rossi, OBE (born 29 May 1949) is an English singer, songwriter and musician.

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Guitar

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings.

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Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music that began in the mid-1960s, with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements.

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Harmonica

The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock and roll.

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Hello! (album)

Hello! is the sixth studio album by the British rock band Status Quo.

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IBC Studios

The IBC Recording Studios (IBC: International Broadcasting Company) were recording studios located at 35 Portland Place, London, England.

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Jim Morrison

James Douglas Morrison (December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971) was an American singer-songwriter and poet, best remembered as the lead vocalist of the Doors.

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John Coghlan (drummer)

John Robert Coghlan (born 19 September 1946) is an English musician, best known as the original drummer of the rock band Status Quo.

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John Densmore

John Paul Densmore (born December 1, 1944) is an American musician, songwriter, author and actor.

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Organ (music)

In music, the organ (from Greek ὄργανον organon, "organ, instrument, tool") is a keyboard instrument of one or more pipe divisions or other means for producing tones, each played with its own keyboard, played either with the hands on a keyboard or with the feet using pedals.

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Paper Plane (song)

"Paper Plane" is a rock song originally by Status Quo.

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Percussion instrument

A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater (including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles); struck, scraped or rubbed by hand; or struck against another similar instrument.

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Piano

The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700 (the exact year is uncertain), in which the strings are struck by hammers.

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Pye Records

Pye Records was a British record label.

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Ray Manzarek

Raymond Daniel Manzarek Jr. (né Manczarek; February 12, 1939 – May 20, 2013) was an American musician, singer, producer, film director, and author, best known as a member of The Doors from 1965 to 1973, which he co-founded with singer and lyricist Jim Morrison.

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Rick Parfitt

Richard John Parfitt, OBE (12 October 1948 24 December 2016) was an English musician, best known as a singer, songwriter and rhythm guitarist with rock band Status Quo.

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Robby Krieger

Robert Alan "Robby" Krieger (born January 8, 1946) is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter best known as the guitarist of the rock band the Doors, and as such has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Robert Christgau

Robert Thomas Christgau (born April 18, 1942) is an American essayist and music journalist.

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Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques.

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Status Quo (band)

Status Quo are an English rock band who play a brand of boogie rock.

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The Doors

The Doors were an American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger, and John Densmore on drums.

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UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart (currently entitled Official Singles Chart) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.

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Vertigo Records

Vertigo Records is a record company, which originated in the United Kingdom.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piledriver_(album)

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