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JUAN JOHN PRODUCTIONS - US INTERLOCK MANAGEMENT / KAHLER ENDORSEMENT / BAREKNUCKLE PICKUPS ENDORSEMENT / TOMMY VEXT PIC / CRISIS//REVINVENTION FRENCH REVIEW / NEW INTERLOCK TATTOO / SYAN DJ DATE / HAL'S LEECH WOMAN DATES
it's been a while, but then we've been spending a fair bit of time underground testing our resistance to various poisons, battling dwarves and writing a masterpiece, so...
JUAN JOHN PRODUCTIONS - US INTERLOCK MANAGEMENT
arguably the linchpin & uncontested highlight of the 'trans-atlantic tour 2007' was the all ages show in kasson, minnesota which had interlock perform to a sports hall filled with some of the most raging & relentless young nutbags the band have ever seen. the man responsible for this frenzy and its beyond-streamlined organisation, dick friction of juan john productions, has (we are honestly overjoyed to say) just been confirmed as 'part of the family' and now stands as interlock's representation, stateside.
for all US bookings, management & administration please message via myspace or email here.
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KAHLER ENDORSEMENT
our latest recruit and shred icon in the making, mart, has now been confirmed as a kahler recording artist. pioneers in the field of floating tremolo units, kahler's products are also used by many a muso, including messrs. hanneman & king of slayer - although choice of trems is where our similarities with the seminal thrashers abruptly come to an end. after all, as kerry himself so eloquently inferred; you wouldn't want to get stuck in a lift with him, the great huggly bear of a man that he is.
mart's choice of the 2217 series trem unit in a chrome finish is currently being fitted to his ESP LTD steph carpenter 7 string baritone, replacing its original hardtail format, paving the way for his tech-death lead stylings just in time for the recording of the forthcoming 'parasite' album. yes, you heard a'right - guitar leadwork in interlock. watch this space.
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BAREKNUCKLE PICKUPS ENDORSEMENT
to confuse matters further, hal has lately 'shaken hands' with the godfather of passive pickup technology; tim mills of bareknuckle pickups. the choice of a myriad of artists including lenny kravitz & chris broderick, our frontman has opted for a pair of nailbomb 7s to aid in the writing process of our next album, having just been installed into his ibanez RG7620 (which itself was last owned by machinochrist) by none other than james mcilroy, apparently whilst wearing trousers woven from the eyelashes of jimi hendrix, ironed by satan. it's all gone a bit rock family trees.
those interlock fans slightly more elephantine-of-memory may suggest that this recent business partnership is a reaction against the glaring "he's not a musician, he's a singer" 'comment' levied allegedly by terrorizer's then editor in the 2006 reader's polls concerning hal's appearance in the 'best musician' category. our frontman has come forward to confirm that this is not the case, but that jonathan - he still knows where you live. concrete boots. tonight you sleep with the fish.
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TOMMY VEXT PIC
we had our suspicions - there was rumour of divine heresy having as solid a dress sense as they had riffs, but now the truth is out…
behold, tommy vext, singer for fear factory's ex axeman dino cazares & tech death drum legend tim yeung, wearing the very best in metal t-shirt finery, pictured here with none other than interlock's US manager, dick friction. other band prints, commemorative shirts & assorted sundries from the same line can be found here, although we must advise that you consider becoming a double-hard, rock-as-stone monolith before considering yourself capable of pulling off the manner with which young master vext sports our logo.
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CRISIS//REVINVENTION FRENCH REVIEW
there's life in the old lady yet! it would appear that our debut album, 'crisis//reinvention' demands press attention still, with imm3moria collectif/webzine having turned their focus to our incendiary 2005 piece with great results, the original of which can be seen here.
ever mindful of our slightly less linguistic readers, we can offer you a translation provided by the tri-lingual smile machine otherwise known as total rock radio's maz star (who, incidentally, had provided on-the-spot translation for both our singers during their slot at hellfest this summer in france) here.
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NEW INTERLOCK TATTOO
evidently willing to 'take one for the team' and endure a good hard inky stabbing in support of our cause, ben 'mohawkgod' of wisconsin has earned himself some major respect & awe on our side by tattooing interlock's logo on his very skin. with all joking aside, we're stunned to see someone do this and can't express enough what it means to us. well done mate, an extra large pint of the fire water shall be yours the next time we're round your way alongside a bevy of other favours that would best remain out of print…
examples of this commitment in ink form can be found in our myspace page's gallery tattoo section, which we're pleased to say is really starting to take a fair old shape.
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SYAN DJ DATE
with the name 'request denied' fast being recognised as london's foremost po-faced purveyor of slamming choons, our very own bass-provocateur, syan, will be spinning her lovely deck at the following night:
dec 21 - club tarantula, sin, charing cross road, LONDON
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HAL'S LEECH WOMAN DATES
as if he had something to prove, our singer shall be performing on guitar throughout the london industrial noise masters leech woman UK mini-tour on the following dates this week:
dec 5 - the green dragon, LONDON
dec 7 - the bierkeller, BRISTOL
dec 8 - subculture, LEEDS
dec 9 - the hive, EDINBURGH