during the early years of the band. Les Claypool Calum Hood of 5 Seconds of Summer uses a Thunderbird, primarily on the Meet You There tour in 2018. Overend Watts of Mott The Hoople Glenn Cornick of Jethro Tull played several Gibson Thunderbird and non-reverse Thunderbird basses. His non-reverse Thunderbird bass was stolen while on tour in 1970. Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth used a sunburst 1976 Gibson Thunderbird Bass which she bought in 1988 and was also used frequently by her former husband and bandmate Thurston Moore. She stopped using it live in favour of her BC Rich during the Goo era, though it did show up at a few shows. It was used for the recording of "Dirty", however, and many 'Dirty' tour shows in '92. She also used it for the recording of "Sonic Nurse". Jim used it for the Nurse tour, and Kim revisited it for the entirety of the "Daydream Nation" shows they did, except for 'Eliminator' which she played on her EB bass. Still used on the Eternal tour. Krist Novoselic of Nirvana uses a Gibson Ripper bass and a Gibson Thunderbird bass. Duff McKagan of Guns N' Roses Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe Peter Hook of New Order Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead and Hawkwind used a Thunderbird fairly much, but stopped using it in favor of his signature model Rickenbacker basses. Steve Harbin of Frech & Co uses a Thunderbird regularly. George "Pops" Chambers of The Chambers Brothers Michael Bradford Kim Deal of Pixies Adam Clayton of U2 Nikki Monninger of Silversun Pickups, exclusively plays Gibson Thunderbirds except when she needs an acoustic bass. Héctor Mejía of Mr. Hectárea and Rigtus Jared Followill of Kings Of Leon Oscar Keating of Man-Eater Soup Tyson Ritter of The All American Rejects plays a Gibson Thunderbird bass. Ritter has stated that it is one of his favorite basses to play. Walter Becker of Steely Dan played a Gibson Thunderbird bass on the albums Can't Buy a Thrill and Countdown to Ecstasy. Jimmy Bain of Rainbow played a Gibson Thunderbird bass on the albums Rainbow Rising and Long Live Rock 'n' Roll. Pete Way used a Gibson Thunderbird bass during his tenures in Fastway and UFO. John Entwistle of The Who used various Gibson Thunderbird basses from 1971 to about 1976. His first bass was a non-reverse orange Thunderbird, and he also played at least 2 1964