Thomas Thorn

Thomas Thorn

Infobox musical artist
Name = Thomas Torquemada Thorn


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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Thomas A. Lockyear, II
Alias = Buck Ryder, Rev. Thomas Thorn
Born = August 2nd, 1964
Origin = Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S.
Instrument = Vocals, Keyboards, Sampling
Genre = Rock
Metal
Industrial
Occupation = Musician
Years_active = 1986-present
Label = Cleopatra Records, Wax Trax! Records
Associated_acts = Electric Hellfire Club, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, Sleepchamber, Slavestate, Westworld, Wolfen Society
URL = [http://www.myspace.com/electrichellfireclub Electric Hellfire Club on Myspace]
Notable_instruments = Rhodes Model 760, Ensoniq EPS
Thomas Torquemada Thorn (Born Thomas A. Lockyear, II) was born August 2nd, 1964 in Madison, WI. He is best-known as co-founder of, and lead vocalist for, the Industrial/Metal band The Electric Hellfire Club.

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". 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.

Thorn relocated to the Florida Keys in 2004 where he continues to pursue creative endeavors including music, painting, and writing. He remains active in the Church of Satan (he was ordained by its founder Anton Szandor LaVey in August 1997) and is rumored to be making preparations for a reunion of The Electric Hellfire Club.

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