Attention everybody! Welcome to the Dose of Thunder podcast, the home for all things uncompromisingly heavy, loud, and melodic. I’m your host, TG Thomas. Whether you want big arena anthems, crunchy guitar riffs, soaring vocals, or down-to-earth gritty guitar grandeur, you’ve landed in the right place.
Dose of Thunder is making your speakers bleed with interviews and conversations from modern-day troubadours of hair metal, arena rock, and other loud and proud melodic grandeur—plus the classic legends who have always kept the flame burning hot. I’m pulling back the curtain to expose the new blood and invite the icons who provide us with pure audio ecstasy.
We’re talking about fierce, self-sufficient bands—names like Eclipse, HEAT, Black Swan, The Hellecopters, Harem Scarem, Black Star Riders and Vega—bands who refuse to bow down to trends or churn out syrupy bubblegum pop songs. Let’s also mention the singer-songwriters in the scene; Ginger Wildheart, Ricky Warwick and Kurt Baker as well as grittier bands such as Graveyard, KADAVAR, and Spiritual Beggars. This ear candy beholds from record labels like Frontiers, Napalm, Ripple, Rise Above and Nuclear Blast just to name a few, these guys behind the scenes put belief and dedication above business.
We’re cutting through the critics and criticism to get straight to the point: the embryonic beginnings, the road stories, the trials, tribulations, and the dirt behind the diamonds in the rough with everything rock and roll entails.
People can say all they want that this style of music is a thing of the past, but these bands are executing it right now in the present. You might not know all of them yet, but you’ll know them here. We’re getting the goods straight from the source!
Dose of Thunder is your home for all things uncompromisingly heavy, loud, and melodic. Hit subscribe, stay tuned, and let’s get started.”
And by the way, the name Dose of Thunder comes from a song by the Replacements, another great band, so maybe we’ll get into the harder bands from college radios glory years.