Music videos that feature Thunderbirds

Highlander · June 20, 2015, 02:08:49 AM

The Fraulein is promoting the use of toys with batteries... and with Lawyer approval...?

Shocking... truly shocking...

Dave W · June 20, 2015, 04:02:16 PM

Oops, sorry Mark, I had skipped the video not realizing it was your band. That Jackson sounds great.

TBird1958 · June 21, 2015, 01:46:12 PM

Quote from: Highlander on June 20, 2015, 02:08:49 AM
The Fraulein is promoting the use of toys with batteries... and with Lawyer approval...?

Shocking... truly shocking...

It's filled with Teutonic cleverness

OldManC · June 21, 2015, 10:03:18 PM

Another fan of that Jackson. Sounds great!

Basvarken · July 01, 2015, 05:05:52 AM

Here's a video of Badlands featuring Greg Chaisson on a BC Rich Thunderbird type bass.

On a side note: Greg is fighting cancer at the moment. The cancer seems to have started on the base of the tongue and then spread to the lymph nodes. His lymph nodes have been removed. Once his surgery has healed he will start radiation and chemo. His prognosis is good.
Another great bass player / musician that needs some support and get well wishes (and prayers if you're a religious person).

Basvarken · July 05, 2015, 10:54:37 AM

Zack Anderson, bass player of the band Blues Pills is playing a Non Reverse Thunderbird in the live video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=132&v=4LUOD4JquVU

4stringer77 · July 05, 2015, 07:17:37 PM

uwe · July 07, 2015, 08:45:19 AM

Quote from: Basvarken on July 05, 2015, 10:54:37 AM
Zack Anderson, bass player of the band Blues Pills is playing a Non Reverse Thunderbird in the live video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=132&v=4LUOD4JquVU

It's a good thing that the early 70ies - or should I say late 60ies? - apparently never stopped. This is so retro, it's endearing. Reminds me of Zephyr.

westen44 · July 07, 2015, 09:22:08 AM

Very derivative but very endearing, too. I'd say maybe more early 70s than late 60s, but that's a judgment call. I wouldn't have known they were from Sweden if I hadn't looked it up.

Droombolus · July 08, 2015, 07:51:04 AM

Quote from: uwe on July 07, 2015, 08:45:19 AMReminds me of Zephyr

To my taste buds Zephyr had a much more jazzy slant to their music ...... plus a young Tommy Bolin and what a unique guitarist he was !

uwe · July 09, 2015, 03:53:10 AM

True, Zephyr were jazzier, that was the Hammond player in part, but Bolin could easily slip in a jazz mode too. It explained why he would end up on Billy Cobham and Alphonse Mouzon albums, and of course his own failed Energy project was an attempt of cracking the early 7Oies jazz rock market in the wake of the Mahavishnu Orchestra too. When Bolin's guitar playing got frenzied, it always reminded me of Be Bop Jazz, think Charlie Parker.

Alanko · August 03, 2015, 03:15:31 PM

Pond - Rock Collection (live)

Quite a mundane punk ballad, but with a really filthy bass tone.

I know nothing about Pond other than that they spanned a weird musical chasm between US hardcore, post-punk and (proto) emo music. So niche that my buddy who is into hardcore (American Football et al) hadn't even heard of them. Their album "The Practice of Joy Before Death' has some suitably chunky bass tones.

patman · August 03, 2015, 04:17:59 PM

Been 35 years or more since I've heard that Zephyr album...I bought it for like fifty cents brand new from the cut-out bin at a Camelot Records a bazillion years ago.

uwe · August 04, 2015, 06:12:48 AM

Poor man's Janis Joplin or not, they had their moments. They matured on the second album and the (in effect: Bolin's) songwriting perked up. This could have been a hit.

Droombolus · August 04, 2015, 11:30:16 AM

45 years have passed and I still love this .......