Thunderegg

Thunderegg is the band and longtime recording project of Will Georgantas, based for many years in Brooklyn, now operating out of San Francisco/Oakland, with Alex Jimenez on bass, Reese Douglas on guitar, and André Custodio on drums.

There have been 20 Thunderegg albums since 1994, some recorded with a full band, some recorded solo to an old-school four-track cassette recorder. The latest offering is 2015's "Ten Sleeves"/"Big Cigarette" 7", recorded at Tiny Telephone in SF with our friend Alan Weatherhead (Sparklehorse, the Comas, Cracker). Before that was the lush, beautiful "C'mon Thunder" (May 2014) and the space/bar rock of "Line Line" (Sept. 2011), both also recorded with Weatherhead. Other recent releases include December 2012’s acclaimed four-track-cassette showcase "Not What I Meant" and the 90-minute compilation cassette "He's Actually Pretty Cool Once You Get to Know Him," which collects 28 four-track songs recorded between 1995 and 2012.

Will grew up in New Jersey, so he thinks Bruce Springsteen is great. But he also really likes Ween, who were even more local. Other destabilizing influences include Pavement, the Velvet Underground, the Beach Boys, and Guided by Voices. Combined with smart lyrics, the result is simple, melodic rock that’s at once sincere without taking itself too seriously. After the 2006 release of Thunderegg’s incredible 231-song compilation "Open Book," the New Haven Advocate wrote, “Georgantas’s melodies sound effortlessly executed, like he simply exhales . . . unusually catchy and inviting tidbits.”

The East Coast version of Thunderegg played at places like the Mercury Lounge in Manhattan, Union Hall in Brooklyn, and Toad’s in New Haven; the Bay Area version has played places like Bottom of the Hill, the Elbo Room, Amnesia, Viracocha (RIP), the Lost Church, and Hotel Utah. Will also often plays as a solo artist. In July 2013 a classic four-piece edition of the band, featuring bandmates of almost twenty years, toured throughout Germany, and in summer 2014 Will toured the US with fellow SF musician KC Turner. Over the years Will has also received fellowships for writing both fiction and nonfiction from the MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire, the Ragdale Foundation in Illinois, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.