Heart Attack (album)
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Heart Attack is Krokus
' tenth studio album
, and is described by the band as "The last attempt to keep the band together in a deep crisis".
As well as being the band's first album on MCA Records
, it saw the return of old Krokus founding member Chris Von Rohr. The track "Rock 'n' Roll Tonight" was a live hit, and is still played by the band in concerts.
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...
' tenth studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
, and is described by the band as "The last attempt to keep the band together in a deep crisis".
As well as being the band's first album on MCA Records
MCA Records
MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...
, it saw the return of old Krokus founding member Chris Von Rohr. The track "Rock 'n' Roll Tonight" was a live hit, and is still played by the band in concerts.
Track listing
- "Everybody rocks" - 3:50
- "Wild Love" - 4:01
- "Let it go" - 4:31
- "Winning Man" - 5:15
- "Axx Attack" - 4:24
- "Rock 'n' Roll tonight" - 3:58
- "Flyin' high" - 4:14
- "Shoot down the Night" - 4:37
- "Bad, Bad Girl" - 5:58
- "Speed up" - 6:24
Personnel
- 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....
- Dani Crivelli - 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 ....
- Mark Kohler - 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...