Song · Krokus
“Long Stick Goes Boom” by Krokus
From the album One Vice at a Time (1982)
“Long Stick Goes Boom” by Krokus appears on 4 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1990 and 1996. It was first released in 1982 on the album One Vice at a Time. Its best result is #263 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #991 hard rock song of all time.
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"Long Stick Goes Boom" kicks off One Vice at a Time, the sixth album from Swiss hard rockers Krokus, released by Arista in 1982, a record that wears its AC/DC worship right out in the open. That influence runs through the songs and the production, and the credits back it up: co-producer and engineer Tony Platt was best known for his earlier engineering work with AC/DC.
Marc Storace, Fernando von Arb and Chris von Rohr wrote it, with von Arb and von Rohr arranging, on the album that brought in Mark Kohler as rhythm guitarist. The song has had a long afterlife: the band named a live album after it, Long Stick Goes Boom: Live from da House of Rust, and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories spins it on V-Rock, the game's made-up radio station.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 263 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
| 1994 | 897 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) | 1000 |
| 1995 | 803 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) | 1000 |
| 1996 | 861 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) | 1000 |
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