Musicians Danny Bowes, Harry James, and Luke Morley worked together in the 80s-era [tab]blues outfit Terraplane. After experiencing what Morley has called "a 'eureka' moment", the guys devised a high-energy British rock project directly inspired by the likes of Bad Company, Deep Purple, and Led Zeppelin. The aptly named Thunder spent a year or so in constant touring and gradually built a positive reputation that helped its debut album, named Backstreet Symphony, reach a wide audience. Released 4 April 1990 by EMI / Geffen, it became an international success. The album didn't just get RIAA certified as 'Gold' but earned them a spot on BBC's 'Top of the Pops', playing their hard-edged version of "Gimme Some Lovin'" to a global audience. A well-received performance at Castle Donington's 'Monsters of Rock' event before gigantic crowds brought it home to the guys how far they'd broken through.
After touring with female-fronted rockers Heart and other artists with the same style, the guys prepared the second album, which they ominously titled Laughing on Judgement Day. Despite their deliberately 'retro' sound quite unlike the alternative and post-punk trends of the time (or, in fact, precisely because of their sticking to their guns), their sophomore album achieved even more success. Released on 24 August 1992, it proved an even bigger hit in the U.K. than their debut, reaching the number two slot on the nation's top albums chart. Its singles include "Everybody Wants Her" and "Low Life in High Places", the titles alone showing Thunder's interest in classic rock n' roll hedonism.
Bassist "Snake" Luckhurst left the band citing 'personal differences', a move that wasn't just Thunder's first line-up change but a sign of future turmoil to come. He got replaced by Swedish musician Mikael Höglund, and the band went on to record their third album, 1995's Behind Closed Doors, before facing a dilemma with their label. Finding that "most of the people who'd been there at the beginning of our tenure had moved on", as Morley put it, as well as that talk of a contract extension had terms that they simply couldn't accept, Thunder jumped from EMI.
Despite being championed by U.S. contemporaries such as Aerosmith and Guns n' Roses, the guys still faced a tough time making a lasting impact 'across the pond'. Though focused on pumping out more and more material, Morley later remarked that the mid-90s found Thunder "suffering from 'hamster in the wheel' syndrome". Mikael Höglund was unavailable for recording the band's fourth album, called The Thrill of it All, and so the 1996 release had bass duty left with Morley. For the subsequent tour, the band recruited bassist Chris Childs, who stayed with the band to record their fifth album. Although Giving the Game Away, released in 1999, earned a positive fan response, it had become totally clear how Thunder had disconnected from a record industry whose connected network of radio stations, TV networks, and music magazines dismissed the guys' sort of melodic hard rock as either endangered or extinct.
In Autumn of that year, the group announced an upcoming split, and their final tour concluded in May 2000. Still, Thunder's interest in new technology and the continuing camaraderie felt among the band's members meant that they didn't drop off the radar. After being given a slot in the 2002 'Monsters of Rock' shows, Thunder decided to return in 2003 with a new album, titled Shooting at the Sun, which the guys released on their own record label. Fully embracing the internet's ability to unite hard rock fans across the globe, 2005 resulted in the band's seventh album, aptly titled The Magnificent Seventh! by the guys. It earned praise from many critics, with musicOMH writer Neil Daniels remarking that the "terrific return to form" seemed like "a hard-hitting giant but with fists of steel and cast iron balls".
Feeling vindicated, the group's album managed to produce a return to the top 40 singles charts and spawned a bunch of live performances. After two well-received tours in 2006, with many gigs completely selling out, and two gleeful experiences in Japan, the band captured that live feel in the DVD Thunder Go Mad in Japan. The release included a documentary piece following the band's situation setting everything up and trying to sort out all of the traveling. That year additionally saw the guys releasing their eight studio album, titled Robert Johnson's Tombstone, which featured nods to the musicians' early history before Thunder's very formation. Receiving acclaim from critics and fans alike, some even claimed that the album was Thunder's best studio release yet. A U.K. tour took place at the end of November 2006, with the band extending things into shows in Europe as well.
The 2000s represented not only a period of frequent touring but also increasing musical activities by the guys outside of the band. Thunder's career renaissance continued with a 2008 studio album, which the guys simply titled Bang!, and the group's appearance with Def Leppard and Whitesnake at multiple gigs that same year. The group had found itself coming up to its twenty-year anniversary. Although not experiencing the same kind of personal conflicts or debates about musical direction that many of their contemporaries had, Thunder still appeared to have reached a kind of inflection point. In early 2009, the guys announced plans to split for the second time. Final tours and festival appearances occurred throughout the rest of the year. A well-received compilation album, called simply The Very Best of Thunder, came out as well that year.
Luke Morley stressed "only a fool would say never" when it came to talk of getting back together at some point. Still, he'd gotten focused on other endeavors and particularly dedicated himself to working on The Union, an outfit formed with musician Peter Shoulder (formerly of Winterville). Featuring a blues and soul drenched sound, that band has achieved significant critical acclaim. Other ex-Thunder members perused similar projects. Drummer Gary "Harry" James, for example, played with progressive rockers Magnum (including on their popular 2011 release The Visitation).
Thunder briefly reunited for the 'High Voltage Festival', held in Victoria Park, in 2011. Though expressing their reluctance to formally get back together, the guys agreed to future shows together, including a December performance at Nottingham's 'Rock City' venue. They intermittently took to the stage as the 2010s went on yet remained committed to their alternate projects.
In 2015, however, Thunder announced a full return with an upcoming studio album of new material. A tongue-in-cheek collective statement cited "a rather silly amount of knob-twiddling and string-pulling" as the final inspiration. The release of Wonder Days earned a warm response from critics and fans alike (the fellows at Classic Rock magazine, for example, naming it one of the year's 11 best albums), and multiple gigs got announced to preform the new material. 2017's Rip It Up was also well-received (the record's #3 spot on the U.K. Albums Chart was the highest the band reached for over two decades). This was followed with an acoustic selection, Please Remain Seated, after which the band promised to return to the "full throttle sound of Thunder" for the next studio record.
Delayed due to the pandemic situation, that full throttle new album was released in March 2021, All The Right Noises.
UK rockers Thunder will be releasing a new double album titled Dopamine on April 29, 2022.
Official Website: http://www.thunderonline.com/
2) - Thunder was additionally used by an obscure funk-based Southern rock band from the U.S. Their 1974 self-tiled album picked up some attention but failed to break through commercially. It's hard to find information about the group, but a bit is known given how it served as a stepping stone in the career of popular Texan singer-songwriter and guitarist John Nitzinger. The 1974 album is described on Discogs.com here.
3) - Thunder is the name of a defunct Pagan Black Metal band from Poland, formed in 1994.
4) - Thunder is the name of a German heavy metal band, that released 'All I Want' in 1984.
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Thunder Lyrics
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歩幅を合わせて 肩を並べ 進め
覚めない夢を探して 気持ちを一つにして
時に傷つけ合って うまくいかなくなって
どうしようもないまま one day 孤独で満たした my way
残酷に時計の針は 進むだけなら 前向く right now
Ready go 君と 今 take it to the top
固い誓い 今 take it to the top
声を枯らし 今 take it to the top
Oh 上目指そう 夢描こう
Ready go 君と 今 take it to the top
固い誓い 今 take it to the top
声を枯らし 今 take it to the top
Oh 上目指そう 夢描こう
Singing whoa, singing whoa, singing whoa, singing whoa
構えたまま下ろすな 腕を
少しでも磨け その爪を
憧れの姿 距離埋めろ
バカにしたお前 おい見てろ
支え合う体 お互いに 高め合う魂 forever
Ready go 君と 今 take it to the top
固い誓い 今 take it to the top
声を枯らし 今 take it to the top
Oh 上目指そう 夢描こう
下向きなネガティブよりも
ひたむきなポジティブ たっぶり取り込む 選んだ game
いらないはずセーブ (no save)
Ey 掴み取れよ fame
スタート地点 よろしくマイメン
やるしかない かまそう 僕らの計画
振り切れメーター 歌え 踊れ 生き残るために yeah
Ready go 君と 今 take it to the top
固い誓い 今 take it to the top
声を枯らし 今 take it to the top
Oh 上目指そう 夢描こう
Singing whoa, singing whoa, singing whoa, singing whoa
The lyrics to Thunder's song "It's all about you" reveal a one-sided relationship, one where the other person is completely self-obsessed and indifferent towards the singer's emotions. The opening lines "when there's something spinning round in your head, and all the dark clouds come to stay," paint a picture of someone struggling with their inner demons, and the singer who has been there "a hundred times or more" to help them through it. They have worked hard to support this person and boost their self-esteem, but now that they need support, the other person is nowhere to be found.
The lyrics continue with the singer acknowledging that they suspected this pattern all along, but they hoped the other person would prove them wrong. Instead, they have been met with frustration and disappointment. The chorus drives home the point that everything is now all about the other person, and they wouldn't even notice if the singer was "torn in two." The lines "You're never wrong and never true, and what you do to me doesn't mean a jot to you, 'cos you never listen to what I'm going through" highlight the sender's feelings of neglect and frustration.
In summary, Thunder's song "It's all about you" hilariously but tragically portrays the struggles of a relationship where one partner is self-centred, and the other partner is neglected, taking a back seat in the other person's life.
Line by Line Meaning
When there's something spinning round in your head
When you have something bothering you
And all the dark clouds come to stay
And all you see is negativity
Haven't I been there a hundred times or more
I have been here for you numerous times
To chase them away
To help you cope with your problems
I held your hand when no-one gave you a chance
I was there for you when everyone else gave up on you
Massaged your ego till it shone
Boosted your confidence when you had none
Laboured under the illusion
Believed that you were the one for me
You'd be the one
You would reciprocate the love I gave
Now it's all going down, now you're turning around
Now that I need you, you are turning away
At the moment that I need you
When I need your support
You're acting like you haven't got the time
You are ignoring me
You wouldn't even notice if I was torn in two
You are self-absorbed and ignore my struggles
What have I got to do?
What can I do to make you care?
You get to listen to what I'm going through
I want you to listen to me for once
I suspected this much somewhere in time
I suspected that you didn't care before
But I hoped you'd prove me wrong
But I hoped that you would surprise me
But all you've given me is a cliche
But you have given me nothing but a meaningless phrase
To turn into a song
To express my hurt through music
You've been changing your ways
You have been treating me badly lately
I've been wasting my days
I have been investing my time and energy into you
Quietly reaching this conclusion
Slowly realizing that you don't love me
That you'd rather be with anybody else
That you don't care about me as much as you care about others
Every whim, every mood swing, everything you do
You are selfish and only think about yourself
You're never wrong and never true
You never apologize and never show your true emotions
And what you do to me, you don't have a clue
You hurt me without realizing it
Cos you never notice when I'm torn in two
You are unaware or indifferent to my pain
So what have I got to do?
What can I do to make you care?
Yeah you don't give a damn 'bout a single thing I do
You don't care about anything I say or do
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Kohei Kawamoto, Nameless A.k.a Nl
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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