Photo Gallery of Thundermother at Sweden Rock Festival 2014
Rock 'n' Roll Disaster, the debut release from Sweden's Thundermother is anything but a disaster! You may not be familiar with this band,
and neither was I until one day I was watching a
Filippa Nassil-photo by The Meister
concert recording of
another awesome Swedish band, Sister Sin that they had posted on their
Facebook page. The next band on stage at the event was Thundermother. With AC/DC comparisons abound they were captivating, exuding a stage presence and energy that drew me
in right away with their original compositions. I eagerly awaited the
release of their debut album that my internet scouring had informed me was in the works and
Giorgia Carteri-by Meister
was stoked when
their name appeared among the 80 plus groups that would be performing at
2014's Sweden Rock Festival. Excellent, I would get to witness the
actual live act as I voyage from Toronto, Canada to Solvesborg, Sweden
for my second year of the festival event. The ladies were absolutely incredible
on stage that day fueled by periodic shots of "Fireball" and I was
forced to skip another act that I been waiting to see since 1990 as I
couldn't pull myself away from Thundermother! Day #3 at Sweden Rock 2014. I had planned
Clare Cunningham-Meister
to purchase the CD and also a t-shirt
at the festival, but somehow failed to complete this mission. I've now
acquired the CD, but the t-shirt I have yet to secure. The band
consists of a quintet of ladies, guitarists Filippa Nassil and Giorgia
Carteri being the original founders and after a long search involving
several players are now joined by Tilda Stenqvist on drums, Linda Strom
on bass and Irishwoman Clare Cunningham commanding the vocal position.
Their particular flavor of rock 'n' roll could probably best be
described as what things might sound like if Australia's AC/DC underwent
a sex change operation with a little Sex Pistols attitude thrown in for good
measure.
Thundermother performing at Sweden Rock Festival on Friday June 6, 2014-photo by The Meister
Rock 'n' Roll Disaster album cover
The album opens up, as did the Sweden Rock show, with "Man With Blues", the longest running song contained on Rock 'n' Roll Disaster. "Deranged"
follows and both these first two tracks are solid straight forward hard
rock songs featuring plenty of classic riffage. From there things
really ramp up with "The Dangerous Kind", a track that I was
familiar with through my you-tube adventures prior to heading over to
Sweden and likewise with the next in line title track. The three punch to the gut
combo of the best songs on Rock 'n' Roll Disaster come now in succession with the well named "Thunderous", the way too short "Please Me" and the lead single from the album "Shoot to Kill". "One For the Road" could be my least favorite and while "Cheers" may be rather campy, it's insanely catching and comes off really well in a live setting with, of course, a guest appearance from the "Fireball". "Saturday" closes the album on a high note with another fast paced in your face rocker.
The
ladies haven't re-invented the wheel here, but the album is filled with
good solid hard rock songs all possessing a heavy helping of cohones.
Check out what I mean through the official video for "Shoot to Kill" below.
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