THUNDERTRAIN - Teenage Suicide
Recorded in 1976, Thundertrain released Teenage Suicide on Jelly Records
in 1977, while they were at the forefront of the Boston rock music scene.
Jelly records, located in nearby Maynard, MA. was founded by Duke &
The Drivers ex-bassist Greg Morton aka "Earthquake", and George
Lilly aka "Nighthawk Jackson", brother of Duke's lead guitarist.
They produced some great singles, including "Magic City" by Radio
King & His Court Of Rhythm, an R&B band, and a song that sounded
like Chuck-Berry-meets-Slade, "Hot For Teacher" by Thundertrain
out of the suburb of Natick. Lead singer Mach Bell went on to become the
lead singer of the Joe Perry Project during Joe's time away with Aerosmith,
as well as fronting the short-lived group, The Wild Bunch. He is considered
by some as sort of like Boston's Sammy Hagar... sounds a bit like him, too!
Today Mach Bell fronts the group, Last Man Standing. Other members of Thundertrain
are Steven Silva, lead guitar; Bobby Edwards, drums; Gene Provost, guitar;
and Gene's brother Ric Provost on bass. The controversial 'suicide' cover
photo was shot by Oedipus (now Boston radio station WBCN's program director).
"Hot For Teacher!", the lead off track, and "Love The Way"
features Willie "Loco" Alexander (Billie Perry's ex-husband) on frat house
piano. "I Gotta Rock" was recorded Live At The Rat, in Kenmore
Square Boston. The rest of the album was recorded to 2 track, in one insane
night: Let ER Rip; Modern Girls; Cheater; Hell Tonight; Frustration; Forever
&Forever. This is an essential part of any late-70s Boston Rock Music
collection, filled with high-energy blitzkrieg glam-punk pop & rebel rock.
Sounding better than the repro, this super RARE ORIGINAL 1977 VINYL LP on
JELLY RECORDS is pristine STILL FACTORY SEALED!
