Forum Home Forum Home > Progressive Music Lounges > Suggest New Bands and Artists
  New Posts New Posts RSS Feed - GoodThunder (U.S. Cross-Over/Heavy Prog)
  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Events   Register Register  Login Login

Topic ClosedGoodThunder (U.S. Cross-Over/Heavy Prog)
 Post Reply Post Reply
Author
Message
  Topic Search Topic Search  Topic Options Topic Options
AmericanProgster View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: September 28 2008
Location: Manassas, VA
Status: Offline
Points: 228 		Direct Link To This Post Topic: GoodThunder (U.S. Cross-Over/Heavy Prog)
    Posted: February 02 2009 at 17:29
Here's a great and relatively unkown band from Los Angeles, California. They formed in 1970 or 1971, I think. They released only one amazing album in 1972. There's not much info about them, except various blogs, but those usually only have about a paragraph worths of info. I did write an article about them on Wikipedia about a year or two ago:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoodThunder_(band)

I definitely think that their music could be described either as Cross-Over or Heavy Prog.

Here's a myspace page someone created, it only has 6 out of 8 songs that appeared on their one and only album:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=311491453


Some additional/interesting info related to GoodThunder.
After GoodThunder disbanded in 1973 the main core of the band played in another band called Daddy Warbucks, which was a litely prog influenced melodic hard rock band. After that their lead singer, James Cahoon Lindsay, did a solo album. (both Daddy Warbucks and James Cahoon Lindsay albums were released on the infamous and obscure Tiger Lily Records.) Their keyboardist, Wayne Cook, joined and played with Steppenwolf on their Skullduggery album, played with soft rock/AOR band Player, then played with Alice cooper in 1981 and dropped off the face of the planet. (along with the rest of the guys from GoodThunder after 1981) from 1976-1980 the core of GoodThunder played with singer Karen Lawrence in the Hard Rock/AOR bands L.A. Jets and 1994.
https://dawnapproach.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/dawn-approach
Back to Top
Raff View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: July 29 2005
Location: None
Status: Offline
Points: 24391 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 02 2009 at 19:02
I will post a link to this thread in the Heavy Prog team thread, and the band will be evaluated as soon as  as we have cleared the current backlog of additions and evaluations
Back to Top
Atavachron View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: September 30 2006
Location: Pearland
Status: Offline
Points: 64338 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 02 2009 at 19:28
hey neat band!!
Back to Top
Jared View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: May 06 2005
Location: Hereford, UK
Status: Offline
Points: 17530 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 06 2009 at 12:07
Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

hey neat band!!


 
hey, added band!!
 
Wink
Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
Back to Top
AmericanProgster View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: September 28 2008
Location: Manassas, VA
Status: Offline
Points: 228 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 06 2009 at 17:09
Alright! Thanks a lot!Big smileStar
https://dawnapproach.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/dawn-approach
Back to Top
Raff View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: July 29 2005
Location: None
Status: Offline
Points: 24391 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 06 2009 at 17:16
It was a pleasureSmile! Good band indeed!
Back to Top
AmericanProgster View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: September 28 2008
Location: Manassas, VA
Status: Offline
Points: 228 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 06 2009 at 17:18
There is one thing though...the band pic you used is of a different band called GoodThunder. Here's a link to the GoodThunder we're talking about.
 
 
P.S. Oh and a minor thing, there name is spelled GoodThunder with no spaces.
 
Thanks!
https://dawnapproach.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/dawn-approach
Back to Top
Raff View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: July 29 2005
Location: None
Status: Offline
Points: 24391 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 06 2009 at 18:11
Thanks a lot! I'll correct that immediatelyThumbs Up.
Back to Top
Jared View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: May 06 2005
Location: Hereford, UK
Status: Offline
Points: 17530 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 06 2009 at 23:00
hmmm... this seems a bit confusing...Confused
 
The Wiki entry (which I didn't know existed, not that it says much), and PHROCK both list the band without the space, however the MySpace page (albeit probably constructed by a fan) puts a space in:
 
 
they are also listed as Good Thunder on Allmusic and RYM... so I actually think its one and the same band...Confused
 
anyway, that's a great piccy (I did see that one, but not in that condition..Wink) so many thanks..Clap
Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down



This page was generated in 0.184 seconds.
Donate monthly and keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever.