Get Ready to ROCK! » Thunderstick https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Sat, 13 Jun 2026 11:30:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review: THUNDERSTICK – Lockdown https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/10/album-review-thunderstick-lockdown/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/10/album-review-thunderstick-lockdown/#comments Sun, 29 Oct 2023 10:13:10 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=91957 THUNDERSTICK - LockdownRoulette [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 →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/10/album-review-thunderstick-lockdown/feed/ 0 Album review: THUNDERSTICK – Something Wicked This Way Came, Live In France https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/05/album-review-thunderstick-something-wicked-this-way-came-live-in-france/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/05/album-review-thunderstick-something-wicked-this-way-came-live-in-france/#comments Thu, 21 May 2020 07:07:48 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=66493 THUNDERSTICK – Something Wicked This Way Came, Live In FranceIndie [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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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/05/album-review-thunderstick-something-wicked-this-way-came-live-in-france/feed/ 0 Single reviews: SHADES OF GRAY, KOBURG, THUNDERSTICK https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/01/single-reviews-shades-of-gray-koburg-thunderstick/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/01/single-reviews-shades-of-gray-koburg-thunderstick/#comments Wed, 15 Jan 2020 13:13:23 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=64072 KOBURG - Position Of PowerSHADES OF GRAY – I Get Up In a dark world, there are few things that unite us and raise our spirits more than music.  Not many people understand this as fully as Myke Gray and the guitar guru/songwriter/producer offers … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/01/single-reviews-shades-of-gray-koburg-thunderstick/feed/ 0 Gig review: THUNDERSTICK – Leo’s Red Lion, Gravesend, 28 July 2018 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/07/gig-review-thunderstick-leos-red-lion-gravesend-28-july-2018/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/07/gig-review-thunderstick-leos-red-lion-gravesend-28-july-2018/#comments Tue, 31 Jul 2018 06:58:27 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=54176 THUNDERSTICK - Leo’s Red Lion, Gravesend, 28 July 2018Back 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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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/07/gig-review-thunderstick-leos-red-lion-gravesend-28-july-2018/feed/ 0 Album review: THUNDERSTICK – Something Wicked This Way Comes https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/07/album-review-thunderstick-something-wicked-this-way-comes/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/07/album-review-thunderstick-something-wicked-this-way-comes/#comments Sat, 08 Jul 2017 18:09:51 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=46518 THUNDERSTICK - Something Wicked This Way Comes[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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