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| Sevenstring.org Interview: John Tyrell of Interlock |
Interview: John Tyrell of Interlock
By Metalfiend666
"Fusing elements of rock, dance, industrial and metal, Interlock have created the new sound of alternative music. The London-based cyber metal sextet boasts a considerable fanbase of loyal audiences, both across the UK and overseas. Starting life in 1997, founding members John Tyrell (guitars / programming) and Syan (bass) were driven by the need to break the mould encasing the alternative scene and create genuinely new music, unrestricted by genres or preconceived boundaries. This ethos has continued throughout the group's history to become its raison d'etre - innovate / create / evolve. The amalgamation of influences and bridging of musical styles has intensified and grown over the years." - Interlock Official Website
Sevenstring.org: Tell us a bit about yourself.
John Tyrell: I play guitar for London (UK) based cyber metal band Interlock. I also program, produce, create a good proportion of the artwork, and co-manage the band, so yes, I guess I do a lot. We released our debut album "crisis//reinvention" in the UK and certain European countries in 2005 on Anticulture records, but the album is about to have worldwide distribution through Plastic Head. I've been playing since about '91, mainly technical death metal and stuff, but I decided to go down a more industrial, rhythmic and 'song based' route so Interlock was born. I wouldn't say I'm a shredder by any means but I try and play slightly differently to most other people by experimenting with other ways of getting sound out of the guitar; ebows and vibrators have both made an appearance on "crisis//reinvention". I guess I'm more of a rhythm guitarist as I've honed my abilities to try and become as tight and accurate and capable of playing strange timings, odd time signatures, whatever sounds good and challenging.
SS: Interlock has very much been your baby from the start. What do you feel have been the key elements to the bands development so far?
JT: Yeah, it has been really. I've been the main instigator of the direction the band has taken. My first ads for musicians went along the lines of "Need the following - bassist, drummer, male singer, female singer, programmer, violinist.... must be open minded". We dropped the violin thing as programming can deal with that side of things, but it's essentially been that formula from day one. Syan (bass) has been one of the only other constants in the band whilst we've found a group of people capable of doing what is written and broadminded enough to do anything we want to, without being worried about convention. The main point of Interlock is to be anything and everything the band members want it to be. Why can't we cross elements of drum and bass with tech-metal and come up with something new and different? No boundaries, but being tasteful and retaining good songs. That's what it's all about.
SS: You've recorded and produced all of Interlock's recordings yourself, and your day job is as a recording engineer. Do you have any tips on the recording & mixing process to share with us?
JT: Well, recording is really something that you need to learn. As much as there are really cool tools and programs out there now to help you do almost anything, you still need to train your ears. And the way you do that is listen, muck about with sound, listen more....... [Read More]
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