Piledriver: The Wrestling Album 2[1] 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 wearing a construction hard hat on the front cover. As of 2007, the 20th anniversary of the original album's release, it has not yet officially appeared on the CD format in the USA, whereas every other WWF/WWE album has. It was, however, released in a small print run, distributed at WWF shows in the UK. 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). [edit] Track listing - Robbie Dupree & Strike Force - "Girls in Cars" – 3:34
- Koko B. Ware - "Piledriver" – 2:55
- The Honky Tonk Man - "Honky Tonk Man" – 2:09
- Derringer - "Demolition" – 3:14
- Slick - "Jive Soul Bro" – 3:35
- Jimmy Hart - "Crank It Up" – 2:42
- Hillbilly Jim & Gertrude - "Waking Up Alone" – 2:59
- Vince McMahon - "Stand Back" – 3:02
- "Mean" Gene Okerlund & Derringer - "Rock 'N Roll Hoochie Koo" – 3:40
- The WWF Superstars - "If You Only Knew" – 3:18
[edit] Personnel [edit] Production - Executive Producer: David Wolff
- Producer: Rick Derringer
- Co-Producer: David Wolff
- Recorded and Mixed by: Tom Edmonds
- WWF Music Director: Jim Johnston
- 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 Taylor (Rhythm Guitar on "Jive Soul Bro"), Rosemary Mulligan
[edit] Musicians - Drums: Bernard Kenny, Kevin Hupp, Chuck Bürgi, Robert Ford, Bobby Leonard
- Guitars: Rick Derringer
- 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
[edit] Miscellaneous - The tag team Strike Force (which consisted of Tito Santana and Rick Martel) used an instrumental version of "Girls in Cars" as their entrance theme.
- Jimmy Hart's song "Crank It Up" was originally intended to be used by The Hart Foundation, but was stolen (kayfabe) by the tag team The Young Stallions (Jim Powers and Paul Roma) as their entrance theme. This led to a brief feud between the Stallions and the Harts. Powers wound up using this song during his solo "enhancement talent" career in the early 1990s, being one of a few (if any) jobbers who had theme music.
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