''Pain Killer'' is the third studio album by the Swiss

hard rock Hard rock or heavy rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard ...

band Krokus, released in 1978. It was recorded at

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, and took just six days to produce. This is the band's last release with vocalist / guitarist Tommy Kiefer. The album was also released with the title ''Pay It in Metal'', and featured different covers for different regions. In all, five different covers were released,KROKUS ONLINE - official homepage - Discography - PAY IT IN METAL - GER
/ref> all containing exactly the same tracks. "Susie" was released as a single, with "Rock Me, Rock You" being the single's b-side.

Track listing

Personnel

;Band members *

Chris von Rohr Christoph "Chris" von Rohr (born 24 October 1951 in Solothurn) is a Swiss rock musician, record producer, author, columnist, radio and television presenter. He is best known for being a member and founder of the hard rock band, Krokus. History ...

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, drums, bass, keyboards *Tommy Kiefer -

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, vocals *

Fernando von Arb Fernando von Arb or simply FVA (born 17 January 1953) is a Swiss guitarist, songwriter and producer. He is best known for being the lead guitarist of the Swiss hard rock band Krokus. Career In the early 1970s, Von Arb was playing in th ...

rhythm guitar In music performances, rhythm guitar is a technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., drum kit, bass guitar ...

, bass, keyboards *Jürg Naegeli - bass,

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*Freddy Steady -

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, percussion ;Production *Harry Sprenger - producer, mixing *

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- engineer *Alan Douglas - assistant engineer

References

{{Authority control Krokus (band) albums 1978 albums Mercury Records albums