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Schwindy’s indie music spotlight: Hammerlock

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View all » Hammerlock is a band from Oakland that I first heard on (Anyone? Anyone?) Radio Free Bakersfield. (Seriously, tune in this podcast because Whore-hay has impeccable musical tastes.) It doesn’t take long to figure out what Hammerlock is all about: loud and fast guitars, growling vocals, a drummer that sounds like he is trying to beat his kit into submission. Oh, and a healthy iconoclastic spirit.

In the first song of Let the Bad Times Roll, the band enacts someone being arrest for a thought crime in a society where people are not allowed to think for themselves. Kind of gives you a good idea of what the band thinks of the times we live in, doesn’t it? It isn’t long before the iconoclastic spirit manifests itself again. In “Felt That Way for a Day,” the band laments that people only repeat what they hear on their color TVs. If you’ve ever worked in an office, you’ll know how close this is to the truth.

The greatest example of the spirit of this band is “I Reject It.” In this song, the band sings about many things it rejects. First and foremost on the list is how it rejects the “crap Hollywood shoves down our throats. “The list also includes the current socio-economic situation, lies told by journalists, and many more things.

If you were to ask me what one band Hammerlock reminds me of, I would tell you without hesitation: Nine Pound Hammer. this is a band that plays high-octane rock with some serious growl both in the lyrics and the attitude. To put it another way, this is music for pumping your fist and stompin’ the old boots. It is also good for blaring out of your car windows as you cruise down the highway. If you’re tired of watered-down, generic bands, and you’ve been looking for a band that truly rocks, do yourself a favor and add Let the Bad Times Roll to your collection.

Black Label Society,Hammerlock

Black Label Society
Hammerlock
@ The Regency Ball Room
Friday Dec 16th 2011
1290 Sutter St.
San Francisco, CA 94109

Shirts Are Here !!!! July 2011

Hey We have a new Batch of Limited Shirts Get um while the gettins good check our Hammerlock Shop Page

Get hammerlock at Inter Punk

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Hey The Cd Version of Singles,Splits,comps and outtakes is sold for know, you can still get it on itunes.
On itunes “Let the Bad Times Roll”
Hammerlock

Release Date: Jun 22, 2010
Genre: Rock
…? 2010 Colorado Mountain Goat Records

UP COMMING SHOWS

May 25th 2012 w The Hookers
3629 MLK
@ Elis Mile High Club
Oakland ,CA

June 6th -2012 with Agence the Grain
@ The Stork Club
2330 Telegraph Ave
Oakland Ca.

June 16th-2012 with Zeke
@ The Uptown
1928 Telegraph Avenue Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 451-8100

Friday March 2nd 2012
630 3rd St @ MLK
@ Oakland Metro
Oakland,CA 94607

Thirsday Feb 16th – 2012
@ Burnt Ramen
333 Espee Richmond ca

DEC 16th -2011
Black Label Society, Hammerlock @ The Regency Ball Room. SF,CA 8pm

Sept 9-2011
Hammerlock playin with The Flat Tires from Hickory SC @ Elis Mile High Club
3629 Martin Luther King jr blvd
Oakland Ca

Sept. 30th 2011
Hattiesburg, MS
1st night of Before I Hang’s 20th Year Anniversary Blowout

Hammerlock Fall Tour 2011
Sept 25 AZ , TBA
Sept 27 , San Antoyno,TX
Sept 28 , TBA
Sept 29,Austin TX
…Sept 30,Hattisburg,MS @
Oct 1,Atlanta,GA @ The Gravity Pub 1257 Glenwood Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30316-1964 · Get Directions
Phone +1 (404) 627-5555

Oct 2,Anderson,SC @ Larrys Bar
Oct 5, Charlott,NC TBA
Now lookin for shows in
Knoxville
Jackson
Memphus
Oaklahoma
Colorado
Hammerlock playing June 25 @ Liberatia Punk Rock Camping !!!!!!

June 18 @ The Oakland Aviation Museum
F Cancer Run
hosted by the Oakland Stroke MC
http://www.oaklandstrokemc.com/ www.oaklandaviationmuseum.org/
8252 Earhart Rd
Oakland, California 94621
(510) 638-7100

Let The Bad Times Roll

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OUT NOW !!!!! on 12 inch Vinyl Lp
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