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Thor — Into The Noise

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Legendary rock warrior Thor is known for two things: his bodybuilding (which he's won plenty of trophies for) and his role as the lead singer of a heavy metal band. His newest musical endeavor, Into The Noise, is reason enough for him to perhaps stick to the bodybuilding. Opening track "Thor's Revenge" is a shredtacular introduction to...
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Thor Movie Coming

Who has massive muscles, long blond hair, fights with the strength of countless men and can strike people dead with the lightning power of his hammer?Thor, of course.Rock N Roll Nightmare — Son Of Thor is a feature-length film that's currently in production in Canada, Florida and California, starring none other than Canadian rocker and...
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Bodybuilders Unite!: Thor Asks Arnold Schwarzenegger To Help Him Avoid Volcanic Ash Cloud

It appears not even Thor, who has "been copied, but never equalled" and boasts biceps that are three times the size of your child's cranium, can best Eyjafjallajokull on his own. That's the name of the Icelandic volcano that's been causing havoc because of the ash it's emitted into the air, disrupting air travel to Europe since last...
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Pumping: Jon Mikl Thor - Sign Of The V

By now anyone who cares knows about the song Thor wrote for the Vancouver Canucks, "V Is For Victory." But we found something on here way, way, WAY more important — "Pump Energy Man." It takes someone on the vanguard to use the forum of hard rock to explain the pitfalls of modern eating habits. Thank you, Thor, for letting...
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Victory Belongs To Thor And Canucks

Mighty marketer Jon Mikl Thor is muscling in on the Vancouver Canucks' Stanley Cup playoff run with the "Vancouver Millionaires" single/video and his new Vulcan Sky Records album, Sign Of The V. The record was originally scheduled to come out next year to coincide with the Olympics being staged in Thor's hometown, but the Canucks...
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Buble And Thor Are Very Close

Jazz/pop crooner Michael Buble and muscular music icon Thor now have one degree of separation. No, it’s not their power over the ladies that unites them, but their influence over a group of tough, sweaty men: the Western Hockey League's Vancouver Giants. Buble has joined the Giants' ownership group along with majority owner Ron Toigo and co-...
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Thor Wants Canadian Fame

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Try as some might, you can't keep this dog away. Or down, for that matter. Thor is renowned for his muscular heavy music and stature, and the carnival-esque rocker recently celebrated 30 years of tight spandex, feats of strength and blasting rock by re-releasing hia Keep The Dogs Away debut on CD for the first time. He recently put down the...
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Thor Wants In Hall Of Fame

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Thor has recorded more than 20 albums, done countless world tours, made 10 films, won the Mr. Canada, Mr. USA and Mr. Universe bodybuilding titles, made a legendary appearance on the Merv Griffin show before millions of viewers, has an upcoming movie based on his life, a cartoon series called Triton The Intercessor and has revived the Vancouver...
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Pumping: Thor — Keep The Dogs Away

We've always loved Thor because he's strong, ridiculous and can (and should) totally hook us up with Vancouver Millionaires merch. That said, we've never really listened to much of his music. Now that we have, we can genuinely say it ain't bad. It's about on par with early "blues period" Judas Priest or tougher, yet-pre-'80s Alice Cooper...
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Thor Brings Back Vancouver Millionaires

It's impressive enough that Jon Mikl Thor can bend iron bars with his teeth, blow up hot water bottles, produce and star in movies and make metal music, but now he's resurrecting a long gone, but apparently not forgotten, hockey team. Thor is also the president and founder of the Vancouver Millionaires Sports Ltd. sportswear company, and has...
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Thor Keepin' Dogs Away

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Thor will re-release their classic 1974 debut album, Keep The Dogs Away, on Nov. 11. The album will be released on CD for the first time in celebration of its 30th anniversary, and will come with seven bonus tracks. Keep The Dogs Away got rave reviews from publications like Rolling Stone, Cream and Punk Magazine when it was originally released...
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Thor Set To Show His Championship Form On Into The Noise

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The almighty Thor has won almost every bodybuilding title known to mere mortals, so it's no surprise that he'll be part of Saturday's "Night Of The Champions" at Vancouver's Backstage Lounge. The steel-bending Jon Mikl Thor will perform songs from his forthcoming Into The Noise album on a potentially life-changing bill that also...
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Vancouver Buzz: Thor Devastates While He Musculates

Proving his might beyond the physical demands of bending iron bars and non-stop rocking, the mighty Thor is set to endure a lengthy five-month tour in support of his latest album, Devastation Of Musculation. Things kick off on June 30 in Kelowna, and he'll play a few B.C. dates before heading to Alberta and then dipping into the U.S. The all-...
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New Thor Album Could Make Your Arm Explode

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The mighty Thor is ready to rock the world again. Devastation Of Musculation was recorded and produced over a five-month period by Jon Mikl Thor and Mike Kischnick (Empyria, Severed Serenity) at Iron Works Studios in Kelowna, B.C. and will be released on July 25. Thor handled lead vocals, Kischnick played guitars and keyboards, Ogron was on...
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More Thor, Unknown Instructors And Pere Ubu To Emerge From Smog Veil

New albums from Canadian musical muscleman Thor, The Minutemen's rhythm section and underground legends Pere Ubu are on tap this year from Smog Veil Records. The Chicago-based label, which is distributed in Canada by Zing/KOCH and FAB, is building on an eclectic roster that already includes Rubber City Rebels, Rocket From The Tombs, David...
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The Mighty Thor Storms Canada!

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If you've never heard of rock virtuoso Thor, go over to www.thorcentral.com — you won't be disappointed. Then, come on back here so you can learn all about his new album, comic book and Western Canada tour. For those of you who don't want to click on to Thor's domain, rather than try to capture the rock god's style in our own mortal words,...
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