Thundering Asteroids!
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| Origin | Portland, Oregon, United States |
| Genres | Nerd punk |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Labels | Unsigned |
| Website | thunderingasteroids |
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Thundering Asteroids! is a four-person, female-fronted nerd punk band from Portland, Oregon. It was formed in 2009, released an EP in 2011 and studio albums in 2012 and 2014. As befits their genre, their music is often inspired by geek pop culture, the band is named after a Robotech exclamation and each member uses a stage name based on the Star Wars expanded universe.
The band started with friends, and half of the initial band members, Scott Cushman and Dwight Reid joking that, with all the time consumed by their jobs and families, they should start a band so they could then only practice twice a year and never play live shows. In 2009, Cushman's wife dared them to actually perform, which led to the formation of the band and their first show.
The band have stated that "nothing is too nerdy or too geeky to inspire us in music." For example, the song "Frak Off" developed, from an attempt to string together as many science fiction swear words as possible, into a narrative about a nerdy girl dumping her boyfriend. Other songs directly reference specific media, such as the board game The Settlers of Catan ("Wood for Sheep"), the 1984 The Karate Kid film ("Cobra Kai Fight Song") and the Scott Pilgrim graphic novels ("Scott Pilgrim Vs. My Heart"). The source of songs within the band are also varied: "I've Got a Thing for the Goblin King", about David Bowie's character in the 1986 film Labyrinth, was suggested by frontwoman Jaime "Minn" McGeathy and "Monster Movie" started as just a guitar riff. Song creation is a collaborative effort for the band, although a lot of the writing is by Cushman. Beyond the music itself, the band members use Star Wars-based stage names and the name of band itself comes from an exclamation used by the character Captain Henry Gloval in Robotech. As of 2013, they say "probably the nerdiest thing we've done was play a show at The Hard Rock Café for the Microsoft Techready convention."
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