AC/DC · 1990 · drums by Chris Slade
Thunderstruck
From The Razors Edge. Beginner · Straight · rock
Tempo
134BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Straight
- Tempo band
- 120–150
- Difficulty
- Beginner
"Work up to it" opens the tempo trainer at 104 and climbs to 134 in steps of four every eight bars. Members get the climb; everyone gets the click. "Play the groove" opens the beat itself in the Groove Lab.
What the drums do
Kick on every quarter note under the guitar tapping, then the beat lands and never changes: four on the floor, snare on two and four, hi-hat eighths. The whole difficulty is doing that for five minutes at exactly the same volume and speed. That is the AC/DC job.
Beginner: A steady beat and a fill or two — first-gig material.
Chris Slade
- Read the Chris Slade feature →Who they are, how they play, and what to listen to next.
- Chris Slade's drum rig in the Rig Vault →The kit, snare, cymbals and hardware, era by era — look for the 1990 setup.
- Log the sessionNote the BPM you got it clean at, and next time starts from there.
More Chris Slade songs
All 2 Chris Slade songs at tempo →
- Moneytalks123
Songs at about 134 BPM
Practise these together: one click, several songs.