02.01.89 - Terraplane split up. Luke and Danny plan to form a new band - name: Thunder.
12.01.89 - Demos at Great Linford Manor Studios, Milton Keynes. Session drummer fails to show - Harry is called in to play drums. Luke plays bass, Andy Taylor produces and Ben engineers. Harry back in after a 10 day absence.
21.02.89 - Record companies attend rehearsals in London. Steve Price, (with Bad Company at the time), stands in on bass. The negotiations begin.
10.04.89 - More demos at Great Linford. Same team as above.
27.04.89 - Snake is seen playing bass in a blues band at The Royal Standard, London. Harry plays drums in this band too!
28.04.89 - Thunder sign to EMI. Much drinking and falling down.
02.05.89 - Snake joins - the last man in a long list of auditioners that day.
02.06.89 - Ben joins band and cements a ten year friendship.
03.06.89 - Crystal Palace promoted to Division 1 - Harry is pleased.
13.06.89 - First rehearsals for completed line-up.
13.07.89 - First Thunder gig at Reids's, Southend. 35 in the place. 7 more shows on this jaunt, known as The Toilet Tour. Band supports Romeo's Daughter, The Groundhogs, a 13-piece soul band, (no one remembers the name!), and Horse (London).
