A crowd-pleasing six-piece rock band consisting of Steve Blexrud (vocals and
lead guitar), Bruce Paquette (vocals and harmonica), Craig Paquette (vocals, rhythm and slide guitar), Bill Godin (keyboards), Brad McDonald (bass guitar), and Erik Jacobson (drums).

"Our original songs are inspired by an eclectic mix of rock, prog rock, folk-rock, blues and jazz-rock, with extended jams sometimes thrown in. We play some cover material too, but our own songs are what drive our ambitions. Some say we sound a little like The Allman Brothers, The Eagles, sometimes Grateful Dead or Neil Young. Sometimes Blues Traveler or Wallflowers. I don't know really, listen to our music...you decide".

Thunderheads have a new album out; Can't Stop Time, and the band is very excited to release and perform this collection of great new original songs.

In 1994, with the addition of keyboards to the band, along with a flurry of songwriting and rehearsing that would result in the release of their first album, Primitive Hope, Thunderheads was formed.
With their superbly crafted songs, crisp vocal harmonies, and epic guitar and keyboard passages, Thunderheads create a unique sound that "seems to suggest southern rock meets Sting" according to a review of the band's first CD by Kurt Koehler. The CD, Primitive Hope now only available through email on this website, or at the band's gigs), also received very good reviews from the StarTribune and other local newspapers.
The album received airplay on 92 KQRS and Cities 97's local music shows, as well. Primitive Hope was “one of the best local releases of 1996” according to Cities 97’s Bill DeVille who at the time hosted the local music show there.

Appreciated for their fine live performances and being influenced by a variety of great artists and groups, Thunderheads are winning new fans at every gig. Besides performing some of the band's own material at each show, they often include tunes by Little Feat, Grateful Dead, Dire Straits, Allman Brothers, Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, Pink Floyd, Sting, Neil Young, and many more. Click on the "Listen" link above to see a songlist and hear the band.