“The unrelenting blow that’s cast from down below”
Mott The Hoople’s second album Mad Shadows starts with a wallop. Both penned and sung by future Bad Company guitarist Mick Ralphs, Thunderbuck Ram has an quiet, haunting intro but then proceeds to thud with a vengeance as Ralphs dishes out some brash and blocky riffing. Songwise it’s a bit slight with just two verses and Ralphs’ vocals are on the histrionic side but the way the band just bludgeons through the whole thing is fantastic. In their early days, Mott often struggled to sound as convincing in the studio as they did live but they don’t have any problems here as they enthusiastically bash Thunderbuck Ram to a barely-controlled climatic wig-out.
HEAVY METAL OVERLOAD 
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I get that on a lot of blogs too. I find sometime if you just click on the YouTube logo through to their site it works then.
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I can see a lot of metal bands drawing influence from that song. It was quite all right!
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I reckon KISS probably liked this stuff, at least.
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Oh, at the very least.
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i wish i could find me a copy
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This is a great song. That clean tone guitar Intro is excellent and when the music ramps up, the riff is like a NWOBHM riff.
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Great choice HMO. Always forget that Ralph’s did some vocals with the band. The song cooks. Thanks for the nudge back for a listen.
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