Tag Archives: Samson

Album review: THUNDERSTICK – Lockdown

Posted on October 29, 2023 by jason

Roulette [Release date 20.10.23] Renowned Samson (and former Iron Maiden) drummer is not one to rest on his laurels, and since resurrecting his eponymous band in 2017, he’s kept rocking and entertaining. And this new album has kept the standards … Continue reading →

Album review: MICK WHITE – Something’s Got To Give

Posted on May 3, 2022 by jason

Enghardt Media/The Metal Society [29.04.22] Now here’s a blast from the past. I first encountered vocalist Mick White in the late 80s when he was working with Paul Samson, and later when he fronted First Strike (that Just Another Night album … Continue reading →

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Album review: THUNDERSTICK – Something Wicked This Way Came, Live In France

Posted on May 21, 2020 by jason

Indie [Release date 20.03.20] Thunderstick the man is a drummer who, having already played with Iron Maiden in their early daze, made his name replacing Clive Burr in Samson. As the masked and caged mad man, and a bloody good … Continue reading →

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Gig review: THUNDERSTICK – Leo’s Red Lion, Gravesend, 28 July 2018

Posted on July 31, 2018 by jason

Back in the early 80s after a three-album stint with Samson, masked drummer and NWOBHM pioneer Thunderstick (Barry Graham Purkis) formed a band of the same name. Female-fronted, first with Ana Marie Borg then with Jodee Valentine, it allowed Purkis … Continue reading →

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Album review: THUNDERSTICK – Something Wicked This Way Comes

Posted on July 8, 2017 by jason

[Release date 28.07.17] There are few musicians as iconic in image as Barry Graham Perkis, aka Thunderstick, who originally found fame as the masked and caged drummer for NWoBHM band Samson. Previously a short lived drummer for Iron Maiden, he … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: JAGUAR, GIRLSCHOOL, SAMSON

Posted on May 9, 2017 by jason

JAGUAR Power Games (Dissonance Productions) Jaguar were one of the fastest and most underrated bands in the NWoBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) movement, and along with Raven would have a huge impact on the forthcoming speed metal and … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: URIAH HEEP, SAMSON, SIR REG

Posted on March 24, 2013 by jason

SAMSON – Head On Lemon / Cherry Red A real NWoBHM classic here, Samson’s second album and the first to feature vocalist Bruce Bruce, aka Bruce Dickinson. Samson issued what is widely considered one of the first NWoBHM LPs in … Continue reading →

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THUNDERSTICK – Echoes from the Analogue Asylum

Posted on February 16, 2012 by jason

Thunderstick is claimed to have paved the way for NWOBHM in the late 70’s and early 80’s. The masked drummer, who slammed skins for Iron Maiden in the early days, formed his own outfit utilising female vocalists. While the journey … Continue reading →