Thunderstick

Saturday 29th Jun 2024

location_city Leo's Red Lion, Gravesend

Thunderstick

Thunderstick is a band fronted by English drummer Barry Graham Purkis (AKA "Thunderstick") who wears masks while performing on stage. He was in the cult band, Samson (with Samson guitarist and vocalist Paul Samson plus future Iron Maiden front-man, Bruce Dickinson). He was also in Iron Maiden with Bruce Dickinson for a short while in the late '70s.

They released their debut album, "Feel like Rock 'n' Roll?" in 1983, followed by: "A Bolt from the Black" (1984), "Beauty and the Beasts" (1984), "Don't Touch, I'll Scream" (1985), "Just'In Power" (1987), "Best of British Metal" (1999), "Echoes from the Analogue Asylum" (2011), plus 2017's: "Something Wicked This Way Comes".