Thundercat is the stage name of Stephen Lee Bruner, an American bass guitarist, performer, producer, and songwriter born on October 19, 1984, in Los Angeles. He became well-known as a member of the crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies.
He also collaborated with producer Flying Lotus on Kendrick Lamar’s 2015 album To Pimp a Butterfly. Since then, he has released four solo studio albums.
Bruner is most frequently spotted playing his Ibanez Custom Shop model bass, which has a hollowed-out maple body, six strings tuned to BEADGC, a five-piece maple/jatoba neck, and a rosewood fingerboard. It makes use of MIDI program In/Out, Graph Tech Ghost piezo saddles, and EMG magnetic pickups.
Is Thundercat in Starwars?
Yes, the latest Star Wars series on Disney+, The Book of Boba Fett, features Thundercat in his acting debut. He makes an appearance as The Modifier, a body moderator, in “Chapter 4 – The Gathering Storm.”
After providing the voice of “Grune The Destroyer” and writing a song for Cartoon Network’s cartoon series Thundercats Roar, he now plays his first on-screen acting role.