Rock Drill (album)

Rock Drill
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1978
Recorded1977
Studio
GenreHard rock, glam rock
Length37:13
LabelMountain, 2002 CD reissue released on Mercury
ProducerThe Sensational Alex Harvey Band
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band chronology
Fourplay
(1977)
Rock Drill
(1978)
Zalvation
(2006)
Singles from Rock Drill
  1. "Mrs. Blackhouse"
    Released: August 26, 1977

Rock Drill is the eighth studio album by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, which was released in Europe in 1977 and in the UK in 1978. The album includes Tommy Eyre on keyboards; the band's original keyboardist Hugh McKenna was absent due to an internal dispute - however, three songs from the album are co-credited to him. McKenna has since recorded his regrets at the dispute, given what lay ahead in the next five years.

Zal Cleminson rates "The Dolphins" as one of the best things SAHB ever produced, next to "Faith Healer" and "Give My Compliments To The Chef". One track recorded during the Rock Drill session that was not included on the finished album is "Engine Room Boogie". The track ended up as the B-side of SAHB's final single release "Mrs. Blackhouse" (1977 Mountain - Cat No: TOP 32). The band performed "Mrs. Blackhouse" and "Engine Room Boogie" at the 1977 Reading Festival on Sunday 28 August with Tommy Eyre on keyboards.

The album was re-released on CD, both coupled as a 2-in-1 album with SAHB Stories and as an individual CD.