Thor – Demos & Lost Treasures (2014)

Even by heavy metal’s innately freaky standards, the artist known as Thor was an absolute superfreak! Straight-faced Norse god impersonator, semi-professional bodybuilder, on-stage wrestler, all-around performance artist (known to bend a steel bar between his teeth!), sometime actor, and, oh yeah, even occasional rock & roll singer, Thor (full fake name Jon Mikl Thor) was a Vancouver, Canada, native with a flair for both theater and music.
Although most heavy metal fans would only become aware of his antics in the mid-’80s, the roots of Thor’s act hail all the way back to the early ’70s, when the still teenaged winner of the Mr. Junior Canada bodybuilding title decided to parlay his sudden celebrity into a full-on character based on the ubiquitous Viking god of thunder…

1. Forever and After (1982 Demo) 03:24
2. I Am Thunderhawk (1986 Demo) 04:14
3. March of the Thor Corps (1983 Demo) 03:42
4. Phantoms (1983 Demo) 03:21
5. Ride Away from You (Unreleased Track 1981) 03:11
6. Come On (Unreleased Track 1987) 03:54
7. Chariots (1983 Demo) 04:24
8. Back for Blood (1983 Demo) 04:30
9. Anger Is My Middle Name (1981 Demo) 03:20
10. Here Comes the New York Knight (1986 Demo) 04:06
11. Raise Hell (1983 Demo) 03:59
12. Fight for You (1987 Demo) 02:32
13. All Evil in My Path (1983 Demo) 03:16
14. When Bats Fly High (1986 Demo) 04:46

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