Music videos that feature Thunderbirds

[uwe]

Justin is great fun and - behind his court jester shtick - a perceptive, thoughtful musician. His YouTube podcast 'Justin Hawkins Rides Again' is always worth watching and insightful.

Poullain always does the intro to One Way Ticket To Hell And Back as an extended cowbell solo of his (while the others are off-stage), teasing and goading the audience - all in great mock earnestness. Hilarious!

[wellREDman]

I've crewed the Darkness a few times and am always impressed that , for a novelty act, they put on a damn fine hard rocking show.

[uwe]

They deliver everything with a smirk, but there is thought and songwriting craft behind it.

[Highlander]

A stumble and spotted this... presently giving their material a listen...

[gearHed289]

I saw them open for Muse several years ago. I like them, and they played with confidence.

[Highlander]

Enjoying what I've heard so far... always different seeing Ladies with Thunderbirds... enjoyment would be down to taste... they fit the Indie market...

[Basvarken]

A sixties Thunderbird IV on stage with Frankie Miller.
(and two Zemaitis Les Pauls)

[uwe]

Who is the bassist?

[Basvarken]

I don't know. It's not Chrissie Stewart and it's not Tex Comer

[uwe]

Sam Yaffa with his Bird ... + the band GnR owe so much to.

[Alanko]

Live Mott the Hoople, with a TB II providing all the low end rumble.

[Dave W]

Outstanding! I thought it was an all-Gibson front line but Ian is playing a Guild S-90.

[uwe]

Ariel Bender aka Luther Grosvenor was a sight to behold, but he was no Mick Ralphs. He sure bent the strings of his "razor" for real, just not very accurately as regards the key of the song ...

But between Ian Hunter being a little flat vocally and Ariel being a little sharp in his bending, it all evened out. Mott the Hoople were great.

[Alanko]

The unflinching lyric "Some spade said rock 'n' rollers, you're all the same" as well. An English rock band casually throwing out 1920s racial slurs. And what are oreoles?

I quite like the raw attack of Ariel Bender's playing. I gather Mott were a huge underground bar band that struggled to get a commercial foothold. That wild lead guitar playing was probably totally captivating in small clubs at high volume.

[Alanko]

Second 'shower thought'... did Ace Frehley borrow a bit of stagecraft from Ariel Bender? Minus the spaceman makeup there is a similar schtick going on.