Thumlock were an Australian stoner rock band from Wollongong, New South Wales. The band's name was derived from combining the words thumbscrews and hemlock.Interviews - Thumlock Hellride Music They formed in 1994 as a three piece by Ben Lough (guitar/vocals), Greg Eshman (drums) and Wayne Stokes (bass). The band released Dripping Silver Heat and then expanded with the addition of Raff Iacurto (guitar).interview Slow Ride The band signed with High Beam Music and released an EP, Lunar Mountain Sunrise, and two full-length albums, Emerald Liquid Odyssey and Sojourns Lucid Magic, and broke up in 2002
Emerald Liquid Odyssey reached #4 on the Australian Independent Record chart and was distributed by Beard of Stars in Europe.Thumlock MGM Distribution website Their next album Sojourns Lucid Magic was distributed in Europe by Cargo Records.Thumlock - "Sojourns Lucid Magic" Roadburn
Thumlock have been likened to ""Masters of Reality" or "Paranoid" period Black Sabbath""
After Thumlock Lough, Iacurto, Stokes and Kane Goodwin formed another band called Remnants Of A Dead Star (R.O.A.D.S.) which released one ep Double White Lines.Double White Lines review i95bar Stokes was a member of The Wardens and Leadfinger.Leadfinger interview Music Farmers
Discography EPs Dripping Silver Heat (1997) Lunar Mountain Sunrise (1999) - High Beam Music
Albums Emerald Liquid Odyssey (2000) - High Beam Music Sojourns Lucid Magic (2002) - High Beam MusicRolling Stone March 2002
Singles "Moon Dragon" (2001) - High Beam Music "Rockin' Course" (2001) - High Beam Music "Modulator" (2002) - High Beam Music
References
External links Monolith Emerald Liquid Odyssey review Hellride Music Liquid Emerald Odyssey (sic) review Hellride Music Lunar Mountain Sunrise review