Thunder Underground

In this episode we are joined by Warrant guitarist, Joey Allen. We talk about Warrant's current touring, what Robert Mason brings to the fold, when we can expect a follow up to Rockaholic, possible solo music from Joey, our mutual love of Dog Eat Dog, how he started working for Pearl Drums, the weirdest 'thing' he has autographed, and a lot more. There is some slight feedback early on for about a...

In this episode we are joined by Jon Olivarez, guitarist of Sons of Texas. Jon talks about touring, gaining new fans/friends along the way, writing new music, the quick rise of SoTX, how their sound works across different audiences, favorite bands, some Dallas Cowboys talk, and more. We kick off the show with our thoughts on SoTX, the new Buckcherry album and live show, and play some new music fro...

In this episode we review the 3 day Riot Fest that hit Chicago Sept 11-13. We have high praise for Faith No More, Living Colour, Rancid, Henry Rollins, The Damned, Andrew WK, Tenacious D, Babes in Toyland, L7, Iggy Pop, Anthrax, Motorhead, System of a Down, and many more - come hear about everything from Ice Cube to Echo & the Bunnymen to Against Me. We kick off the episode with a track from Chica...

In this episode we are joined by Jason Gilardi, drummer of Dead Metal Society, and long time member of the rock band Caroline's Spine. We talk Jason's long running full time gig as a drum instructor, his band New Science, his 80's and 90's rock tribute bands DMS and Amped, his life growing up in California, his interactions with Paul Stanley through the years, opening a run of shows for Kiss on th...

In this episode we are joined by Kyle Gunther, the vocalist for Battlecross. We kick off the episode with some talk about the new albums from Iron Maiden, Soilwork and Battlecross. Once we get into out talk with Kyle we talk "Rise to Power", touring, Metallica, writing, and more.... and even some talk about Country music? That's right, come find out whose Kyle's biggest influence is, it may surpri...

In this episode we are joined by Sprout, lead vocalist of Kingshifter. We kick off the episode talking about some new music we are digging from Ghost, Lynch Mob, Act of Defiance, Nelson, Buckcherry, The Sword, as well as talk about a recent Whitesnake concert. Once we get into our talk with Sprout we talk Kingshifter, "26 Tons", previous bands, festivals, Sprout's earliest memories of music, how h...

In this episode we are joined by Steve Murdock of Murdock Productions. Steve gives a glimpse into the promoter side of the concert business, and gets into everything from why he started putting on shows, pet peeves, how he decides what bands to book, and even tips for up and coming bands. We talk Rocklahoma, Led Zeppelin, Pantera, Quiet Riot, Iron Maiden, and several other rock/metal bands… as wel...

In this episode we are joined by Tulsa heavy music legend, Steve Ray. Steve talks about his band Oklahombres, new music they have on the horizon, and his thoughts on the state of the current music scene both locally and nationally. We get into his past projects Doomsday Junkie, Gutwrench, and of the course the legendary Oklahoma band Pitbulls on Crack. We talk about a PBOC show when Steve made the...

In this episode we discuss new albums we are digging from Lamb of God, The Dead Daisies, Symphony X, and Joe Satriani, we talk new singles from upcoming albums from Sevendust, Stryper and Trivium, we discuss the possible end of Mayhem Fest, our thoughts on 3 (yes, 3) touring bands playing the songs of Ratt, the rotating singers of Jake E. Lee's Red Dragon Cartel, concerts we are looking forward to...

In this episode we are joined by guitarist Mike Araiza. Mike is part of the Six String Soldiers lineup of the Frank Hannon Band, as well as his project The Jeff Sandoval & Mike Araiza Project with fellow FHB member, Jeff Sandoval. Mike tells the awesome background story of how he joined Tesla on stage, and eventually started working with Frank Hannon, he talks about the making of the Six String So...

In this episode we are joined by Derek Sanders and Stacy Lane from Severmind. Derek and Stacy talk about their band, their history making music together dating back to the band Asylum in the 80's, and where they are headed with Severmind. The discussion covers song writing process, art, their love of jazz, past bands Bunnies of Doom & Caustic Descent, Stacy's other band The Groove Pilots, influenc...

In this episode we are joined by Mike DePetrillo, drummer for the metal band Dryvr. Mike talks about all the happenings in the up and coming Dryvr, his time he spent in the rebirth of the underground classic 80's metal band Firstryke, the legendary punk band N.O.T.A., as well as his other bands in between. Mike talks about his biggest influences on drums including Cozy Powell, John Bonham and Vinn...

In this episode we sat down with 9 of Dead Metal Society.... pretty clever for episode number 9, ya think? We talk about the awesome 80's rock tribute DMS, his other 2 bands Amped and The Addiction, his previous bands The Kevorkians, Mourning Tree, as well as his earliest bands in the 80s and early 90s. 9 talks about hitting the road at the age of 18, his love for harmonies in music, the origin be...

In this episode of The TUP we sat down with Scott Squires and Janna Jordan Squires. We discuss their current project Rocket Science, as well as all their previous work in Down 4 Five, Octane Blue, Sybill's Machine, etc. Find out who Janna's favorite guitarists are, the inspiration behind the massive production Rocket Science puts on stage, what legendary metal icon was in attendance when they play...

This episode we are joined by Justin Pool to talk about Metallica. We discuss our earliest memories of hearing them for the first time, our favorite albums, our thoughts on the polarizing albums Load/Reload/St Anger, some of our live experiences, Justin's feelings on the song Fuel, and much more. Stevie the Dog even chimes in during the Some Kind of Monster talk! Stay tuned, as there is sure to be...

This episode we are joined by our friend Michael Thrasher to talk about Guns n Roses. We cover favorite songs, our thoughts on the sound shift on the Illusions, if we actually like Velvet Revolver, how we feel about Axl's current version, if we think there will ever be a classic era reunion, and much more.