Artist · chart history
Thermals
Band Portland United States Active 2002–2018
Thermals formed in 2002 in Portland, United States and was active until 2018. Thermals has 3 chart appearances on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 2004–2024. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “A Pillar Of Salt”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #837. The station that charted Thermals most often is 107.7 The End (Seattle, WA), with 1 appearance. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2004.
The Thermals came roaring out of Portland, Oregon, in 2002, a punk band built around Hutch Harris and Kathy Foster, with a revolving cast of bandmates passing through beside them. Kill Rock Stars was home base, and the formula was gloriously simple: fuzzed-out guitars, lo-fi grit, hooks you could shout along to after one listen, and songs that barely stopped for breath.
Fuckin A arrived in 2004, buzzing and scrappy, and "How We Know" made the countdowns that year. Then they got ambitious without getting any slower. The Body, the Blood, the Machine, in 2006, leaned hard into the political and religious imagery that ran through their songs, and it still sounded like a band bashing it out in a basement. "Here's Your Future" came off that record, and it's still turning up on the countdowns.
The band carried on with Westin Glass in the lineup before calling it quits in 2018.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Thermals on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Pillar Of Salt | 1 | #837 | – | – | |
| 2 | Here's Your Future | 1 | #661 | – | – | |
| 3 | How We Know | 1 | #74 | – | 2004 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 837 | A Pillar Of Salt | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century |
| 2024 | 661 | Here's Your Future | The Best Opening Tracks of All Time |
| 2004 | 74 | How We Know | The End Top 77 Songs of 2004 |
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