Hardware (album)
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Hardware is the fifth album by Krokus
. It did not match up to the success of their previous album, Metal Rendez-vous
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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...
. It did not match up to the success of their previous album, Metal Rendez-vous
Metal Rendez-vous
Metal Rendez-vous is Krokus' fourth album, and the first to feature Marc Storace on vocals. It was released in 1980. The track Heatstrokes charted number one in the British Heavy Metal Charts, and arguably opened up markets for Krokus in Britain and the United States, along with Bedside Radio and...
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Track listing
- "Celebration" (Butch Stone; Marc Storace) - 3:23
- "Easy Rocker" (Chris Von Rohr; Fernando Von Arb) - 5:28
- "Smelly Nelly" (Chris Von Rohr; Fernando Von Arb) - 3:42
- "Mr. 69" (Burton Cummings; Gary Peterson; Michael James Kale; Randy Bachman) - 3:02
- "She's Got Everything" (Chris Von Rohr; Fernando Von Arb) - 3:58
- "Burning Bones" (Randy Bachman) - 3:37
- "Rock City" (Chris Von Rohr; Fernando Von Arb) - 4:47
- "Winning Man" (Chris Von Rohr; Fernando Von Arb) - 5:34
- "Mad Racket" (Chris Von Rohr; Fernando Von Arb) - 4:02
Line-Up
- Marc StoraceMarc StoraceMarc 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 ...
- vocalsSingingSinging 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 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... - Chris Von Rohr - Bass GuitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Freddy Steady - drumsDrum kitA 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 ....
- 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...