Rockpile
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Sep 8, 2026
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In 1978, Dave Edmonds released Tracks on Wax 4.
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This was a tribute to classic rockabilly and pub rock, and it featured members of what would end up becoming the band Rockpile.
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Peaked at number 134 on the Billboard Albums chart had tracks like Trouble Boys and Debra.
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In 1978, Styx released Pieces of Eight.
Brett VargoHOST
Craft.
George UsherGUEST
In the middle of all that was a band called Rockpile, fronted by two people, Dave Edmunds and Nick Lowe.
George UsherGUEST
And my second pick is a Dave Edmunds album called Repeat When Necessary.
Brett VargoHOST
Oh, great one.
Graham ParkerGUEST
They'd known each other before.
Graham ParkerGUEST
A bit after I'd sort of happened, they became Rockpile.
Graham ParkerGUEST
So all this stuff kicked off after me.
Graham ParkerGUEST
It was pretty amazing to see.
LeighHOST
Well, I feel a little bit better now.
LeighHOST
All right, well, my first selection for the list is called Teacher, Teacher by Rockpile.
JohnHOST
Great group.
LeighHOST
Yeah, great group from England.
LeighHOST
One or two heartbreaks.
LeighHOST
Hopefully no more than that.
LeighHOST
The band playing on it is a British band, like I said at the beginning of my spiel here, called Rockpile, which features somebody else you might have heard of, guitarist Dave Edmonds.
LeighHOST
I know you've heard of him, John.
Robert ShepherdHOST
I bet
Paul RobinsonGUEST
... 'cause I've always been a fan of Rockpile, Dave Edmunds, Nick Lowe.
Paul RobinsonGUEST
Um, and I've never met Nick before, and he was absolutely wonderful, absolutely brilliant, just so nice and so chatty.
Paul RobinsonGUEST
And, uh, got some nice pictures with Nick.