Hammerlock

Since Hammerlock’s formation in the mid-‘90s, reviewers have already been finding interesting methods to describe the energy trio’s Southern-friend sound. Hammerlock continues to be called from a punk edition of Lynyrd Skynyrd to a redneck metallic band, as well as the clothing definitely includes a special, fresh-sounding method of fusing alternate metal, Southern rock and roll, and punk. Getting a multitude of influences towards the desk, Hammerlock is a raucous, forceful, in-your-face mixture of Motörhead, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Outlaws, and Dark Flag — an improbable combination, but one which works very well, and one which has gained the threesome a little yet extremely faithful and enthusiastic cult pursuing. Hammerlock was not headlining large sports activities arenas, if the group takes on a small golf club, the hardcore followers who arrive tend to become incredibly interested in becoming there. Hammerlock was created in SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA in 1995, when the husband-and-wife group of Travis (acoustic guitar, vocals) and Liza Kenney (bass, vocals) got the ball moving. The Kenneys required a drummer, and the individual they finished up employing was Marco Beltran. Right from the start, Hammerlock went for any redneck picture — the Kenneys thrived on redneck stereotypes, and Travis Kenney cherished the stereotype from the hell-raisin’, shotgun-totin’, whiskey-drinkin’ outlaw. SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, obviously, isn’t precisely known because of its surplus of great ol’ boys, which might clarify why the Kenneys did well for the reason that town — Hammerlock is indeed atypical of Bay Region bands and North Californians appeared to love the actual fact that they dared to vary. But after Hammerlock began to tour and record, they truly became a lot more than just a regional Bay Region attraction; Hammerlock struck a chord with great ol’ boys all around the USA. And the actual fact that Hammerlock’s associates resided in the Bay Region didn’t appear to harm their great ol’ guy (and in Liza’s case, great ol’ gal) qualifications; fans could show that, like comedian Jeff Foxworthy, these were laughing with rednecks instead of laughing at them. It’s all a matter of framework; white rapper Eminem can accept stereotypical pictures of inner-city hip-hop lifestyle and still order respect in the rap globe because it is normally obvious that he’s expressing solidarity and respect — rather than laughing at Ice-T, Snoop Doggy Dogg, As well Brief or Dr. Dre, he’s determining with them. And likewise, Hammerlock’s country-fried steel/punk/Southern rock and roll boogie isn’t ridiculing rednecks, it really is celebrating them and placing them through to a pedestal. It had been in the past due ‘90s that Hammerlock began documenting. In 1997, the trio agreed upon with Man’s Wreck Records (a little independent label located in SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA) and documented the one “Knock Her Out”/”Battlefield.” Hammerlock’s debut record, American Asshole, premiered by Man’s Mess up in 1998. That discharge was accompanied by Hammerlock’s second record, Anthems for Outlaws, in 2000. From then on, Hammerlock still left Man’s Mess up and signed using the Philadelphia-based Metal Cage Information, which released Hammerlock’s third record, Barefoot and Pregnant, in 2001.