Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner (track)
by Warren Zevon
Year: 1978
From the album Excitable Boy (track #2)
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Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner appears on the following album(s) by Warren Zevon:
- Learning To Flinch (track #9) (1993)
- Excitable Boy (track #2) (this album) (1978)
- I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology) (track #8) (compilation) (1996)
- A Quiet Normal Life: The Best Of Warren Zevon (track #4) (compilation) (1986)
- Headless In Boston: 1982 Live Radio Broadcast (track #5) (2013)
- Genius: The Best Of Warren Zevon (track #6) (compilation) (2002)
- Piano Fighter (The Giant Years) (track #19) (compilation) (2025)
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| ! | 07/03/2026 16:20 | Pluto11 | 28,845 | 75/100 |
| ! | 06/28/2026 23:04 |  Purplepash | 35,635 | 76/100 |
| ! | 01/16/2026 07:51 | Exist-en-ciel | 174,785 | 71/100 |
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