Thunderbirds Are Now!
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Thunderbirds are Now! is a Livonia, Michigan
-based post-punk revival
band whose sound uses a mix of traditional post-punk
, New Wave
and noise rock
. The band is heavily influenced by 1980s New Wave
and other post-punk revival
acts like Les Savy Fav
. They are currently signed to French Kiss Records, however they have two releases on Action Driver Records and one self-released album.
The band's name is based on the popular British television program Thunderbirds
, known for its use of marionettes.
Livonia, Michigan
Livonia is a city in the northwest part of Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Livonia is a very large suburb with an array of traditional neighborhoods connected to the metropolitan area by freeways. The population was 96,942 at the 2010 census, making it Michigan's 9th largest...
-based post-punk revival
Post-punk revival
The post-punk revival was a development in alternative rock of the late 20th and early 21st centuries in which bands took inspiration from the original sounds and aesthetics of garage rock of the 1960s and post-punk and New Wave of the late 1970s...
band whose sound uses a mix of traditional post-punk
Post-punk
Post-punk is a rock music movement with its roots in the late 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the mid-1970s. The genre retains its roots in the punk movement but is more introverted, complex and experimental...
, New Wave
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
and noise rock
Noise rock
Noise rock describes a style of post-punk rock music that became prominent in the 1980s. Noise rock makes use of the traditional instrumentation and iconography of rock, but incorporates atonality and especially dissonance, and also frequently discards usual songwriting conventions.-Style:Noise...
. The band is heavily influenced by 1980s New Wave
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
and other post-punk revival
Post-punk revival
The post-punk revival was a development in alternative rock of the late 20th and early 21st centuries in which bands took inspiration from the original sounds and aesthetics of garage rock of the 1960s and post-punk and New Wave of the late 1970s...
acts like Les Savy Fav
Les Savy Fav
Les Savy Fav is a New York City indie rock band. Their style is influenced by art rock and post-hardcore. The group is known for the stage presence of lead singer Tim Harrington...
. They are currently signed to French Kiss Records, however they have two releases on Action Driver Records and one self-released album.
The band's name is based on the popular British television program Thunderbirds
Thunderbirds (TV series)
Thunderbirds is a British mid-1960s science fiction television show devised by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and made by AP Films using a form of marionette puppetry dubbed "Supermarionation"...
, known for its use of marionettes.
Albums
- Doctor, Lawyer, Indian ChiefDoctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief (album)Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief is an album by Thunderbirds Are Now! The album was released by Action Driver Records on November 26, 2003.-Track listing:#"KGB Phone Sexxx"#"Not Witherspoon, But Silverstone"#"Pink Motorcycle Helmet"...
(2003) - JustamustacheJustamustacheJustamustache is the 2005 album released by Detroit-based Post-punk revival band, Thunderbirds Are Now! The album was released by Frenchkiss Records.-Track listing:#"Better Safe Than Safari" – 2:36#"Eat This City" – 2:47#"198090" – 3:44...
(2005) - Make History (2006)
EPs
- Thunderbirds Are Now!Thunderbirds Are Now! (EP)Thunderbirds Are Now! is an out of print self-titled EP by Thunderbirds Are Now! that was released in 2002.-Track listing:#"Nice Hair, Hope it Wins"#"Crux. of M. B"#"Ingram St. Massacre"#"Wordstramental"#"Wanna Play Swords?"#"Aqua-sock Hop"...
(2002) - Another One Hypnotized By...Another One Hypnotized By...Another One Hypnotized By... is an EP by the band Thunderbirds Are Now!. It was released by Acutest Records on April 1, 2003.-Track listing:#"It's the End of the World, and I'm Still a Virgin"#"My Girl Is a Beard"#"Ingram St. Massacre "...
(2003) - Necks EPNecks EPNecks is an EP by Thunderbirds Are Now! The album was released by Conspirators in Sound on May 24, 2005.-Track listing:#"Essentially, It's A Viking Funeral Hymn For Those Whom Hath Sired Red-Haired Beerzerkers." – 0:58#"Surrounded By Skanks" – 3:31...
(2005)