Ultimate Thunder is an eight-piece Leeds-based post-experimental, post-punk, post-disco, band.
Formed in 2013, the band was supported by Pyramid for ten years before becoming independent. They received enormous support from Leeds musicians and the local community to help self-fund their second album. The band features Mathew Watson (frontman), John Densley (percussionist), James Heselwood (guitarist), Kenneth Stainburn (guitar and synth), Scott Anderson (drummer), Alex Sykes (keyboardist), John Greaves (bassist) and Stuart Illingworth (synth).
Predominately made up of people with learning disabilities, the band has released two studio albums and is set to release their debut Christmas song this month – and our Patreon members get to hear it first!
Their Christmas single drops on Wednesday, 4 December 2024, and will be available to stream on all platforms and available for purchase from Bandcamp. All sales from their Christmas song will be donated to Pyramid.
Find out more about this Leeds-based punk band that’s disrupting the music industry:
Ultimate Thunder: The disability rock band who ‘blow people away’ – BBC News
Ultimate Thunder: Music industry rallies to help Leeds rock band – BBC News
Ultimate Thunder: A Spider Will Come To Eat Your Flesh – Review – ALBUM OF THE WEEK / MONTH!
Ultimate Thunder: The most punk-rock band in Britain – Big Issue
It’s Not Christmas Yet by Ultimate Thunder
Enjoy this Patreon-exclusive first listen to Ultimate Thunder’s debut Chrismas single It’s Not Christmas Yet. Click here to listen to the song.
The Christmas single will officially release on Wednesday, 4th December on streaming platforms and will be available to purchase from Bandcamp.
All sales from their Christmas song will be donated to Pyramid which will support our work with artists who have learning disabilities and/or autism.
Song courtesy of Ultimate Thunder.
Behind the scenes with Ultimate Thunder
Ultimate Thunder came together to bring us some post-punk festive joy this Christmas. The result? The grumpiest Christmas classic yet.
Unsurprisingly, not all the band members were fans of Christmas and they brought their tongue-in-cheek lyrics to the table. Forget jingle bells and Christmas dinner (yuck). This song is all about the (very) long festive period filled with absurd traditions that often seem out of place in our day-to-day lives.
Because after all, it’s not Christmas yet.
Photos courtesy of Ultimate Thunder
Lyrics for It’s Not Christmas Yet
It’s Not Christmas Yet by Ultimate Thunder
Christmas Song
Reindeer, Christmas Tree, Snowman, Santa Claus
Go on get the Christmas spirit
Christmas pudding, Christmas cracker ah ah ay, what?
Ay, ay, ay Christmas dinner, Yuck
Don’t like blummin’ reindeers
Christmas Cake, For god sake
No, No,
It’s not Christmas yet
Nope, not Christmas yet
I know it’s not Christmas yet
Not a Christmas yet
A dog woo woo wee
Christmas fire
Saturday night, movie night
Go get the rabbit, come on
Dolphin, what?
Tiny rabbit hutch
Time for Christmas
Christmas begins
When the snowman comes
Christmas Claus for you all
Come on, it’s not Rudolph you know
No, No,
It’s not Christmas yet
It’s too early for Christmas
Urrrrrrrgh disgusting
No, No,
It’s not Christmas yet
Nope, not Christmas yet
I know it’s not Christmas yet
It’s not Christmas
I’ll not tell you again
You Christmas pudding
Not Christmas yet
Santa Claus, what you doing up there for?
It’s not Christmas yet, get out of here
It’s not Christmas yet, go to work
It’s not Christmas yet
It’s not Christmas yet
Ohhhh no
It’s not Christmas yet
It’s not Christmas
Lyrics and photo courtesy of Ultimate Thunder
