Thunderstick

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Thunderstick (aka Barry Graham or Barry Purkis) was a drummer for the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden briefly in 1977. He was later in the band Samson. He wore a mask onstage much like a professional wrestler and sometimes played inside a cage. His stint in Maiden was left notoriously short due to him being incapable of playing properly while intoxicated (at one show he actually fell asleep during a song).

Discography
Iron Maiden
Bruce Dickinson \| Dave Murray \| Janick Gers \| Adrian Smith \| Steve Harris \| Nicko McBrain
List of past and present Iron Maiden members
Studio albums: Iron Maiden \| Killers \| The Number of the Beast \| Piece of Mind \| Powerslave \| Somewhere in Time \| Seventh Son of a Seventh Son \| No Prayer for the Dying \| Fear of the Dark \| The X Factor \| Virtual XI \| Brave New World \| Dance of Death \| A Matter of Life and Death
Live albums: Live After Death \| A Real Live One \| A Real Dead One \| Live at Donington \| A Real Live Dead One \| Rock in Rio \| The BBC Archives \| Beast Over Hammersmith \| Death on the Road
Compilations and box-sets: The First Ten Years \| Best of the Beast \| Ed Hunter \| Edward the Great \| Eddie's Archive \| Best of the B'Sides \| The Essential Iron Maiden
Videos and DVDs: Live at the Rainbow \| Video Pieces \| Behind the Iron Curtain \| Live After Death \| 12 Wasted Years \| Maiden England \| The First Ten Years: The Videos \| From There to Eternity \| Donington Live 1992 \| Raising Hell \| Classic Albums: The Number of the Beast \| Rock in Rio \| Visions of the Beast \| The Early Days \| Death on the Road
EPs: The Soundhouse Tapes \| Live!! +one \| Maiden Japan \| No More Lies
Singles
"Running Free" \| "Sanctuary" \| "Women in Uniform" \| "Twilight Zone" \| "Purgatory" \| "Run to the Hills" \| "The Number of the Beast" \| "Flight of Icarus" \| "The Trooper" \| "2 Minutes to Midnight" \| "Aces High" \| "Running Free (live)" \| "Run to the Hills (live '85)" \| "Wasted Years" \| "Stranger in a Strange Land" \| "Can I Play with Madness" \| "The Evil That Men Do" \| "The Clairvoyant (live)" \| "Infinite Dreams" \| "Holy Smoke" \| "Bring Your Daughter...To the Slaughter" \| "Be Quick or Be Dead" \| "From Here to Eternity" \| "Wasting Love" \| "Fear of the Dark (live)" \| "Hallowed Be Thy Name (live)" \| "Man on the Edge" \| "Lord of the Flies" \| "Virus" \| "The Angel and the Gambler" \| "Futureal" \| "The Wicker Man" \| "Out of the Silent Planet" \| "Run to the Hills (live '01)" \| "Wildest Dreams" \| "Rainmaker" \| "The Number of the Beast (2005)" \| "The Trooper (live)" \| "The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg" \| "Different World"
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Official Thunderstick Website

Barry Graham is also the name of a Scottish novelist, poet, journalist, blogger and Zen Buddhist monk who has been based in the USA since 1995. He is the author of The Book of Man, Before and other works.

Barry Graham's blog: http://barrygraham.livejournal.com/

The Sitting Frog Zen Sangha: http://sittingfrogsangha.org/