Oct. 23rd - Album Listening Party, 23 Club, Brisbane Ca, 8PM
Nov. 6th - Whisky A Go Go, Hollywood, Ca, 10:30PM
The Thrashers
Nick - Lead singer, bass player; Charles - rhythm
guitar; Chris - drums; Geddy - lead guitar; Brandon -
keyboards
The Thrashers met while in, of all places, a day care
center owned and operated by Charlie’s mom. In between
bouts of Sesame Street and popsicle snacks, the lads
became fast friends. The kids grew up (make that, “are
still growing up”) in Pacifica, CA, a popular surfing
and mountain biking town best known to outsiders as the
place where Harold drove his car off the cliff at the
end of Harold and Maude.
But the five kids are aiming to put the city on the map
for a different reason - as the home to the Thrashers, a
tween hard rock quintet whose career is moving faster
than a speeding bullet.
The Thrashers set up in Chris and Nick’s garage and
got to work hammering out music in the vein of Black
Sabbath, AC/DC and Metallica. Soon, they were ready to
take the stage at their elementary school talent show.
The Thrashers blew everyone’s mind when their audiences realized that this wasn’t just a bunch of kids goofing
off on guitar.
In between doing their favorite things - playing with
Nerf guns, Lego kits, riding skateboards, baseball and
surfing - the group set about a determined rehearsal
schedule and set their sites on ruling the metal world.
The group hooked up with Brent Turner whose former band
once ruled the fabled Sunset Strip that the Thrashers
would soon have their eye on.
Turner set the band up with gigs up and down the coast,
helping them become the youngest band to ever play the
legendary Whisky in Los Angeles, a club whose stage
hosted bands including the Doors and Motley Crue.
This summer, the Thrashers recorded ten tracks with
legendary producer Sylvia Massy and Turner at the
production helm.
Currently winding up the fourth grade (which puts them
one grade ahead of the South Park kids…), life has
changed for the Thrashers. Their teachers dress up as
The Thrashers for Halloween, and fans ask them for their
autographs. But one thing that will never change is
their love of the music they play, and the kids’
appreciation for their fans.
