{{Infobox musical artist | background = group_or_band | name = Thumlock | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | landscape = | alt = | caption = | alias = | origin = [[Wollongong]], [[New South Wales]], Australia | genre = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]], [[stoner rock]], [[space rock]], [[psychedelic rock]] | discography = | years_active = {{Start date|1994}}–{{End date|2002}} | label = High Beam Music | spinoffs = | spinoff_of = | current_members = | past_members = Ben Lough<br/>Greg Eshman<br/>Wayne Stokes<br/>Raff Iacurto | website = | module = | module2 = | module3 = }}
'''Thumlock''' were an Australian [[stoner rock]] band from [[Wollongong]], [[New South Wales]].<ref>{{Citation | last = Hunt | first = Rod | title = Planet Thumlock | journal = Drum Media | issue = 509 | date = 15 Aug 2000 }}</ref> The band's name was derived from combining the words thumbscrews and hemlock.<ref>[http://www.hellridemusic.com/bands/bands/thumlock/thumlock_interview1.shtml Interviews - Thumlock] Hellride Music</ref> 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).<ref>[http://www.gametwo.com/THUMLOCK.HTM interview] Slow Ride</ref> 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<ref>{{Citation | last = Ayling | first = Tim | title = Lord of the strings | journal = Illawarra Mercury | date = 18 Apr 2002 }}</ref> and was distributed by Beard of Stars in Europe.<ref>[http://www.thegroovemerchants.com/releases/releases.asp?Action=DisplayArtist&ArtistID=8081 Thumlock] [[MGM Distribution]] website</ref> Their next album ''Sojourns Lucid Magic'' was distributed in Europe by Cargo Records.<ref>[http://www.roadburn.com/pgreview/reviews_list_05_02.html Thumlock - "Sojourns Lucid Magic"] Roadburn</ref>
Thumlock have been likened to ""Masters of Reality" or "Paranoid" period [[Black Sabbath]]""<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Engleheart | first = Murray | journal = [[The Music (magazine)|Drum Media]] | url = http://www.geocities.com/p_terg/loud/thumlock1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091022034336/http://geocities.com/p_terg/loud/thumlock1.html| title = Review – Thumlock “Lunar Mountain Sunrise” |access-date=2023-05-16 |archive-date=2009-10-22}}</ref>
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''.<ref>[http://i94bar.com/reviews/roads.html ''Double White Lines'' review] i95bar</ref> Stokes was a member of The Wardens and [[Leadfinger]].<ref>[http://www.musicfarmers.com/leadfinger_interview.html Leadfinger interview] Music Farmers</ref>
==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 Music<ref>[[Rolling Stone]] {{rating|3.5|5}} March 2002</ref>
Singles * "Moon Dragon" (2001) - High Beam Music * "Rockin' Course" (2001) - High Beam Music * "Modulator" (2002) - High Beam Music
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.monolith.gr/reviews/html/thumlock01.html Monolith] ''Emerald Liquid Odyssey'' review *[http://www.hellridemusic.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2343 Hellride Music] ''Liquid Emerald Odyssey'' (sic) review *[http://www.hellridemusic.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2342 Hellride Music] ''Lunar Mountain Sunrise'' review
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