- Harrison Hudson
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bio: Harrison Hudson were sheltered children. In a time, not long ago, when the radio was all one had to find music, this band was limited to only two radio stations: The Christian radio and the Oldies station. Lead singer, Harrison Hudson, never found a reason to rebel as the music of early rock ‘n’ roll spoke to him more than any music he had heard on his few adventures outside of the two approved airwaves. Although their musical choices might have been chosen for them at an early age, the band never found anything that could top the music made founders of rock ‘n’ roll. American Thunder is the band’s homage to that era. “This is certainly not a throwback record, by any means. However I think our influences are very transparent,” Hudson says. “The struggle for every artist is to walk the line of influence vs imitation. We feel like we walk that line as best we can in this record. We didn’t want to have this record sound like it was recorded in the 50′s or 60′s. We wanted a big rock record with all of the emotional and melodic qualities of the oldies. I think often production today handicaps singers by subduing their vocal character. We wanted those blue notes because it keeps you honest as a singer.” American Thunder does that exactly. The opening track “At The Start” starts off with big drums, courtesy of Shaun Rawlings, and is shortly greeted with crushing guitars and soaring vocal desperation. The sound is gritty, dirty, but sincere. Other songs like “Bookstore Girl” soften up and deepen the sonic depth. It brings an intimacy to the record that wasn’t found in their previous release, Blood, Sweat and Sweat.
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