BAND BIO
ThunderHorse was formed by San Jose natives Pete Rice and Justin Estep. Pete and Justin met in high school back in 1992 and played together in the ska/punk band The Janitors Against Apartheid. After the Janitors broke up, they both pursued a career in electronic music and occasionally teamed up to bang out tracks. Frustrated with the lack of a rock/metal scene in San Jose, they returned to their instruments of choice in 2000. Both created names for themselves in the local music scene by playing in bands such as: American Avenue, Highcyde, A Life in Vain and If Time Fails. As fate had it, they both ended up at the same practice facility and started collaborating in February of 2007. Always having been fascinated with medieval times they decided to make that the band's theme and settled on the name ThunderHorse. Missing that final component of low-end they found Manell "Ian" Menor in July of 2007 on craigslist. Ian's thunderous bass playing compliments Justin's loud, machine like drumming. Together, they round out the ThunderHorse sound. Gary “80” Velasco, the newest member of ThunderHorse will be adding to the stampede, bringing back that duel guitar sound we all know and love. The combination of Pete’s crunchy rhythm and Gary’s triumphant leads bring the thunder to the horse. Taking from all their musical influences ThunderHorse has managed to invent a style of their own, creating a style of metal that will stand out in any crowd. Ian and Pete will also be sharing vocal duties now at shows. Stay tuned for studio versions in the near future!
Friday, March 13, 2009
Search for the next great metal band
So we entered this contest awhile back called The search for the next great metal band. Its part of this Record Store Day Promotion going on all over the United States on April 18th. Basically on this day record stores all over the USA will be having an in-store party with bands and things like that. Anyhow, Metal Blade records decided to be a part of it by having this contest. Local metal bands drop off their press packs. Then one winner will be picked by that record shop to play an in store perfomance on that day. It will be filmed and sent along with their press pack to Metal Blade. Then the head mogul at Metal Blade will pick a grand champion from all the different store entries. We got picked to represent San Jose's Streetlight Records....So come show your support that day, get on film and maybe help us become the next great metal band. Show at noon. See ya there!
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