The View From The Cage
The Official Website
This is the homepage for Thunderstick,
the masked drummer best known for his time with NWOBHM pioneers Samson, and
their Pyrotechnic stage show.
The object of this site is to show the many facets
of Thunderstick,including the Ideas behind the Image, Thunderstick the band, his other projects,
and the career of his alter ego, Barry Graham..
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT, THUNDERSTICK CD RELEASE
THUNDERSTICK LIVE AT K.I.T. 12 Former
Samson bassist and founder member Chris Aylmer passed away on 9th January
2007. Chris "Oscar
Wilde" Aylmer was a very underrated bass player, and the solid foundations
that he put down in Samson gave me the freedom to play in my own unique way.
Thanks for being
John Entwistle to my Keith Moon Chris. You will be sadly missed.
THUNDERSTICK ON MYSPACE!!!!
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The John
McCoy cd anthology "Unreal" features a previously unreleased Torme/McCoy/Thunderstick
track called "Hard Times" (Not the Samson song of the same name). Henrik Johansson and Matthias
Reinholdsson from the Swedish Samson Site were recently in England, and I
managed to arrange for them to meet Barry for an interview. See it HERE. Thunderstick would like to
thank everybody responsible for his No 36 placing in the June 2005 Classic
Rock magazines "50 Greatest Drummers in Rock"
feature For
other releases featuring THUNDERSTICK, please click
HERE
Please click
on the Pictures below to open the links
Other Projects Associated Links The
Late, Great Paul Samson John McCoy and Bernie Torme', G.M.T. COPYRIGHT
ROB GRAIN 1998-2011
"ECHOES FROM THE ANALOGUE ASYLUM" is the title of the long awaited Thunderstick release on Heaven & Hell Records.
It will consist of all 7 tracks from the original 1983 album, "Beauty and the Beasts", the 4 track "Feel Like Rock'N'Roll" ep
plus 5 previously unreleased tracks.
All of the material has been digitally remastered by Barry Graham Purkis and long term tech/engineer Rob Grain in the WAITING! Room during early 2011
THUNDERSTICK played at the NWOBHM tribute part of the KEEP IT TRUE Festival on Saturday 25th April 2009.
He was be backed by members of NWOBHM tribute band ROXXCALIBUR, and vocalist HARRY CONKLIN.
He played two SAMSON songs, Bright Lights and Too Close To Rock.
The show was filmed, and will soon be released on DVD, see HERE for a preview.
Thunderstick
has made the following statement.
Another track from the session, "Come Tomorrow" will feature on
the reissued Gillan cd "Glory Road" in the near future.
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Pictures
from Autumn 1983 tour 
Thunderstick, the band
The Image 
Barry Graham
Bernie Torme'
CONSTRUCTED IN THE WAITING! ROOM
