Thunderbird – New Music, Old School
Formed in Vancouver, Canada in 2003, Thunderbird play original songs that recall the classic hard rock sound of the late 1970s and early ’80s.
Inspiration came from the entire spectrum of hard rock styles of that era. So much was going on at the time – everything from blues-rock to boogie, metal and punk. A major influence for Thunderbird has been ‘Oz Rock’, the raw and powerful sound developed by bands gigging in Australian pubs in the Seventies.
Thunderbird’s debut album, ‘What’s The Word?’ was released in 2006. The first single ‘No Prisoners’ was Number One for several weeks on online music site Boost Independent Music, and also charted in the Top 10 in Mike Cameo’s Indie Rock out of Cincinnati, Ohio.
A decade later the band – now scattered across the globe from Canada to Australia, the UK and Costa Rica! – have reunited for a follow up album and to have fun rocking out once more with songs that aim to evoke the swagger and groove of the glory days of classic rock.
Marc LaFrance (vocals) tours with Bachman & Turner and has sung on albums by Motley Crue, David Lee Roth, The Cult & many more. Rod Coogan (guitar) has played in progressive rock bands in Australia & Japan. Holding down the bottom end are veterans Rob Becker and Tim Rath on bass and Kelly Stodola, one of Vancouver’s in-demand session musicians, on drums.
Special guests on the album include singer Steve Mulry of Oz Rock band Black Label, blues/rock guitarist Steve Edmonds and jazz bassist Brendan Clarke.
‘Heavyweight’ is now available on all the major digital platforms – Amazon, iTunes, Spotify. CDBaby etc.
YouTube channel
www.youtube.com/channel/UCaNOMFBYJuT5gAqSdmKOOyw
Facebook page
www.facebook.com/thunderbirdtheband
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