Thundermother
{{short description|Swedish hard rock band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Thundermother
| image = Thundermother in 2016.jpg
| caption = Thundermother in Kungsträdgården 2016
| landscape = yes
| background = group_or_band
| alias =
| origin = Växjö, Sweden
| genre = Hard rock
| discography =
| years_active = 2009–present
| label = Warner Music Sweden (2014), Despotz (2015–2019), AFM (2020–present)
| spinoffs =
| website = {{URL|thundermother.com}}
| spinoff_of =
| current_members = Filippa Nässil
Majsan Lindberg
Linnéa Vikström
Joan Massing
| past_members = Moa Munoz
Clare Cunningham
Giorgia Carteri
Linda Ström
Tilda Stenqvist
Sara Pettersson
Guernica Mancini
Emlee Johansson
Tomas Salonen
Nathalie Lejon
Mona Lindgren
Amanga Smångs
Evami Ringqvist
Rebecca Meiselbach
Sara Pettersson
}}
Thundermother is an all-female Swedish hard rock band founded by Filippa Nässil and Moa Munoz in Växjö 2009. The band has toured with Scorpions across Europe and North America, played with Kiss, Danish rock band D-A-D and Swedish rock band Backyard Babies. Thundermother has produced seven albums, the first album Rock'N'Roll Disaster came out in 2014 and the latest album Dirty and Divine was released February 2025.
Formation
Since the beginning, the band Thundermother has consisted of all-female musicians expect the first lineup. The band has struggled with internal problems, including many defections from band members and internal cooperation difficulties.{{Cite web|title=THUNDERMOTHER Guitarist FILIPPA NÄSSIL Explains Why She Fired Singer GUERNICA MANCINI |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/thundermother-guitarist-filippa-nassil-explains-why-she-fired-singer-guernica-mancini|website=bladdermouth.net|date=3 July 2023 |language=en|access-date=13 February 2025}}{{cite news|last=Englund|first=Calle|date=29 March 2017 | title=Medlemmar lämnar Thundermother | url=https://www.rocknytt.net/nyheter/44460-medlemmar-lamnar-thundermother | website=rocknytt.net | location=Sweden | language=swedish | access-date=13 February 2025}}
The first line up in Växjö was Nathalie Lejon on vocals, Filippa Nässil on guitar, Moa Munoz on bass and Tomas Salonen on drums, their first show was in a youth center in Växjö in 2010 of April with the local band Wera as the support act.
The first years, the band had many different members, but from 2012 the band had a stable line-up. In March 2017, all band members except Filippa Nässil left the band. Nässil, who founded the band, chose to continue with a new line-up.
{{cite news|last=Englund|first=Calle|date=29 March 2017 | title=Medlemmar lämnar Thundermother | url=https://www.rocknytt.net/nyheter/44460-medlemmar-lamnar-thundermother | website=rocknytt.net | location=Sweden | language=swedish | access-date=13 February 2025}} In February 2023, once again all band members except Filippa Nässil left the band. Again Nässil chose to continue the band with a new line-up.{{Cite web|title=Thundermother, Founder, Guitarist Filippa Nässil Statement On Someone She Let Go In the Band |url=https://www.themetalvoice.com/post/thundermother-founder-guitarist-filippa-n%C3%A4ssil-statement-on-someone-she-let-go-in-the-band-2#google_vignette |website=themetalvoice.com|date=8 March 2023 | language=en|access-date=12 February 2025}}{{Cite web|title=THUNDERMOTHER Loses Singer, Drummer And Bassist; New Lineup Announced |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/thundermother-loses-singer-drummer-and-bassist-new-lineup-announced |website=bladdermouth.net|date=3 February 2023 | language=en|access-date=13 February 2025}}
One of Thundermothers co-founder, Moa Munoz, is today{{when|date=April 2025}} the tour bass player for Olivia Rodrigo.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}
Tours
Thundermother has played at Sweden Rock Festival,{{Cite web|title=Inför Sweden Rock 2019: Intervju med Thundermother |url=https://www.rocknytt.net/intervjuer/80320-infor-sweden-rock-2019-intervju-med-thundermother |website=rocknytt.nett|date=17 February 2019 | language=sv|access-date=13 February 2025}} Bråvalla Festivalen, Skogsröjet, Nova Rock Festival, Masters of Rock, Summer Breeze Open Air, Hard Rock Hell, Copenhell, Metaltown,{{cite news|last=Stevik|first=Lisa|date=4 July 2013 | title=Thundermother öppnar Metaltown | url=https://www.gp.se/thundermother-oppnar-metaltown.94f0c366-740f-4e63-bdc2-ac0621aaa985 | website=gp.se | location=Sweden | language=swedish | access-date=13 February 2025}} Getaway Rock Festival and was the opening act for Kiss at the Kiss Kruise.{{Cite web|title=QSC Aspiring Interview: Thundermother on the Kiss Kruise & Dirty & Divine |url=https://headlinerhub.com/thundermother-kiss-kruise-dirty-divine.html |website=headlinerhub.com| language=en|access-date=13 February 2025}} They have also toured with D-A-D,{{Cite web|title=Thundermother förband till D-A-D |url=https://www.rocknytt.net/nyheter/18677-thundermother-forband-till-d-a-d |website=rocknytt.net|date=March 2016 | language=sv|access-date=13 February 2025}} Backyard Babies{{cite web|access-date=5 May 2019 |archive-date=5 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505205256/http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/pr-kollektivet-sodermalm/pressreleases/backyard-babies-44-undead-och-en-vecka-kvar-till-albumslaepp-2839457 |title=Arkiverade kopian |url=http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/pr-kollektivet-sodermalm/pressreleases/backyard-babies-44-undead-och-en-vecka-kvar-till-albumslaepp-2839457}} and Scorpions in Europe and North America.{{Cite web|title=THUNDERMOTHER – European Shows with SCORPIONS |url=https://www.afm-records.de/en/news/396-thundermother/1933-thundermother-european-shows-with-scorpions.html |website=afm-records.de| language=en|access-date=13 February 2025}}{{Cite web|title=Scorpions Announce "Rock Believer" North America Tour 2022 |url=https://www.the-scorpions.com/rockbelievernorthamericatour/ |website=the-scorpions.com| language=en|access-date=13 February 2025}}
Thundermother went on a new tour in 2025.{{Cite web|title= Filippa Nässil: "Jag vill visa att man kan vara gravid och mamma och leva rocklivet"|url=https://mama.expressen.se/gravid-forlossning/gravid/filippa-nassil-jag-vill-visa-att-man-kan-vara-gravid-och-mamma-och-leva-rocklivet/|website=expressen.se|date=20 May 2024 |language=swedish|access-date=13 February 2025}}
Music
Thundermothers first two albums Rock'N'Roll Disaster (2014) and Road Fever (2015) was strongly influenced by AC/DC.{{Cite web|title=Inför Sweden Rock 2019: Intervju med Thundermother |url=https://www.rocknytt.net/intervjuer/80320-infor-sweden-rock-2019-intervju-med-thundermother |website=rocknytt.net|date=17 February 2019 | language=sv|access-date=13 February 2025}} The bands third album Thundermother (2018) featured a new vocalist Guernica Mancini.
In 2020, one week after the band released the album Heat Wave, the album was the sixth best-selling album in Germany,{{cite web|access-date=7 August 2020 |archive-date=29 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929140613/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/news/item/827-doppelsieg-fuer-apache-207-in-den-offiziellen-deutschen-charts |language=de |title=Arkiverade kopian |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/news/item/827-doppelsieg-fuer-apache-207-in-den-offiziellen-deutschen-charts}} the eight best-selling album in Sweden{{Cite web|title=Veckolista Album Fysiskt, vecka 32, 2020 |url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/234?dspy=2020&dspp=32/ |website=sverigetopplistan.se| language=sv|access-date=13 February 2025}} and on the seventh place at the Swedish hard rock top-list.{{Cite web|title=Veckolista Hårdrock, vecka 32, 2020 |url=https://sverigetopplistan.se/chart/93/?dspy=2020&dspp=32 |website=sverigetopplistan.se| language=sv|access-date=13 February 2025}}
The album Black and Gold was released in 2022, followed by the latest album Dirty and Divine in 2025.{{Cite web|title=Mosh Interviews Filippa Nässil (Thundermother) |url=https://www.moshville.co.uk/interview/2025/01/mosh-interviews-filippa-nassil-thundermother/ |website=mochville.co.uk|date=15 January 2025 | language=en|access-date=13 February 2025}}{{Cite web|title=Thundermother |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/18jTFcgHRRYHdwdof1MDZw/ |website=open.spotify.com| language=en|access-date=13 February 2025}}
Awards
In April 2021, Thundermother won the Gaffa Prize in the category Best Hard Rock/Metal Band of the Year.{{cite web|access-date=27 April 2021 |archive-date=27 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427111739/https://gaffa.se/nyhet/148857/gaffa-priset-2021-och-vinnarna-aer |title=Arkiverade kopian |url=https://gaffa.se/nyhet/148857/gaffa-priset-2021-och-vinnarna-aer}}
Current band members
- Filippa Nässil – guitar (2009–present)
- Linnéa Vikström – vocals (2023–present)
- Majsan Lindberg – bass (2019–2021, 2023–present)
- Joan Massing – drums (2023–present)
Discography
= Album =
- 2014 – Rock N Roll Disaster
- 2015 – Road Fever
- 2018 – Thundermother
- 2020 – Heat Wave
- 2021 – Heat Wave (Deluxe Edition)
- 2022 – Black and Gold
- 2025 – Dirty and Divine
= Singel and EP =
- 2015 – Deal With the Devil
- 2015 – It's Just a Tease
- 2015 – Rock 'n' Roll Sisterhood
- 2016 – Hellevator
- 2017 – We Fight For Rock N Roll
- 2017 – Whatever
- 2018 – Fire in the Rain
- 2018 – Revival
- 2020 – Driving in Style
- 2020 – Sleep
- 2021 – You Can't Handle Me
- 2022 – Watch Out
- 2022 – I Don't Know You
- 2022 – Hot Mess
- 2023 – I left My Licence in the Future
- 2024 – Speaking of the Devil
- 2024 – So Close
- 2024 – Dead Or Alive
- 2025 – Bright Eyes
- 2025 – Can't Put Out the Fire
References
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Category:Swedish hard rock musical groups