Thunder Down Under is a live album by the San Diego, California rock band Hot Snakes, released in 2006 by Swami Records.

Recorded live in an Australian radio studio in 2005, the 13 discordant post-everything masterpieces on Thunder Down Under careen into one another like demolition derby participants [...]"[1] Mike Diver went as far as to write that "[e]ven posthumously, Hot Snakes render The Pistols and their sound-alike spawn of today every bit as sincere and passionate as a Louis Walsh-bred boyband.

"[6] "Every bit as loud, obnoxious, and great as Fear or the Germs, but without sounding retro, Hot Snakes played fast and died young [...]" wrote Jimmy Newlin, "Thunder Down Under, a live recording for Australian radio, is an explosive self-eulogy.

"[5] A slightly less favorable review came from Jason Crock, who found fault with the fact that the performances did not differ much from their studio counterparts ("weren't their albums essentially live in-the-studio anyways?")

and criticized the sound ("The bass is lost behind the clarity of the twin guitars, and the drums are somewhat muffled, nowhere close to the expertly-recorded rhythm section on the band's fine three-album run.")