Teenage Suicide by Thundertrain

It’s a monster mashed slab o’ Chuck Berry riffs and Slade guitar styles betwixt all that pleases the angels of rock in the higher nether realms: it oozes vocal thunder while the world snoozes on & under. Harnessing the sexy energy of pre-proto-punk-protagonists like the artful MC5, Alice, New York Dolls, pre-hero age Kiss and heck even Grand Funk - Thundertrain were born in ‘74 coined from the hyper-inflected line outta Born To Be Wild by Steppenwolf; I Was Struck By Lightning/Heavy Metal Thunder.

- Vom Doom, Flesh Magazine

Guitarist Steven Silva turns out to be a real find, tossing off Thunders-y riffs and Johnny Winter-influenced licks with ease and style. Check out his Winter tone on "I Gotta Rock".

- Frank Meyer, KNAC.COM

THUNDERTRAIN - TEENAGE SUICIDE includes:

15 re-mastered tracks.

Comprehensive 24 page photo booklet.

The Thundertrain Story 1974-1979.

Eddie Flowers interviews all five Thundertrain members in 2003.

Original album art.

Thundertrain rarities and unseen photos.

Thundertrain’s 1976 hit single “Hot For Teacher! b/w Love The Way”

Bonus tracks include:

Thundertrain’s 1975 debut single “I’m So Excited b/w Cindy is a Sleeper”

The forgotten radio interview: Mach and Oedipus on WAAF.

Mach’s 1977 WBCN radio ad for a show at Lowell’s Commodore Ballroom..

“I Gotta Rock” from the legendary “Live At The Rat” 1977 live compilation album.

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THUNDERTRAIN MUSIC VIDEOS ARE NOW PLAYING ON YOUTUBE.

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Set the way-back machine for August 1974--Boston, Mass. That rumble you hear coming up from the basement of Jack's Drum Shop on Boylston Street isn't a derailing subway train. You, my friend, are hearing the birthing roar of Thundertrain! Five kids from the suburbs of Boss-town who, for the next five years, glory stomped their way up and down New England and beyond. Thundertrain became the heroes of every biker bar, high school cafeteria, and hip downtown club in Red Sox Country, grinding out a high-energy blitzkrieg of rebel rock, strutting their stuff at that dangerous corner where glam-meets- metal-meets-rock-&-roll-meets-punk. From 1974 through 1979, you saw Thundertrain in 16 MAGAZINE, TIME, BOSTON GROUPIE NEWS, PLAYBOY, BOMP, VARIETY, ROCK SCENE and every DIY zine ever published.

Thundertrain performed nightly at clubs like Max's Kansas City, Hurrahs, the Club, Frolics,the Electric Elephant, Gildersleeves, the Rexicana Ballroom, the Cleveland Agora, CBGBs and of course their homebase The Rat in Kenmore Square, Boston. Thundertrain welded together the raunch of Keith Richards, the sweat of James Brown, the lunacy of the Dolls and the crazy boogie of Johnny Winter. They bolted everything they heard onto their own gonzo teenbeat chassis. Thundertrain was the souped up locomotive that all the kids in New England lined up to ride in the 70's.

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Thundertrain was never forgotten. In the wake of the band's break up, the Joe Perry Project scooped up lead singer Mach Bell, Van Halen nabbed guitarist Steven Silva's catchy song title ("Hot For Teacher!"), and bootleggers continue to press Thundertrain discs to this day. Bloomington, Indiana's Gulcher Records, purveyors of classic underground rock since 1976 (The Gizmos, Panics, Afrika Korps, Dancing Cigarettes, MX-80 Sound), has carefully remastered all of Thundertrain's landmark recordings from the restored original tapes.

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TEENAGE SUICIDE is an indispensible document for fans of 70's hard rock, guitar rock, Boston rock and the 1970s underground movement. Teenage Suicide is warmly dedicated to all the kids who stood beside us throughout the Thundertrain years.

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Hungry for more? HELL TONITE! the ultimate 1979 LIVE THUNDERTRAIN concert is finally available on CD.

HELL TONITE! Now you can finally hear THUNDERTRAIN at their prime.

Experience the wildest, weirdest party rumble of them all. 13 hellraising cuts by Boston's THUNDERTRAIN. HELL TONITE! has been supressed since 1979. At long last it is now available. Get HELL TONITE! (Click over there on the LEFT where it says "Try This".)

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