Thundertrain HELL TONITE! (Gulcher 424)

Thundertrain
HELL TONITE!
(Gulcher 424)

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"How about some hot rock'n'roll?~~ From the Hell's Angels in Salem and the Summit Club...I bring you THUNDERTRAIN!" After offering up her introduction, petite deejay Leslie Palmiter runs for cover as the floodgates open up behind her.~~ The year is 1979 and Thundertrain is being recorded for a midnight broadcast on Boston's powerhouse FM station WCOZ.~~ The band rumbles to life and erupts into an orgy of fire-breathing Gibsons and massive Ludwig fury.~~ "We're gonna raise some HELL TONITE!" promises leather-voiced Mach Bell.~~ The hot'n'horny wailing guitar of Steven Silva, cockrockin' Bobby Edwards on drums and the two-fisted Provost brothers Cool Gene and Ric on rhythm guitar and Thunderbird bass seal the deal.~~ Five years paying dues with nothing to show for it except a roadcase full of songs, a wall of Marshall stacks and a ferociously precise rock attack. Back in 1974 these five suburban rockers decided rock'n'roll was their ticket out of nowhere.~~ Thundertrain was the vehicle they constructed to take them to the top.~~ Cram Eddie Cochran, Black Oak Arkansas and Slade into a blender.~~ Pour in a shot of 70s decadence and a dash of the puritanical New England environment that the Thundertrain boys were raised in. Gulp that cocktail down and hop into the Thundertrain hot rod. Hold on tight because these lads never bothered to install a steering wheel or brakes. While the music industry romanced disco, punk and the new wave crazes, Thundertrain stubbornly stuck to their mega-watt Chuck Berry riff'n'roll formula.~~ Studying their rock forefathers but never copying them, Thundertrain forged a distinct and original sound.~~ They became one of the early Boston DIY bands, producing their own concerts, fanzines and records to the delight of their devoted fans, whom the band called "Thundertroopers." Five years later on February 1, 1979, with over 1000 one-nighters under their belts, Thundertrain swaggered onto the Summit stage rocking harder, heavier and hairier than ever before.~~ Now a quarter century later, hear the climatic, never-before-told final chapter of the Thundertrain story.~~ HELL TONITE! takes off like a deathrace and burns rubber through 13 hellraising tracks.~~ Guitarists Steven Silva and Gene Provost provide five new original songs.~~ The lyrical theme is classic Thundertrain, with Thundertrain vs. Parental Authority ("Counterattack"), Thundertrain vs. Girls ("Afterschool") and Thundertrain vs. High School ("Readin'Riotin'Rock'n'Roll").~~ Hear a supercharged run-through of their Rat anthem "I Gotta Rock" (Thundertrain vs. Disco) and an extended version of their breakthrough 1976 underground hit "Hot For Teacher!" HELL TONITE! also features Thundertrain's kustomized version of the Standells "Dirty Water" and a no-holds-barred blast through Slade's "Mama Weer All Crazee Now."~~ Listening to HELL TONITE! it becomes immediately clear how far the group had progressed sonically since their widely known earlier 1975-1977 recordings, collected on TEENAGE SUICIDE (Gulcher 411). The '79 Summit performance turned out to be one of the final Thundertrain shows and homemade tapes of the original WCOZ Playback program have been trading hands for decades now. Thundertroopers regard the Summit recording as the band's holy grail--the real Thundertrain sound captured as they remember hearing it at The Rat, CBGBs and a hundred biker bars and high school cafeterias around the northeast. Gulcher Records has gone back to the original Starfleet Mobile master reel to include two "lost" tracks that were cut from the original radio broadcast. The entire concert has been restored, remastered and is presented today in it's finest uncut form. The Gulcher package includes recently uncovered photos and new liner notes from lead vocalist Mach Bell detailing the final days of the legendaryThundertrain.~~ HELL TONITE! is truly the ultimate Thundertrain trip.