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- Piledriver ist eine kanadische Power-, Speed- und Thrash-Metal-Band aus Toronto, die im Jahr 1984 gegründet wurde, sich 1989 auflöste und 2004 unter dem Namen The Exalted Piledriver wieder zusammenfand. (de)
- Piledriver is a Canadian thrash/speed metal band, formed in 1984 by Gord Kirchin. 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 1984. The album was followed by Stay Ugly two years 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 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 US 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. The band was reassembled with new supporting members in 2009.
* Gord Kirchin (aka 'Pile Driver', vocals)
* Steve Macpherson (aka 'Reverend Tom Cheapness', guitar)
* Ken Gibson (aka 'Steele McFearsome', bass)
* Mark Macpherson (aka 'Hank Momscraper', drums) This line-up has toured Brazil (fall 2017) and Columbia (2018), and played festivals such as Calgary MetalFest V (2016), Amsterdam Heavy Metal Maniacs (2018) and Storm Crusher Festival (2019), and headlined shows in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City. Kirchin died after a battle with lung cancer at 60 years old in 22th September 2022. (en)
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- The Exalted Piledriver (en)
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- Cobra, Full Moon Productions, High Vaultage, HME, Maximum Metal, Northern Storm, Satanic Metal (en)
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- Toronto, Ontario, Canada (en)
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- Piledriver ist eine kanadische Power-, Speed- und Thrash-Metal-Band aus Toronto, die im Jahr 1984 gegründet wurde, sich 1989 auflöste und 2004 unter dem Namen The Exalted Piledriver wieder zusammenfand. (de)
- Piledriver is a Canadian thrash/speed metal band, formed in 1984 by Gord Kirchin. 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 1984. The album was followed by Stay Ugly two years later in 1986. These two early recordings have globally sold nearly 500,000 copies to date. The band was reassembled with new supporting members in 2009. (en)
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