What is "earthshaker"

Earthshaker is the third studio album by American hard rock/ heavy metal band Y&T, released in 1981 through A&M Records. It is their first album under their current name, after changing it from Yesterday and Today. It was re-released in 2006. Several tracks from Earthshaker are commonly played during the band's live shows. The most common songs played are Rescue Me, Hurricane, and I Believe In You, which when performed live usually crosses the 8 minute mark.

Earthshaker was the first of five studio albums recorded through label A&M which Y&T were with from 1981-85. The 10 songs on this track are the first 10 on disc 1 of Earthquake The A&M Years 1981-1985.

The Japanese heavy metal band Earthshaker took their name from this album.

Earthshaker may refer to:

Poseidon, a god in Greek mythology.

In music:

• Earthshaker (album), an album by Y&T
• The Earthshaker, an album by Koko Taylor
• Earthshaker (band), a Japanese metal band

In games:

• Earthshaker!, an accessory for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game
• Earthshaker! (pinball), a pinball machine

is a Japanese heavy metal band that was formed in 1978 in Osaka. Their earlier music was very similar in style to countrymen Loudness and Anthem, but the band steered toward a poppier sound on later albums and dropped from worldwide view, preferring to record and tour in their home country. After a successful run, they broke up in 1994, but returned five years later and are still going strong today.

Remarkably, the original quartet from the first album are still together. The band was named after the Y&T (Yesterday and Today) album. An early incarnation of the band included Minoru Niihara (of Loudness fame) as singer (originally bass and vocals).