Piledriver hailed from “The Great White North”, or Canada if you prefer. It was a project put together to make a quick buck around the time Kiss decided to unmask themselves. A guy at the record label wanted a band of mystique and anonymity that could try and fill the void that Kiss left. Piledriver was a heavy metal/thrash “band” who used aliases instead of their real names. A majority of the music and lyrics were written by Leslie Howe. Gord Kirchin was brought in to lay down the vocal tracks. The lyrics were comical in nature. PILEDRIVER’s brand of sick and twisted humor was all about sex, violence, alcohol, drugs and anything else vile and repulsive. Think of GWAR but not as outrageous or technically talented. Even touches of classic VENOM seem to be there both lyrically and musically. What started out as a joke and recording only project turned into somewhat of a success. They sold 250,000 copies in 1985 alone! (There is a very complicated but interesting back-story to this album, so go to this link to read all about it).