Struck Down is the second studio album by American

United States

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 hard rock

Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

/heavy metal

Heavy metal music

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 band Yesterday and Today

Y&T

Y&T is an American hard rock/heavy metal band formed in 1974. They hail from Oakland, California...

, released in 1978. It was one of the last rock

Rock music

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 albums to be released by London Records

London Records

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. The album was brought back into print in 2009 when it was made available on the band's official website together with the self-titled debut on a single CD.

The band would change their name to Y&T for their next studio album, Earthshaker.

Track listing

1. "Struck Down" (Dave Meniketti
   Dave Meniketti
   David Alan "Dave" Meniketti is the singer, songwriter and lead guitarist for 70's/80's Hard Rock/Heavy Metal band Y&T. He has also released two solo efforts, one of which is more blues-oriented, but he still tours with Y&T.-History:...
   
   , Leonard Haze) – 4:33
2. "Pleasure In My Heart" (Meniketti, Haze) – 4:44
3. "Road" (Meniketti, Haze) – 2:58
4. "Nasty Sadie" (Haze, Joey Alves, Meniketti) – 3:48
5. "Dreams Of Egypt" (Haze, Meniketti) – 4:14
6. "Tried To Show You" (Meniketti) – 3:43
7. "I'm Lost" (Meniketti, Phil Kennemore, Haze) – 2:59
8. "Stargazer" (Kennemore) – 4:36

Personnel

• Dave Meniketti
  Dave Meniketti
  David Alan "Dave" Meniketti is the singer, songwriter and lead guitarist for 70's/80's Hard Rock/Heavy Metal band Y&T. He has also released two solo efforts, one of which is more blues-oriented, but he still tours with Y&T.-History:...
  
   – vocals
  Singing
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  , guitar
  Guitar
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• Joey Alves – guitar, vocals
• Phil Kennemore – bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , vocals
• Leonard Haze – percussion
  Percussion instrument
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  , drums
  Drum kit
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  , vocals
• Robert Russ – piano
  Piano
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• Cherie Currie
  Cherie Currie
  Cherie Currie is an American singer, actress and chainsaw artist. Currie was the lead vocalist of The Runaways, a hard rock band from Los Angeles in the mid-to-late 1970s.-Life and career:...
  
   – backing vocals
• Galen Cook – organ
  Organ (music)
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