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Celebrating 20 Years of Real Rock andRoll
Our new CD, Long Story Short is now available at:
Jaw's Guitars
(770) 479-0253
4251 Cumming Highway
Canton, GA 30114
Chandler Graphics
345 Hickory Flat Hwy
Canton, GA 30114

Progressive Skatepark
1153 Marietta Hwy
Canton, GA 30114


In the hills of North Georgia in the mid 1960’s, kids spent their summers brushing gnats from their eyes and learning to play baseball in the front yard. You could still find old country stores that sold hoop cheese, plug tobacco, RC Cola and Moon Pies. But technology was just around corner, as the Victrolas were gradually being replaced by giant, stereophonic consoles. Around this time, the four Thrillhammers would be raised within a few miles of each other, their mommas feeding them collards and cracklin’ bread.

Their homes had 3 television stations and an AM radio. To pass the time, they got a steady diet of country music as well. Underneath the needles of their phonographs ran grooves filled with Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, George Jones, Buck Owens, and Tennessee Ernie Ford. While this musical diet was no more unusual for the area than what they found on their supper tables, one thing set it apart. All four digested it with an instrument in their hand, trying to play along with families full of musicians.

Each of them started trying to keep up, or keep time, with family singalongs from worn out songbooks that held the priceless music they revisited most every night. Four kids, who wouldn't know each other for years, were likely singing the same tunes in unison from different sides of the mountain. The first contribution for each of them instrumentally was banging on the back of a guitar.

Like most musical kids do, they eventually joined local bands in high school, and their influences expanded to include many of the staples of a healthy Rock and Roll diet; The Beatles, Stones, The Who…but also a variety of 70's bands like Molly Hatchett, April Wine, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Kiss, and AC/DC. Wayne and Shannon played in a band together, and later Chris and Wayne. After high school, Wayne would meet drummer and vocalist Greg, and they played some gigs together. Like most kids playing in rock and roll bands, their bands would come and go.

Again, nothing unusual.

But in 1987, the four of them got together for the first time to jam. They didn't get together to get famous or rich, they just wanted to play some good music. And a funny thing happened. THEY NEVER STOPPED.

The house they rented started turning out blistering jam sessions. Folks would show up and stay all night, and the furniture turned into a dance floor. They worked out harmonies and their own versions of interesting covers, and night after night produced a new set list. Shows in various juke joints routinely ended in a frenzy, sometimes whipping the crowd into a fight.

They began recording on cheap 4 track machines and honed their craft. An inventive version of a Bob Dylan song found it's way to the radio, and an original song not found on this cd was a top song at the Georgia Songwriters showcase. But all four Thrillhammers had careers, and none had any interest in pursuing music…except in the way they had since birth, at the next jam session. So the sessions continued, on most every Tuesday night. All four raised families, worked, and once a week, got together to play. The music fermented, or festered, FOR 20 YEARS. Musical genres came and went, but within the walls of their music hall, it jelled into its own form, and became rock solid.

So, Long Story Short, here's what a brand new band would sound like if it worked at what it loved, for two decades, before putting it down for the world to hear.

THE THRILLHAMMERS - THE GREATEST GARAGE BAND IN THE WORLD YOU NEVER HEARD OF.


My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/20/2006
Band Website: thethrillhammers.net
Band Members:

Chris Chandler:
Lead Guitar/Vocals

Greg Brooks:
Drums/Percussion/Vocals

Wayne Bagwell:
Rhythm Guitar/ Vocals

Shannon Bobo:
Bass




Influences: Led Zepplin, Bill Monroe, Pink Floyd, Merle Haggard, The Primates, The Replacements, Frank Zappa, Styx, Dash Rip Rock, Redneck Greece, Hank Williams, The Beatles, Kiss.
Sounds Like: Depends on who you ask and how late it is.

Record Label: Hammerhead Productions
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Down-home music for Bubbas

Down-home music for BubbasBy JON WATERHOUSEFor accessAtlantaPublished on: 05/22/2008 It's been 12 years since the late Gregory Dean Smalley put together the first Bubbapalooza music festival at Star ...
Posted by The Thrillhammers on Wed, 21 May 2008 12:50:00 PST

BUBBAPALOOZA 2008 LINE-UP

BUBBAPALOOZA '08HEY GUYS,IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN.THE STAR BAR'S ANNUAL BUBBAPALOOZA '08IS COMING THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.MAY 22ND, 23RD & 24TH.IT'S EPISODE 12 OF BUBBAPALOOZA ANDWE'RE THROWING THE ...
Posted by The Thrillhammers on Tue, 13 May 2008 04:31:00 PST

You have to check out The Georgia Jukebox.com

To us, this is the best internet radio we at Hammerhead productions have ever seen... of course we are from Georgia so....Anyway, check it out:http://www.thegeorgiajukebox.com/...
Posted by The Thrillhammers on Sat, 10 May 2008 03:16:00 PST

The Roots of Bubbapalooza

Gregory Dean SmalleyThe Living Bubba...
Posted by The Thrillhammers on Tue, 06 May 2008 06:55:00 PST

The Thrillhammers article in our hometown paper

The Thrillhammers in print?Check it out at:For the thrill of it...
Posted by The Thrillhammers on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:07:00 PST

Bubbapalooza 2008

It's been a long time since we've crawled out of the hills to play a gig in a city as big as Atlanta. Bubbapalooza and The Star Bar is kind of our Ed Sullivan Show, the holy grail. To celebrate, we're...
Posted by The Thrillhammers on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:43:00 PST

THMRZ on FatCat Radio

You gotta check out FatCat RadioFatCatRadio.comSign in to their forum and request us... heck send em your music and request yourself! There is always somethin rockin playin on there so turn it up.Buy ...
Posted by The Thrillhammers on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:24:00 PST

Album Review - Long Story Short

http://www.serge.org/musicmorsels/2008_02/200802_album_capsu les.htmlThe Thrillhammers - Long Story Shortby Mark WaterburySometimes you just have to rock. That is what The Thrillhammers appear to be al...
Posted by The Thrillhammers on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:38:00 PST

Thanks and apologies

We'd like to thank each and everyone that came to our Downtown Kitchen party Saturday night. To everyone that came out but either had to wait or couldn't get in we sincerely apologize. To all the D...
Posted by The Thrillhammers on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:29:00 PST

The Thrillhammers are now on iTunes!

The Thrillhammers are now on iTunes!As well as:...
Posted by The Thrillhammers on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:18:00 PST