Thomas Thorn

American musician

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Thomas Torquemada Thorn

Birth name| Thomas A. Lockyear, II
Also known as| Buck Ryder, Rev. Thomas Thorn
Born|  (1964-08-02) 2 August 1964 (age 59)
Origin| Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S.
Genres| Rock
Metal
Industrial
Occupation(s)| Musician
Instrument(s)| Vocals, Keyboards, Sampling
Years active| 1986-present
Labels| Cleopatra Records, Wax Trax! Records
Website| Electric Hellfire Club on Myspace

Musical artist

Thomas Torquemada Thorn (born Thomas A. Lockyear, II; 2 August 1964) is an American musician. Born in Madison, Wisconsin, he is best known as co-founder of, and lead vocalist for, the industrial metal band The Electric Hellfire Club.[1]

During his youth, Thorn participated in several punk and post-punk bands (including the short-lived WestWorld), before founding the power electronics duo Slave State with Boris Dragos in 1987. Slave State played a handful of shows throughout the midwest along with staging a performance entitled "The Theory and Practice of Hell" in Antwerp, Belgium. While Slave State only released their music in cassette format, their influence was nonetheless far-reaching as they are cited by Godflesh founder Justin Broadrick as the inspiration for the title of his album bearing the group's name.

Re-locating to Chicago later that year, Thorn was approached and offered a position as live keyboardist for industrial dance pioneers My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, which he accepted, under the pseudonym "Buck Ryder".[2] Following Dragos' suicide in early 1989, Thorn signed on as a permanent member of the group. During his tenure with the band, Thorn (under his Buck Ryder guise) toured extensively with the band, and appeared in the music video for the song "Kooler Than Jesus". Thorn also claims to have contributed to both the "Confessions of a Knife" and "Sexplosion!" albums. Thorn chose to leave the group for undisclosed reasons prior to that album's release in 1991, instead relocating to Kenosha, WI where he founded The Electric Hellfire Club with Shane Lassen (Rev. Dr. Luv) and guitarist Ronny Valeo of Screamer. During a 1996 tour with Boyd Rice, Rice introduced Thorn to Church of Satan founder, Anton LaVey. During their meeting, he was ordained a priest in the church by LaVey. Thorn later wrote a eulogy of LaVey following the latter's death in 1997, which appeared in the Church of Satan's house organ The Black Flame.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Gardell, Mattias (2003). Gods of the blood: the pagan revival and white separatism. Duke University Press. p. 299\. ISBN 978-0-8223-3071-4.
2. ^ Larkin, Colin (1995). The Guinness encyclopedia of popular music. Guinness. p. 1321\. ISBN 978-1-56159-176-3.

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The Electric Hellfire Club

* Thomas Thorn
* Eric Peterson
* Ricktor Ravensbruck
* Sabrina Satana

Studio albums|

* Burn, Baby, Burn!
* Satan's Little Helpers
* Kiss the Goat
* Calling Dr. Luv

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My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult

* Groovie Mann
* Buzz McCoy
* Mimi Star
* Arena Rock
* Bradley Bills

* Shawn Christopher
* Lydia Lunch
* Pepper Somerset
* Brian St. Clair
* Thomas Thorn
* William Tucker
* Charles Levi
* Justin Bennett
* Curse Mackey

Albums and EPs|

* I See Good Spirits and I See Bad Spirits (1988)
* Confessions of a Knife... (1990)
* Kooler Than Jesus (1990)
* Sexplosion! (1991)
* 13 Above the Night (1993)
* Hit & Run Holiday (1995)
* A Crime for All Seasons (1997)
* The Reincarnation of Luna (2001)
* Gay, Black and Married (2005)
* The Filthiest Show in Town (2007)
* Death Threat (2009)
* Spooky Tricks (2014)

Remix albums|

* Dirty Little Secrets: music to STRIP by... (1999)
* Golden Pillz: The Luna Remixes (2002)
* Diamonds & Daggerz (2004)
* Blood + Dope + Sin + Gold (2007)

Live albums|

* Elektrik Inferno Live (2002)

Singles|

* "Naïve/The Days of Swine & Roses"

Related articles|

* Discography
* Death Ride 69
* Project .44

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Sleep Chamber

* John Zewizz

* Michael Moynihan
* Thomas Thorn
* Elaine Walker

Studio albums|

* Submit to Desire (1985)
* Spellbondage (1987)
* Sexmagick Ritual (1987)
* Satanic Sanction (1988)
* Sleep, or Forever Hold Your Piece (1990)
* Stolen Sleep (2009)
* SixSixSix (2010)

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LaVeyan Satanism

High Priest|

* Anton LaVey (1966–1997)
* Peter H. Gilmore (2001–present)

High Priestess|

* Diane Hegarty (1966–1985)
* Zeena LaVey (1985–1990)
* Karla LaVey (1990–1999)
* Blanche Barton (1997–2002)
* Peggy Nadramia (2002–present)

Organizations|

* Church of Satan
* First Satanic Church
* (see also The Black House, Grotto, Council of Nine)

Influential figures|

* Friedrich Nietzsche
* Ayn Rand
* Herbert Spencer
* Arthur Desmond
* Charles Darwin
* Sigmund Freud
* Niccolò Machiavelli
* Carl Jung
* Wilhelm Reich
* P.T. Barnum
* William Mortensen
* Aleister Crowley
* Maria de Naglowska
* Stanisław Przybyszewski
* Helena Blavatsky
* Grigori Rasputin
* Benjamin Franklin
* H. P. Lovecraft
* Edward Bernays
* H. L. Mencken
* Jack London
* Ambrose Bierce
* Benjamin De Casseres
* Arthur Schopenhauer
* Max Stirner
* Bernardino Nogara
* Basil Zaharoff
* Mark Twain
* John Milton

Literature|

* The Satanic Bible
* The Satanic Witch
* The Satanic Rituals
* The Secret Life of a Satanist
* We Are Satanists
* The Devil's Notebook
* Satan Speaks!
* Letters from the Devil
* The Satanic Scriptures

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* The Satanic Mass
* Satanis: The Devil's Mass
* Speak of the Devil: The Canon of Anton LaVey
* The Black Flame
* Satan Takes a Holiday
* Strange Music
* Death Scenes

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Satanic holidays|

* Birthday
* Equinoxes
* Walpurgisnacht
* Solstices
* Halloween
* Yule

Ideas and concepts|

* Amorality
* Animalism
* Antihumanism
* Balance of nature
* Blasphemy
* Burlesque
* Carnality
* Carnivalesque
* Carpe diem, carpe noctem
* Elitism
* Epicureanism
* Egoism
* Egotheism
* Eugenics
* Grotesque body
* Hierarchy
* Individualism
* Iconoclasm
* Jungian psychology
* Law of the jungle
* Lex talionis
* Materialism
* Meritocracy
* Misanthropy
* Naturalism
* Pragmatism
* Psychic vampire
* Realism
* Self-preservation
* Social Darwinism
* Social stratification
* Universal Darwinism

Related topics|

* An Interview with Peter H. Gilmore
* Satanic panic
* Hellfire Club
* The All-Joking, All-Drunken Synod of Fools and Jesters

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