Travis Kenney: Guitar and vocals, Liza Kenney:Bass and vocals,
Mikey Kingshill: Drums
Influences
HAMMERLOCK DVD Volume 1
For the first time ever!!! Rare and never seen footage of Hammerlock from 1995 to 1999. early shows drunken practices,passed out bartenders, edited videos, and live shows. video and audio quality vary's throughout but every minute is action packed. from the Bands privet video vault. limited quality for a limited time. 40 minutes long. Includes shows from the kilowatt ,the cocdri , Union hall,the tip top,and the Covered Wagon. SF,CA
$10.00 postage paid in us..add $2.00 in Canada and $4.00 oversees
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Travis Kenney
PO Box 72031
Oakland,CA 94612
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CLASSIC ROCK MAGAZINE
The new issue of Classic ... Hollering Shitkicker Outlaw Country and Blistering Redneck Punk
Yep, it must be another Sleazegrinder blog entry. This week, from the Band Most Likely To Be In Jail Right Now Dept.
Hammerlock are from San Francisco, but you would never guess that in a trillion years. You'd guess Alabama or wherever they shot the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Texas, I suppose). They are a troublesome trio consisting of husband and wife team Travis and Liza Kenney , and the noise they make is fearsome and true, a devastating blend of hollering shitkicker outlaw country and blistering redneck punk. Hammerlock are loosely affiliated with the Confederacy of Scum, the southern riot-rock coalition spearheaded by bruisers n' bleeders Antiseen, but, much like myself, their geographical distance from the Mason/Dixon line keeps 'em from being full-fledge scum. Also like myself, they are just part time scum. But Christ, are they mean.
As I mentioned in a recent review of their new "greatest hits" rekkid, "True Grit" (Steel Cage Records), Hammerlock ooze such unreasonable menace that you don't even feel safe listening to their music, never mind watching them play or, god forbid, wandering onto their property. I like that in a band. I also like how fetching Miss Liza is, especially when you know that if you stare too long, Travis will remove your offending orb with a fork and then eat it. (By the way, check out the cover of their "Barefoot and Pregnant" record for a rather amazing photo of Liza in the last stages of pregnancy, wielding a big ol' shotgun. Now, that's heavy!)
Anyway, if you're lookin' for them, they're usually out on the road somewhere shootin' buzzards or hosting benefit shows for one of their down-bros in their backyard (bike wrecks, mostly. Sometimes bail). Wherever they are, you can bet Booze and brawls are not far behind. Just mosey on over to www.Hammerlock.net for the full skinny. In the meantime, here's my fave track from Barefoot and Pregnant, the impossibly snarly Colorado Mountain Goat. Yee fuckin' Haw.
Hammerlock - Colorado Mountain Goat
Posted by Scott Rowley
Wednesday October 18, 2006
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Sounds Like
NEW BFP RERELEASE 3 BONAS TRACKS and a MP4 video
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HAMMERLOCK
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written 3-7-09
It had been almost 15 years since we began playing our mix of 80's hardcore , 70's rock and every kind of country music. Looking back, not a whole lot has changed... not in our belief's and not in our sound. From the beginning in 1995 we were not a band looking for a sound or an identity. We knew where we stood on both counts. We never swayed in any direction from our first release the 'Knock Her Out' 7inch in 1996 on Mans Ruin Records to our latest recording which was done 02-28-09 and 03-01-09 our sound has stayed consistently Hammerlock.
We have always enjoyed what we do and whether the rest of the world felt the same way or not...we never let that affect what we were doing, and we have done a lot. A hand full of southwest of tours by van, enough northeast and southeast fly in shows to give the most seasoned traveler jet lag. They have seen us in the Pacific northwest in two different decades and two different millenniums. Lets not forget our Local shows, which have been some of our best. We have met a lot of people and made a lot of Friends playing in the Bay Area. We've played the Rumblers Car Club SF "Night of the Living Sleds" a staggering 7 years straight. We've played the second, third and fourth Dirtbag Challenge. The founder of the Dirtbag Challenge Wendell Jones once told me that HAMMERLOCK and some of our Friends helped inspire the creation of the Dirtbag Challenge. People have come and gone from our local shows but one thing has not changed, they have always been fun and rowdy with an interesting mix of people.
Our latest studio masterpiece (if i may say so myself and thank a few Friends)] will be our 6Th full length release in addition to several seven inches, a ten inch, and a hand full of comp appearances. All of the early full length releases have been reissued at least once. We were the only West Coast band to be inducted in to the C.O.S.
We have played with some great and legendary bands
ANTiSEEN, Hellstomper, Cocknoose, Roller, The Wreched Ones, Rancid Vat, Lime Cell, The Jabbers, HIT & RUN, ZEKE, JOE BUCK, BEFORE I HANG, Queens of the Stoneage, THE HOOKERS, REO SPEEDEALER, ALTAMONT, ACID KING, UNIDA, Turbo Negro, FU MANCHU, BUCK CHERRY, Flogging Molly, The Lewd, Papa Roach, CHANELL 3, Hammercocks, The Forgotton, THE ADZ, The Bodies, The Stitches, BONECRUSHER, HONKY, FRACAS, The Bulmics,The Mentors, MURDER JUNKIES, Bob Wayne, Lisa Miller and Her Kin and many many more!
We've had a damn good time and our music speaks for itself and states our case better than anything I could put down in type. We are going to keep making our music our way regardless of what anybody else thinks. Hope you like it and if you don't...it's not illegal for you to have bad taste.
Travis Kenney
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Cant Stop War Tshirt - $10.00
Forgotten Range CD - $10.00
True Grit CD - $10.00
Compromise Is For Cowards CD - $10.00
send us a message to make shure we have your size. American Asshole (CD) is completely and totaly SOLD OUT. you can still get most(not all) of the songs from American Asshole, and Anthems for Outlaws on the TRUE GRIT (CD) BareFoot and Pregnant 5 left Anthems For outlaws limited Send cash, check or money order to; HAMMERLOCK DIRECT WAREHOUSE c/o Travis Kenney pobox 72031 Oakland, Ca. 94612 ................................................................................................................
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