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The Thunderlords

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The Thunderlords
OriginWoodland Hills, USA
GenresHeavy metal, groove metal, thrash metal, children's music
MembersAlan Flores
Maya Flores
Websitewww.myspace.com/thethunderlords

The Thunderlords are an American heavy metal band. They describe themselves as "heavy metal for kids."

Career

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The band began primarily as the work of video-game programmer Alan Flores, a native of Los Angeles, with some help from his young daughter, Maya (born 2000).[1]

The 2005 album Noisy Songs for Noisy Kids has charted on children's music charts in the US, Australia and Belgium.[1]

They are known best for their songs "I Like Dirt" and "Ice Cream Headache" on the soundtracks for the bestselling video games Tony Hawk's American Wasteland, Tony Hawk's Project 8 and Tony Hawk’s American Sk8land respectively. The latter game also won the IGN award for Best Licensed Soundtrack on PlayStation 3 in 2006.

Members

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  • Alan Flores - vocals, all instruments
  • Maya Flores - vocals

Discography

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  • Noisy Songs for Noisy Kids (Album, 2005)

References

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  1. ^ a b Miller, Jeff. "Sing it loud and be proud: Musician Alan Flores loves heavy metal. And he's trying to turn kids on to it", Los Angeles Times, 2006-01-05, p. E22.
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