Thumlock

Thumlock
Origin	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Genres	Heavy metal, stoner rock, space rock, psychedelic rock
Years active	1994–2002
Labels	High Beam Music
Past members	Ben Lough Greg Eshman Wayne Stokes Raff Iacurto

Thumlock were an Australian stoner rock band from Wollongong, New South Wales.[1] The band's name was derived from combining the words thumbscrews and hemlock.[2] They formed in 1994 as a three piece by Ben Lough (guitar/vocals), Greg Eshman (drums) and Wayne Stokes (bass). The band released Dripping Silver Heat and then expanded with the addition of Raff Iacurto (guitar).[3] The band signed with High Beam Music and released an EP, Lunar Mountain Sunrise, and two full length albums, Emerald Liquid Odyssey and Sojourns Lucid Magic, and broke up in 2002

Emerald Liquid Odyssey reached #4 on the Australian Independent Record chart[4] and was distributed by Beard of Stars in Europe.[5] Their next album Sojourns Lucid Magic was distributed in Europe by Cargo Records.[6]

Thumlock have been likened to ""Masters of Reality" or "Paranoid" period Black Sabbath""[7]

After Thumlock Lough, Iacurto, Stokes and Kane Goodwin formed another band called Remnants Of A Dead Star (R.O.A.D.S.) which released one ep Double White Lines.[8] Stokes was a member of The Wardens and Leadfinger.[9]

Discography

EPs

• Dripping Silver Heat (1997)
• Lunar Mountain Sunrise (1999) - High Beam Music

Albums

• Emerald Liquid Odyssey (2000) - High Beam Music
• Sojourns Lucid Magic (2002) - High Beam Music[10]

Singles

• "Moon Dragon" (2001) - High Beam Music
• "Rockin' Course" (2001) - High Beam Music
• "Modulator" (2002) - High Beam Music

References

1. Hunt, Rod (15 Aug 2000), "Planet Thumlock", Drum Media (509)
2. Interviews - Thumlock Hellride Music
3. interview Slow Ride
4. Ayling, Tim (18 Apr 2002), "Lord of the strings", Illawarra Mercury
5. Thumlock MGM Distribution website
6. Thumlock - "Sojourns Lucid Magic" Roadburn
7. Engleheart, Murray. "Review – Thumlock "Lunar Mountain Sunrise"". Drum Media. Archived from the original on 2009-10-22. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
8. Double White Lines review i95bar
9. Leadfinger interview Music Farmers
10. Rolling Stone March 2002

External links

• Monolith Emerald Liquid Odyssey review
• Hellride Music Liquid Emerald Odyssey (sic) review
• Hellride Music Lunar Mountain Sunrise review