Kevin Feller, rhythm guitarist and one of Thunderstruck’s two founding members, is the only person in this five-piece lineup who actually saw Bon Scott front AC/DC on a live stage. That biographical detail sits at the center of what Thunderstruck: America’s AC/DC Tribute is trying to do: not simply replicate the songs, but reconstruct the experience for everyone who never got the chance.
About the Show
Thunderstruck plays The Showroom at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona on Friday, December 4 at 8 p.m. The Louisville, Kentucky-based band, officially established in 2015 (though they note earlier configurations of the group preceded that date), has spent the better part of a decade building a national touring operation rather than a regional bar-circuit presence. The December 4 date lands near the end of a nine-city fall and winter run stretching across multiple states.
The five-piece operates with explicit role assignments: Kyle LaPato on lead guitar in the Angus Young slot, Feller on rhythm in Malcolm’s position, Chris Jones (a founding member alongside Feller) on bass, and Corey Baetz on drums. Handling vocals is Bobby Lee Stamper, who has been working in the music industry for more than 20 years and brings touring credentials alongside Jackyl, White Lion, Black Stone Cherry, and Skid Row. Stamper covers both Bon Scott and Brian Johnson vocal ranges within the same set — the full sweep of AC/DC’s classic catalog.
The band’s stated mission is to deliver “The Spirit of AC/DC,” and the approach is methodical: they describe obsessing over song tones, structures, live performance energy, and gear selection to produce something closer to an AC/DC concert experience than a loose tribute show. They’ve worked with Live Nation and House of Blues and carry the distinction, by their own account, of being the only AC/DC tribute act in the U.S. with a major national brand sponsor. WPDH 101.4 described their show as “the power and entertainment of a genuine AC/DC show.”
Venue & Logistics
The Showroom at Turning Stone Resort Casino sits in Verona, part of the central New York entertainment corridor. The venue touts state-of-the-art sound and lighting alongside what it calls “the most comfortable seating of any other theater in the area,” the kind of production infrastructure a high-volume tribute act needs to fully sell the illusion. Show time is 8 p.m.
Tickets
Tickets go on sale August 21. No ticket price was available from sources at the time of publication. Buy tickets