Sledgehammer...Sledgehammer

[MrLeebo123]

HIS WIFE WAS A CUNT HOPE SHES DEAD BY NOW A SLOW PAINFUL DEATH TOO

[rudietemplar]

maybe i shouldn't say but i had such a crash on his wife i was only 11 dont tell Mr. Cook

[rudietemplar]

i was in one of there videos when i was 17 lol made in slough i wonder if its about i think i was a goth

[rudietemplar]

Mike cook my old school teacher is here or dose anyone know if he's on facebook i'd love to say hello

[lockie1822]

Fukin' 'ell!!!!  I remember this back from about 1981. Saw them at the old Marquee on Wardour street,London. Mike Cook the singer/ lead guitarist was my Physics teacher at Raggy Road school, Slough. Good memories from back then, remember being able to get up to the Marquee by train from slough, pay the entrance fee, to see a band and buy a bottle of Newcastle brown ale for a fiver!!!!!!

[GunnyZoSo]

beginning kinda reminds me Jimmy Page playing

[rashadfawzifoots]

Sledgehammer were incredible. They had a certain magic to their sound, a very surreal and dream-like atmosphere that came so naturally like they weren't even trying. It's hard to compare them to bands who had huge careers and a dozen albums, but for the NWOBHM bands who never made it, Sledgehammer were the best.

[heavymetal6958]

YEEEHAAAAA this brings back great memories..used to watch the band live at the Nowhere club and The Red Lion in Bicester along with Toad the wet Sprocket,Twelfth Night,Marilion and tons of other i cant recall...those were the days :-)

[rudydynxx]

fuck me,,came across this by mistake,,i,m sure its off a compilation album my brother had 30yrs ago,,,"what was it called"?anyone.memories flood back..good track.

[FunkKlock]

@rudydynxx metal for muthas vol

[rudydynxx]

@FunkKlock cheers mate,,thats it.

[FunkKlock]

@rudydynxx thinkin about searchin for it pretty solid complication

[fiddleup]

1980 seems a LONG way back now but, BOY was reading ROCK festival GREAT that year or what!! Sledgehammer, UFO, Quartz, Def Leopard, (on through the night era) White Spirit, Pat Travers band, Rory Gallagher....etc!

I was at the front on both days!! Happy days....I remember having "Metal in my ears" all the way home on the train!!

[bigmagic96]

Met these guys on a ferry coming back from Belgium in 79 / 80. They said they were as good as Sabs, Zep etc and we should see them on tour. Never actually did but I guess they made a name for themselves in the early 80s. Good luck to you guys, was nice meeting you.

[pestman00]

Jeeez .. . . remember seeing this lot at Exeter Routes club and when they played this as the encore we all joined in on the stage. . . . Halceon days . . .brilliant, still got the single somewhere

[ibanez860]

THis song is fucking gay... listen to some quo vadis "break the cycle"

[shinybald36]

@ibanez860your choice in guitars is gay.

[Heavyfilo]

this is the metal for muthas version the fisrt volume

[rashadfawzifoots]

Does anyone know the lyrics? I love this song but there's parts I can't make out. Also, is there anywhere I could buy any of their music on CD?

[Belsebubb93]

when i listing to this song i can compare the music with black sabbath - Children of the grave

[warluster]

this version seems different than the lp and the valiant version what did this come from?

[TemplarsVision]

this is from the Metal for Muthas I album

[warluster]

its what I gathered after I posted thanks tho!

[cornholio1962]

there was 3 versions of this the metal for muthas first then the valiant then the 83 album wich was totaly over produced and killed the songs ....ian ex roadie for sledgehammer

[Strappad0]

so fuckin good

[ptola]

yeah BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS is totally sick!!

[rudietemplar]

@ptola got it and came across it today looking for records to party at a party tonight

[TheGarlee]

Living in dreams was the other single i had , but always preferred the flip side "fantasia"

[TheGarlee]

Still have this single.Plus another one the group did

[DestroyEmos]

somewhere between motorhead, iron maiden, and sabbath, thats what this reminds me of.

[Wehategod]

I never liked Saxon. Myself this is great. Withhynde is also good Blitzkrieg too.

[grantg60]

I bought this single when it came out in 1980. Very innovative, unformulaic HM, which probably accounts for their lack of success. Much better than crap like Saxon.

[Phuqueknoze]

It came out before 1983. As a single, it was released sometime in 1979. It came in a picture sleeve like the one in the vid.

[asirbenjamin]

I still have this and Vardis, Chevy, Handsome beasts, Money, White Spirit , Diamond Head, Limelight and a few others. They all played at the Princville Rock Club in Bradford, I bought a single every week. Samson played there with Bruce Dickinson on the Fuck the Petrol Bill tour. I always remember it because they gave me a tshirt for helping them load the van. Happy Days. Just wish I had kept my waistcoat with all the badges.

[Seethroughfisheyes]

Cool guitar sound

[regcottril80]

Haven't heard this for about 30years' my god its brought some memories back. think I've still got the single in the loft somewhere.

[folksprez]

I paid my sister a quid to sew the word "Sledgehammer" on the back of my denim jacket. It was just below "Judas Priest", just above "Motorhead". I'd never seen them live and only had this single. People used to say "Who the hell are Sledgehammer?" I used to make out that they were going to be the next big band and I had spotted them first, to feel exclusive, like. How wrong was I ?

[CodyRicheson]

@folksprez, seems they went the way of Anvil, eh?

[folksprez]

@CodyRicheson Can a sledgehammer be used on an anvil ?

[thesplorf]

Amazing to hear it again.. Mr Cooke taught myself and many others to play guitar @ St Antony's R.C. School, cica 76 and I've playing pro for the last 22yrs.. So thanks Cookie.. Yours eternally greatful.. Jo Jo McConville..

[IRONDAWN]

UP THE SLEDGEHAMMERS!

[sirdarklust]

This is one of my favorite tunes of the era. Something so ethereal and poetic about it. There are like three different versions - LP, 7" and Metal For Muthas LP recordings.

[BrunswickDeath]

It's a great tune. Living in Dreams was another belter. Lots of religious imagery conjured up by Mike Cooke...no real surprise he became born again.

[rudietemplar]

@BrunswickDeath he was my teacher at school one of the more forward thinking one , but ya it was a Christian school , he was sooo cool and he put me in one of his videos when i was 17