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Thunder Underground

Podcast from Thunder Undergroundwww.thethunderunderground.com
Hard Rock / Metal Podcast. The show features interviews from Rock n Roll Hall of Famers to emerging artists.
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Episodes

Episode 219 - Dusty Grant

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 episode is brought to you by DEB Concerts. Follow the Streets Gone Wild page to get updates on upcoming...

Apr 16, 201951 min

Episode 218 - Jason Interviews Trent / Kevin Graham Talks Metallica

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, Severmind, and more get mentioned. We then bring you a track from Zen Hipster, and follow that up with pa...

Apr 09, 20191 hr 33 min

Episode 217 - Mark Slaughter (Slaughter)

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, and a ton more! We kick the show off with a song from The Midnight Devils, and talk about some of our ...

Apr 02, 201949 min

Episode 216 - Damon Johnson

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, Thin Lizzy, Brother Cane, and a lot more! We kick off the episode with a track from Damon’s new albu...

Mar 28, 201951 min

Episode 215 - Chad Malone (The Shame / Larkin)

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, Josh Baker, a recent show from John Mellancamp at Brady, a great show at BAR feat.Solidify, Sign of Li...

Mar 21, 20191 hr 11 min

Episode 214 - Ricky Brooks (The Nixons)

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 SPADE, Dead Now, (the) Melvins, Mastodon, The Sword, Clutch, Torche, and a lot more! We kick off the e...

Mar 13, 20191 hr 13 min

Episode 213 - Bunnies Of Doom

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 rawker' crowd, and we look ahead to the Tulsa Music Awards at IDL Ballroom. This episode is brought to y...

Mar 06, 20191 hr 31 min

Episode 212 - Sprout the Anti-Hero

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 show off with a song from Flux Amuk, and we talk about a recent show from Agents of Chaos and Hersker...

Feb 28, 20191 hr 29 min

Episode 211 - Erik Kluiber (Void Vator)

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 more. We kick off the show with talk about Saxon / Down For Five / Muddflux in Tulsa, we talk about ou...

Feb 21, 201959 min

Episode 210 - Roger Seago (Dixie Wrecked / We Are Tulsa Music)

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 parodies, new music coming from DW, Rick Tahdooahnippah, Mike Eminjayinem Meacham, Nate Thompson, Rockla...

Feb 13, 20191 hr 4 min

Episode 209 Murderous Mary

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, and please share! #MurderousMary #podcast #AllKillerNoFiller This episode is brought to you by DEB ...

Feb 07, 20191 hr 36 min

Episode 208 - Album Reviews, Music + More

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.) Thanks for listening, and please share! #podcast #AllKillerNoFiller #soilwork #evergrey #rivalsons #in...

Jan 31, 201957 min

Episode 207 - Clint Wells (Metal Up Your Podcast)

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, Vinnie Vincent, Bruce Kulick, Ghost, Pantera, Dimebag, and a ton more! We also play Clint’s cover o...

Jan 24, 20191 hr 52 min

Episode 206 - Trevor Strnad (The Black Dahlia Murder)

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, Cryptopsy, Mass Infection, and a lot more! We kick off the episode with a track from Under Darkest Ski...

Jan 16, 201944 min

Rocklahoma 2019 Lineup Reaction

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, Glorious Sons, Tyler Bryant, Alien Weaponry, Midnight Devils, Beasto Blanco, and holy shit: Wheeler Wa...

Jan 14, 201957 min

Episode 205 Child Bite / Ghoul

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, corrupting the youth, Roger Miret of Agnostic Front’s book, learning to read, Night Demon being a drug fron...

Jan 10, 20191 hr 10 min

Episode 204 - Junkyard

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 Vulture Wake (Jan 4th at Mercury w/ Murderous Mary) we play a brand new song from Sign of Lies, Jason...

Jan 03, 20191 hr 1 min

Episode 203 - Best Of 2018

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) “Thunderbolt” 7 Machine Head “Catharsis” 8 Slash feat. Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators “Living the Dream...

Dec 27, 20182 hr 7 min

Episode 202 - Tracii Guns / Phil Lewis (L.A. Guns)

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 City Angels, Rikki Rockett, Paul Rodgers, Queen, Steve Marriott, black metal, Varg, the recent Digita...

Dec 21, 201853 min

Episode 201 - Joe Altier (Brand New Sin / Just Joe)

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 Type O Negative, Whitey Morgan and the 78's, Jason Aldean, RIVAL SONS, Greta Van Fleet, Spotify, an...

Dec 12, 20181 hr 27 min

Episode 200 Severmind

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, along with sets from The Normandys, Sign of Lies, and Reliance Code’s now final show as well!? We als...

Dec 05, 20181 hr 37 min

Episode 199 - Jeremy Harrington / Martin Lerch (Wither)

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 Vanguard w/ Reliance Code, Sign of Lies and the Normandys. This episode, and every episode, is brought to...

Nov 27, 20181 hr 59 min

Episode 198 - Ryan Shuck & Amir Derakh (Julien K)

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, and our possibly unpopular opinions on the movie. We then talk to Ryan and Amir about touring wit...

Nov 21, 20181 hr 16 min

Episode 197 - Steve Whiteman & Mark Schenker (KIX)

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, maintaining Steve’s voice, performing in the rain at Rocklahoma 2008, Loud and Proud Records, and a ton more! ...

Nov 14, 201845 min

Episode 196 - Matt Byrne (Hatebreed)

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 I and Hatebreed, we look back on the recent Ghost show in Tulsa, we talk about a great Halloween sh...

Nov 07, 201857 min

Episode 195 - Doug Burgess (DEB Concerts)

In this episode we are joined by Doug Burgess of DEB Concerts / Rocklahoma's D&B Processing Stage. Doug talks to us about the recent news that Axis Entertainment has left Rocklahoma, what we can expect from the D&B Processing Stage, how close Rocklahoma was to ending, the changes he knows about for Rocklahoma 2019, local/regional bands in the Rocklahoma region having more opportunities, AEG Presents, Thursday pre-party inside the venue, campground stages like Darkside Stage, how he got i...

Oct 31, 20181 hr 14 min

Episode 194 - Tim Sult (Clutch) & TUFest Recap

In this episode we are joined by Tim Sult of Clutch, and we recap Thunder Underground Fest 2018. First up, we talk about the show featuring fantastic sets Sevendust, Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown and Clutch at Cain's Ballroom, followed by our talk with Tim Sult. Tim talks about touring with Sevendust and Tyler Bryant, Book of Bad Decisions, working with Vance Powell, lineup longevity, JP Gaster, Dan Maines, set lists, Duane Allman of Allman Brothers Band, George Carlin, and more! We then pay ...

Oct 25, 20181 hr 20 min

Eisode 193 - Steve Murdock

It is Thunder Underground Fest week, and we are looking forward to this weekend in the episode. Steve Murdock will be the Stage Manager for this weekend’s event at the Venue Shrine, and he joins us to talk TU Fest, stories from past events, what he has coming up with his Murdock Productions, Murderous Mary, Donnie Rich, Pantera, Slayer, Rocklahoma, Led Zeppelin, Greta Van Fleet, Solidify, Machine in the Mountain, Locust Grove, Grind, Fist of Rage, Severmind, Kevin Graham, HolataFest, and a ton m...

Oct 16, 20181 hr 39 min

Episode 192 - Stone Temple Pilots "Every Album in a Row"

In this episode we cover Stone Temple Pilots in the “Every Album in a Row” series. Brandon Dingler of Dryvr joined us as we listened to STP's entire discography, covering 93 songs over 7 studio albums, 1 EP, and 5 tracks from compilations. We’ve all heard these songs many times, but listening to everything in order gives us a chance to not only talk about our favorite tracks, but see how the material progressed over time. We discuss the amazing debut of "Core" and great follow up of "Purple", ou...

Oct 10, 20181 hr 54 min

Episode 191 - Zen Hipster

In this episode Trent is joined by all 4 members of Zen Hipster. ZH is reuniting to hit the stage for the first time in 5.5 years at Thunder Underground Fest. We talk about what brought them back together, their sound, how the name became ironic, the underrated musical genius of Eric Reese, their beginnings, writing, songs from their catalog, past gigs, what we can expect moving forward, and more! We also play some ZH music, talk Son Volt at Guthrie Green, and look ahead to TUFest. This episode ...

Oct 02, 20181 hr 17 min
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