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Jon Mikl Thor (born 1953) is a bodybuilding champion, actor, songwriter, screenwriter, historian, vocalist and musician. As a bodybuilder, he was the first Canadian to win both the Mr. Canada and Mr. USA titles. During his bodybuilding career, he has achieved over 40 titles around the world. As a musician, he is the front man for the successful heavy metal band Thor, billing himself as "The Legendary Rock Warrior". He has also has had career in acting appearing in such films as ''Recruits'', ''Zombie Nightmare'', ''Fubar'', and ''Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare''. ==Music career== Jon Mikl Thor started touring as frontman for the band Thor in 1973. He combined strength feats, props, costumes and showmanship with music: his feats included bending solid steel bars in his teeth and having solid concrete blocks smashed off his chest with a sledgehammer. Jon Mikl Thor created the "THOR T in Shield Logo" in 1973 which would become the copyright and trademark for the band. Thor toured Canada and the US throughout the 1970s and 1980s. In 1976, Thor performed on American national television with his appearance on ''The Merv Griffin Show''. Shortly after, Jon recorded the album ''Keep the Dogs Away'' in 1976–77 through his own company God Of Thunder Productions. The album was licensed to RCA and released in early 1978. Jon appeared on the cover artwork as "Thor The Rock Warrior", holding back four dobermans. In February 1984 Thor performed at the Marquee in London, England, to great reaction from the audience which included Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin. The review in ''Kerrang'' magazine proclaimed "He Came, He Thor, He Conquered". The reception of that show launched Thor's career to a new level. He then licensed recordings to Albion Records. Albion released songs such as "Thunder On The Tundra" and "Let The Blood Run Red" which went to #1 on the UK Rock Charts. Thor toured throughout the UK performing at such concerts as the Great Yarmouth Festival and released albums such as "Only The Strong" and "Recruits-Wild In The Streets". In 1987, Jon Mikl Thor retired from live performances and started to write and produce films as well as forming his own record label. By 1997 he had returned to the recording studio and started to make live appearances with the release of ''Ride Of The Chariots''. More albums followed from 1998 to 2009. In 2004 Jon Mikl Thor was voted one of the top 100 greatest frontmen of all time in ''Classic Rock Magazine'' by an international panel of journalists as. In 2005 Thor signed with Smog Veil Records and released ''Thor Against The World'' followed by ''Devastation Of Musculation'' in 2006. In 2009, Thor signed on to the label Vulcan Sky Records, and released the albums ''Unchained'' and ''Sign of the V''. The same year he played with his bandmates Steve Price, Mike Favata, and Ben Perman at the Sweden Rock Festival and Muskelrock Festival in Sweden and the Sauna Open Air Festival in Finland. In 2011, Thor embarked on a tour of Scandinavia from May 31 to June 7, with Frank Soda on guitar, Savage Watts on drums and Killer Kilby on bass. He played at DOM in Helsinki on June 1st, performing his live rock opera and showcasing his latest film ''Thor - The Rock Opera''; then, he revisited the Muskelrock Festival in Alvesta, Sweden from June 2nd to June 4th. After months in the studio recording the 2012 album ''Thunderstryke'' for Rock Saviour Records in Germany, Thor returned to live performing by headlining the Armstrong Metal Fest 2012 at Hassen Arena. "Thunderstryke"(2012) and "Thunderstryke II" (2013) were released to rave reviews and commercial success worldwide. In 2013, Thor signed with Cleopatra Records in Los Angeles, California and released a CD/DVD deluxe edition of ''Only The Strong'' in May 2014. This package includes additional unreleased bonus tracks and lost live footage. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jon Mikl Thor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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