Thunder Underground

In this episode we are joined by Dusty Grant. Dusty talks to us about his new album 'Trapped Here', his lyrical content, performing alone on a stage, working with Chris Dawson and Jimmy Beattie, what he has learned from Sprout, touring, Unearth, Sloan Moon, Whitey Morgan, promoting on Facebook, and a lot more. Thanks for listening, and please share! #DustyGrant #podcast #AllKillerNoFiller This epi...

In this episode we have a double bill. First up, Jason turns the tables and interviews Trent. Questions like early memories of hard rock and metal, where the love for Guns n Roses and Faith No More started, dream summer tours, a Tulsa Dream band, design, Ugly Kid Joe, Pantera, System of a Down, Corrosion of Conformity, Son Volt, Cracker, Roxette, and members of Sovereign Dame, Down For Five, Sever...

In this episode we are joined by Mark Slaughter. Mark talks to us about his solo music, writing solo, writing with Dana Strum, working with Jeff Blando, Zoltan Chaney, Blas Elias, and Tim Kelly, working with EMP, playing festivals, music cycles, is early days as a guitar instructor and vocalist, performing with a barber shop quartet, Rocklahoma, Vince Neil, struggles with music labels early on, an...

In this episode we are joined by Damon Johnson. Damon returns to the podcast to talk about his stellar new album, 'Memoirs of an Uprising', handling the album process on his own, writing for this album, working with Tony Higbee, Tony Nagy and Jarred Pope, self producing, Chuck Garric, Nick Raskulinecz, writing with Ricky Warwick, his time with Black Star Riders, what he learned from Scott Gorham,...

In this episode we are joined by Chad Malone. Chad returns to the podcast to talk about Larkin, St, Patrick's Day, performing acoustic, the forthcoming album from The Shame, the current lineup, Oil Capitol Underground, Brother Inferior, The Kids, Senior Fellows, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, taking care of his voice, and a ton more! We kick the episode off with talk about Benefit for the Bachelor, Jo...

In this episode we are joined by Ricky Brooks of The Nixons. Ricky talks to us about new music from The Nixons, what led to the reunion, upcoming shows, Zac Maloy, Jesse Davis, John Humphrey, leaving the music business, returning to playing bass after a 15 year break, traveling through Central and South America via motorcycle, rediscovering rock music in the past couple years, The Tits, JUNEBUG SP...

In this episode we are joined by Dave Cantrell and Stacy Lane of Bunnies of Doom. They talk to us about their one-off reunion show happening this Saturday (March 9th) and Venue Shrine, about how the reunion came about, Jason Ferguson, Pete Tomshany, the early days, Asylum, Oil Capitol Underground, and a ton more! We kick off the show with talk about babies at concerts, Jason rants on the 'old rawk...

In this episode we are joined by Sprout. Sprout returns to the podcast to talk about his forthcoming solo EP, We Are Tulsa Music Awards, Mugen Music, the Tulsa music scene, Screaming red Mutiny ending, John Holata, Anthony Hinton, Proving Grounds, the possibility of Kingshifter reuniting, touring with Dusty Grant and why they work well together, stories from the road, and a ton more! We kick the s...

In this episode we are joined by Erik Kluiber of Void Vator. Erik talks about Void Vator's new EP "Stranded," the band's recent touring, plans for 2019, writing, playing shows with Scattered Hamlet, Adam Newell, Tzimani, Final Drive, Ironaut ending, Gyphsyhawk, No Legacy, why he thinks Haunt is so good, his thoughts on Doyle's recent comments, Kid Rock, Lita Ford, Patrick Kennison, Sturgis, and mo...

In this episode we are joined by Roger Seago III of Dixie Wrecked / We Are Tulsa Music - The Movement. Roger talks with us about the We Are Tulsa Music Awards, IDL Ballroom, Ryan Paquette of Mugen Music Inc., what they learned from the first year, what to expect this year, Jason Ford, @starting the We Are Tulsa Music page, plans for the future of WATM, the beginnings of Dixie Wrecked, writing paro...

In this episode we are joined by Murderous Mary. Jordan, Mike and Michael talk to us about the formation of the band, recording plans, their sound, John Holata, HolataFest, the upright bass, From Parts Unknown, Back to the Future, Rush, KISS, My Morning Jacket, concert experiences, and a ton more. We also play the new song from Fist of Rage, and look ahead to HolataFest 2019. Thanks you listening,...

In this episode we cover several new releases, and play some great new music. We cover the epic new albums from Swedish heavy hitters Evergrey and Soilwork, we look into the masterful new album from Rival Sons, we go over Inglorious' fantastic 3rd album, we talk HolataFest, the Tulsa Music Awards, and we play great tracks from Murderous Mary (OK), Dusty Grant (KS) and Leftover Bullets (Greece.) Th...

In this episode we are joined by Clint Wells of Metal Up Your Podcast. We kick the show off with our look into Metallica in Tulsa, and talk about the blistering sets from COC, Crowbar and Weedeater in OKC. We then delve into our talk with Clint who talks to us about starting MUYP, his co-host Ethan Luck, Metallica, 'Load', writing for other artists, Bob Schneider, Rodney Atkins, Lunar Satan, KISS,...

In this episode we are joined by Trevor Strnad of The Black Dahlia Murder. Trevor talks to us about new music in 2019, performing in the cold at GMBG, the rotating package of this tour, album artwork, being an influence on other artists like Battlecross' Gumby, maintaining his vocals, the digital era of music, buying music as a kid, collecting CDs, Serocs, Zealotry, Michael Romeo of Symphony X, Cr...

The Rocklahoma 2019 lineup has been announced, and we give our initial reactions. The lineup features headliners Ozzy Osbourne, Shinedown and Disturbed, as well as acts like In This Moment, Bush, and Seether. We go over all of these, and talk about highlights from Light the Torch, Avatar, Sevendust, Bad Wolves, Black Stone Cherry, Jackyl, Ace Frehley, Lita Ford, Steel Panther, Blackberry Smoke, Gl...

In this episode we have two interviews - we are joined by Child Bite as well as Digestor of Ghoul! We kick the episode off with songs from Top Dead Center and Mudd Flux, we talk about upcoming area shows like Music to Mend Mikey, Holata Fest, and others. In our first interview Digestor speaks with us about cleaning up Austin's failed musician problem, smashing Nazis, smashing other people, corrupt...

In this episode we are joined by David Roach, Patrick Muzingo, and Todd Muscat of Junkyard. We kick off the episode with some more Best of 2018 and the new album from Ian Moore, Jim Wilson and Damon Johnson great new album, we talk about the Music to Mend Mikey benefit at Venue Shrine, we talk Tulsa Music Awards and Roger, Ryan and Sprout's appearance on Good Day Tulsa, we play some music from A V...

In this episode we cover the best albums of 2018. We go over our favorite releases and count down our top 18 albums of the year. Thunder Underground Top 18 of 2018: 1 Judas Priest "Firepower" 2 Dee Snider "For the Love of Metal" 3 Corrosion Of Conformity "No Cross No Crown" 4 The Night Flight Orchestra "Sometimes the World Ain't Enough" 5 Clutch "Book of Bad Decisions" 6 Saxon (Official) "Thunderb...

In this episode we are joined by Tracii Guns and Phil Lewis of LA Guns. Tracii and Phil talk to us about working together again since 2016, The Missing Peace, Made in Milan, Frontiers Records, new music in spring 2019, writing together, the family dynamic of the current lineup, the 30th anniversary of Cocked and Loaded, the greatness of Jared James Nichols, should Tracii record solo music, Devil C...

In this episode we are joined by Joe Altier of Brand New Sin and Just Joe. Joe talks to us about the recent announcement of the Brand New Sin reunion show, Brian Slider Azzoto, BNS plans, the story behind his departure many years ago, the status of Elephant Mountain, having 4,000+ songs in his repitoire for Just Joe, working with Joey Zampella, Life Of Agony Famiglia, Alan Robert, Peter Steele and...

In our milestone 200th episode we are joined by Severmind. Severmind returns to the podcast to talk about new vocalist Thad Timothy, the process in finding him, new music, plans for the coming year, writing, Oil Capital Underground, Bunnies of Doom, KISS, Beau Nasty, Steve Murdock, and a ton more! We kick off the episode with talk about the loss of Jacob Clovis, we look into Wither's final show, a...

In this episode we are joined by Jeremy Harrington and Martin Lerch, of the band Wither. Jeremy and Martin talk to us about why Wither ended, transitioning to their next project, production, marketing, what we can expect from their new music, writing, Tulsa music, We Are Tulsa Music, previous bands, Grind, Sunshine Seawright and a lot more. Don't miss Wither's final show Friday, Nov. 30th at Vangu...

In this episode we are joined by Ryan Shuck and Amir Derack of Julien-K. We kick off the episode with a review of Philip Anselmo & the Ilegals performoing several Pantera tunes, along with Child Bite and Devil Theory, we go into a detailed talk about Generation Axe and the blazing performances from Steve Vai, Zakk Wylde, Nuno Bettencourt and Tosin Abasi. We also take a look at Bohemian Rhapsody, a...

In this episode we are joined by Steve Whiteman and Mark Schenker of KIX. Steve and Mark talk to us about how "Fuse 30: Reblown" came together, Mark spearheading it, getting the original masters, Beau Hill's contribution, hearing the original demos again, playing the album in its entirety and what songs were hard, the status of a new album, working with Taylor Rhodes, writing new music, maintainin...

In this episode we are joined by Matt Byrne of Hatebreed. Matt talks with us about touring with Gwar, status of a new album from Hatebreed, possibility of a For the Lions 2, set lists, Zuess' contributions as a producer, performing on Late Night with Seth Myers, hardcore music, Slayer, his '80 Camaro, his disdain for the Red Sox, and a lot more! We talk about the great sets from Ringworm, Miss May...