What is "steamhammer"

Steamhammer was a blues rock band from Worthing, England, whose origins were with the blues. The band was founded in 1968 by Martin Quittenton (guitar) and Kieran White (vocals, guitar, harmonica). The first stable line up consisted of Quittenton, White, Martin Pugh (guitar), Steve Davy (bass), and Michael Rushton (drums).

Steamhammer may refer to:

• Steam hammer, a steam-powered industrial machine tool
• Phenomena of steam distribution system ( Water hammer#Related phenomena)
• Steamhammer (band), English blues-rock band
  • Steamhammer (album) (also known as Reflection), debut album of the band Steamhammer
• Steamhammer Records, a subsidiary of SPV GmbH
• Steamhammer (Transformers), the name of several fictional characters in the Transformers Constructicons line

Steamhammer (aka Reflection) was the debut album issued in 1969 by the British blues-rock band Steamhammer. Steamhammer was chosen as legendary blues guitarist Freddy King's backing band whenever he toured England. The musicians in the band were Martin Quittenton (guitar), Kieran White (vocals, guitar, harmonica), Martin Pugh (guitar), Steve Davy (bass), and Michael Rushton (drums). The album includes classic blues numbers by B.B. King ("You'll Never Know") and Eddie Boyd ("Twenty-four Hours"), as well as compositions by band members White, Quittenton, and Pugh. The session musicians Harold McNair (flute) and Pete Sears (piano) also appear on the album.

Already in 1970 the song "Junior's Wailing" was recorded by Status Quo on their album Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon.