Piledriver - Stay Ugly - 2CD SLIPCASE

When Piledriver's debut album "Metal Inquisition" was released on Cobra Records in 1985, it was instantly hailed as a thrash metal masterpiece by a hard core of fans all around the world. Little did the public know at the time that Piledriver was the brainchild of a certain Zoran Busic, owner of Cobra Records, to cash in on the burgeoning thrash metal fad. In Gordon Kirchin from Toronto he found a partner, who was organizing the entire project and took over lead vocals himself.

By 1986, it was time for the second Piledriver album to be recorded. It was christened "Stay Ugly". Apart from Kirchin handling lead vocals once again, the line-up was totally different. Control of the project had been handed over to no other than legendary Virgin Steele singer David DeFeis. The little big man explains: "The drummer on "Stay Ugly" was a childhood friend of mine named Rob Esposito. And the bass player was another musician friend from my hometown that I grew up with named Mike Paccione."

David DeFeis not only produced the album (under the pseudonym of "The Lion"), he was also responsible for the songwriting (as "Sal Gibson"). "The pseudonyms were my own creation," reveals the Virgin Steele vocalist. "I did a similar thing for the Exorcist and Original Sin albums. 'The Lion' has always been a nickname for me because of my roaring! That moniker has been used on Virgin Steele releases as well. To me the name Sal Gibson just seemed like a name for someone who would be in a band called Piledriver."

Regarding songwriting fellow Virgin Steele musician Edward Pursino, who also played guitar on the record, gave David a helping hand: "Edward and I wrote songs together for the album and he did play all the guitar parts on that album. I remember that during the recording we were using two Marshall heads together for the guitar sound, and things got so hot that we melted the tubes in one of them!"

CD1: ORIGINAL VERSION
1. The Incubus
2. Metal Death Racer
3. The Fire God
4. Chaos
5. The Warning
6. The Lord of Abominations
7. Flowers of Evil
8. The Executioner

mastered by Patrick W. Engel

CD2:
The Brutally Hideous Version 1-8
1. The Incubus
2. Metal Death Racer
3. The Fire God
4. Chaos
5. The Warning
6. The Lord of Abominations
7. Flowers of Evil
8. The Executioner

The Monstrously Vile Version) 9-16
9. The Incubus
10. Metal Death Racer
11. The Fire God
12. Chaos
13. The Warning
14. The Lord of Abominations
15. Flowers of Evil
16. The Executioner

Mastered by David DeFeis