Thunderpussy Band w/ Mike McCready

Stardog Records was created by PolyGram Records in 1989 exclusively an imprint for Seattle glam-rock act Mother Love Bone and the group’s releases with subsidiary Mercury Records. The label’s name is a nod to the Mother Love Bone song “Stardog Champion.” In partnership with Republic Records, Stardog Records was revitalized in 2016. Picking up where history left off, Stardog released the official soundtrack for Showtime’s Roadies and recently signed Seattle rock band Thunderpussy.

ABOUT REPUBLIC RECORDS

A division of Universal Music Group, the world’s leading music company, Republic Records is home to an all-star roster of multi-platinum, award-winning legends and superstar artists such as Ariana Grande, Aminé, Black Sabbath, DNCE, Florence + the Machine, Gotye, Hailee Steinfeld, James Blake, James Bay, John Mellencamp, Jordan Smith, Julia Michaels, Keith Richards, Kid Cudi, Liam Payne, Marian Hill, Of Monsters and Men, Post Malone, Seth MacFarlane, Stevie Wonder, and more. Founded by brothers and chief executives Monte and Avery Lipman, it is also comprised of innovative business ventures, including American Recordings (The Avett Brothers, Towkio), Boominati Worldwide (Metro Boomin), Brushfire (Jack Johnson), Casablanca Records (Giorgio Moroder, KUNGS, Tïesto), Cash Money (Drake, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj), Hollywood Records (Sofia Carson, Zendaya), Lava Records (Greta Van Fleet, Jessie J, Lorde), Monkeywrench (Pearl Jam), XO (The Weeknd), Roc Nation (Belly, Justine Skye, The Dream), Tuff Gong (Damian Marley), Victor Victor Records (D Savage, Ski Mask The Slump God), among others. Republic also maintains a long-standing strategic alliance with country powerhouse Big Machine Records (Taylor Swift), and Universal Music Latin Entertainment (Luis Fonsi, J Balvin). In addition, Republic has expanded to release high-profile soundtracks for Universal Pictures (Fifty Shades of Grey, SING), Fox TV (Lee Daniels’ STAR), and NBC TV (The Voice), as well as other notable film and television franchises.

Muffin The Mule · December 2017

I saw them in London in June and they were excellent so, if you get the chance, go and see them!

Pap · December 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJfytKspp-A

demetrios · December 2017

https://twitter.com/MikeMcCreadyPJ/status/945793642525896704

Pap · December 2017

Mike's going to be there!

demetrios · January 2018

Mike McCready

Photo: Christine Mitchell Housetornado Multimedia — at Showbox Presents.

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Pap · January 2018

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https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/8092651/pride-preview-18-reasons-were-excited-for-2018

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Thunderpussy Torpedo Through Winter

Seattle rock ’n’ rollers Thunderpussy have won over at least one high-profile fan: Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready saw the all-female band at a music festival and eventually recorded with them. The veteran rocker even made a cameo in their cinematic video for last year’s “Speed Queen.” Now, the quartet is gearing up to release a pair of tracks -- "Torpedo Love" and "Bad Lands" -- before dropping their cheekily titled debut EP Greatest Tits in February.

demetrios · January 2018

https://twitter.com/RepublicRecords/status/951168539200770049

demetrios · January 2018

https://twitter.com/RepublicRecords/status/935342757962543105

demetrios · January 2018

https://instagram.com/p/Bd-s_wmH92-/embed/

demetrios · January 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJfytKspp-A

demetrios · January 2018

https://instagram.com/p/BeHJ-vEjXYZ/embed/

demetrios · January 2018

https://twitter.com/MikeMcCreadyPJ/status/958073378576859136

Pap · January 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vo0lYgbwn8

demetrios · January 2018

https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8096826/thunderpussy-debut-velvet-noose-pearl-jam

1/29/2018 by Patrick Crowley

Jake Clifford

Thunderpussy

"I'd say the time is ripe for Thunderpussy to high kick the patriarchy where it counts with a thigh-high, rhinestone encrusted, platform boot."

Two parts, Tina Turner’s legs. One part Prince’s squeal. Add a pound of Elvis’ iconic shake and David Bowie’s blue eye -- and et voilà! That’s the recipe for Thunderpussy’s sound -- at least according to the band’s lead singer Molly Sides and guitarist Whitney Petty. Who are we to argue?

The Seattle-based quartet, which also features Leah Julius on bass and drummer Ruby Dunphy, captured the attention of Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready and are gearing up to release their full length, self-titled debut, produced by Sylvia Massy, on Stardog Records/Republic Records. In anticipation of the album, Billboard can premiere their video for “Velvet Noose.”

Sides and Molly talked to Billboard about the story behind the song, their history with Pearl Jam and what it will take for women to get more recognition in male-dominated genres: “Let's high-kick stereotypes in the ass,” declared Sides.

Billboard: What's the story behind the song "Velvet Noose"?

Petty: The name comes from a quote we heard while listening to an interview with Twisted Sister. The band was talking about the dangers of getting too complacent with a modicum success. It's the story of what happened to Rocky Balboa. A little taste of money and power and you lose the eye of the tiger. The things you own will own you. You gotta stay hungry or you'll be hung by the velvet noose.

We recorded it for the first time with Sylvia Massy when we recorded the rest of our debut record, but it just wasn't right, something just wasn't working. Everyone was very disappointed because we all loved that chorus. But we just couldn't do it justice. When we left her studio we went to work with Mike McCready and Josh Evans who had their own ideas about the track and how we might get the version we were all looking for. It turned out they were right and the song you hear now was finalized with the help of their incredible creative intuition. And Sylvia loves it too!

Were you a fan of Pearl Jam before Mike McCready reached out to collaborate? Do you have any memories from your youth of listening to Pearl Jam?

Petty: Everybody who lived through the ’90s knows Pearl Jam. I mean, those guys are legendary. I admit that I did not actually sit down and listen to Ten all the way through until after we met Mike, but when I did -- when we all did as a band -- I realized that I intrinsically knew every song on that record. And I knew every nuance of that guitar solo at the end of "Alive." I mean, it's just so classic, and I must have heard it on the radio a thousand times before we ever met.

What has been so incredible is getting to know Mike first as a person, and a mentor, and then discovering his career and his genius now, as his friend. And actually, now we are all big fans. My favorite record is Vs.

K.Flay was the sole woman up for a Grammy in a rock category this year (she lost to Foo Fighters’ “Run” for best rock song). What will it take for female acts to get more recognition in male-dominated genres?

Petty: I think what it's going to take is exactly what we are seeing in popular culture right now. This is an important time for women and for minorities. We are starting to see a shift in the collective unconsciousness. I think it is undeniable that there is an awareness brewing of inequality that we have not seen in this county for decades. We just got back from CES [a consumer technology business conference] in Las Vegas where we were asked to participate in a panel of incredibly smart and talented women in the music/tech industry on exactly this topic.

Sides: It truly was an incredible panel and being able to listen to so many intelligent women was very inspiring. One of my favorite quotes was said by Fly Si founder, Dr. Knatokie Ford: "If the rules aren't built by people like you, they probably won't work for people like you."

Life is a chaotic game and doesn't always work in our favor and yet, we all have to play it. In order for things to change, we have to do something about it. We have to be the game changers. I also believe women need to stop shaming one another and tearing each other down. We have to support the positive advocates if we want to generate positive change. It's time to break down the rules that don't work or don't apply to us and create ones that do.

Petty: Women are waking up. Men are joining the fight. People are recognizing that diversity breeds creativity, and the world is watching. I'd say the time is ripe for Thunderpussy to high kick the patriarchy where it counts with a thigh-high, rhinestone encrusted, platform boot.

Sides: Let's high-kick stereotypes in the ass.

demetrios · February 2018

https://twitter.com/MikeMcCreadyPJ/status/958866851387207680

demetrios · February 2018

https://twitter.com/MikeMcCreadyPJ/status/959514715809435648

Pap · February 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsfNpljN9IM

demetrios · February 2018

https://www.npr.org/2018/02/02/582850810/watch-thunderpussy-explore-romantic-fallout-in-torpedo-love

Watch Thunderpussy Explore Romantic Fallout In 'Torpedo Love'

Jacob Webb

Bursting with cheeky ferocity and razor-sharp rock 'n' roll chops, Thunderpussy burst onto the Seattle scene 18 months ago and quickly established themselves as one of the city's most exciting bands, based solely on their live show's reputation.

Ahead of their first major release, the forthcoming Greatest Tits EP, we're excited to debut "Torpedo Love," a song that's slower than most of their catalog but retaining their trademark charisma — a flourish of flair to partner every slashing riff and volcanic chorus.

For their video, the band chose to shoot within an unusual location: an abandoned nuclear power plant.

"When working with Magic Mama Massy," frontwoman Molly Sides says, referencing the band's producer, Sylvia Massy, "enthused wild ideas literally explode everywhere. So, it wasn't strange when Sylvia threw out the idea of recording in a silo. As we crept up to the monstrous structures, it seemed as though they'd been waiting for us, and the concrete curtains calling to us. With both nature and nuclear walls hovering, a beautifully eerie collaboration ensued."

Thunderpussy's music sounds best when it's played very loud and very close to you: They're heading out on tour soon — check out the dates here.

Thunderpussy Band w/ Mike McCready

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