ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <meta content="Official site featuring news, discography, sound samples and other information" name="DESCRIPTION"> <meta content="Timelock, Time lock, Symfo, Symfonische rock, Rock, Prog, Neo-Prog, Progressive, Saga" name="KEYWORDS"> <meta content="FAF, Louise Brooks, Julian Driessen, Ruud Stoker, Bert de Bruijne, Ronald Demilt, Mike Boekhout" name="KEYWORDS"> <meta content="vocals, guitars, bass, drums, keyboards" name="KEYWORDS"> <title>Timelock | Press</title> <link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> </head> <body> <div id="container"> <div id="header"> <ul> <li><a href="home.html">HOME</a></li> <li><a href="news.html">NEWS</a></li> <li><a href="bio.html">BIO</a></li> <li><a href="media.html">MEDIA</a></li> <li><a href="press.html">PRESS</a></li> <li><a href="gallery.html">GALLERY</a></li> <li><a href="links.html">LINKS</a></li> <li class="last"><a href="contact.html">CONTACT</a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="content"> <div id="left"> <div class="menu"> <div class="menuheader"><h3>Menu</h3></div> <div class="menucontent"> <ul> <li><a href="home.html">HOME</a></li> <li><a href="news.html">NEWS</a></li> <li><a href="bio.html">BIO</a></li> <li><a href="media.html">MEDIA</a></li> <li><a href="press.html">PRESS</a></li> <li><a href="gallery.html">GALLERY</a></li> <li><a href="links.html">LINKS</a></li> <li><a href="contact.html">CONTACT</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menufooter"></div> </div> <div class="menu"> <div class="menuheader"><h3>Prog News</h3></div> <div class="menucontent"> <p> Latest news from <br /> prog-nose.org<br> <br /> <a href="http://www.prog-nose.org/news.php?cat.7" target="_blank">Read more...</a>.</p> <p> Latest news from <br /> progwereld.nl (dutch)<br> <br /> <a href="http://www.progwereld.org/cms/?pagename=nieuws" target="_blank">Read more...</a>.</p> </div> <div class="menufooter"></div> </div> </div> <div id="right"> <div class="menu"> <div class="menuheader"><h3>LINKS</h3></div> <div class="menucontent"> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.progwereld.org" target="_blank">Progressive news</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menufooter"></div> </div> </div> <div id="middle"> <div class="post"> <div class="postheader"><h1> PRESS</h1></div> <div class="postcontent"> <p> In order to understand how Timelock came to be we have to go back in time. Between 1980 and 1984 two bands were busy making a name for themselves in The Hague. At the time they were not aware of each other s existence. One of these was the symphonic rock band  Ywis with Rinus Hollenberg on guitar and Julian Driessen on keyboards. The other was called  Harvest and played melodic rock and had bass player Bert de Bruijne and lead singer Ruud Stoker. Whereas  Ywis was very much influenced by the Canadian band  Saga and published an LP in 1983 simply titled  Ywis , Harvest played songs in the tradition of bands like  Wishbone Ash and concentrated mainly on live performances.</p> <p>The time was ripe for  Timelock . Ruud and Julian had found the desired musical style and combined this with the talents of Bert and Rinus. They still lacked a drummer though (this was going to be an ongoing issue for the band). By then it was 1991 and the foursome went into Rinus studio to record new songs with the use of a handy tool: the rhythm box. In 1992  Louise Brooks appeared and the critics were unanimously positive. During that time Rinus performed live with the revived  Q 65 and persuades drummer Rob Louwers to join Timelock for promoting the CD with live performances. This turns out so well that Rob stays on to record  The Dawn in 1994. This CD scored well with the critics too and even rates 8.3 in  Aardschok magazine. One track of this CD ( Someday ) was regularly played at Radio 3. After a number of performances the record label of  Timelock (SI-Music) unexpectedly dissolved.</p> <p>It cannot be denied that SI-Music was important for  Timelock and did a lot for the band. After this the band found itself in a vacuum and Rob and later Rinus left the band. They worked with other drummers among others the talented Mike Boekhout, but this did not result in a stable band. In the meantime Julian was very busy with a symphonic rock project: a CD titled  Dreamcarnation (2000). In this project many musicians participated among others: gitarist Martin Hendriks and drummer Ed Wernke (known from  For Absent Friends ). Martin and the other members of  Timelock get along well (not just musically) and after a few practice sessions he is taken up in the band.</p> <p>In 2001 Bert, Julian, Martin and Ruud decided to make another  Timelock CD with the material that they have written. By then Julian has been asked to substitute for F.A.F. s keyboard player in order to promote their latest CD  The Big Room . Ed returned the favour by drumming for the new album, even though he will not be performing live with the band. The third Timelock CD 'Circle of Deception' was released on november 1, 2002. At the end of 2004 Martin and Rob decided to play music in a different style and leave Timelock. Consequence is a period of ostensible silence. The band continues to write songs and is in search for replacement. After a while Ronald Demilt was found as a new player for Timelock. To find an appropriate drummer was not that easy. 2006, the idea arises to contact Mike Boekhout who played in the band before. We were very pleased to hear he's ready now for a durable co-operation. At last Timelock is complete again.</p> <p>Check dayly for the latest news of progrock on <a href="http://www.timelock.eu"> TIMELOCK.EU</a></p> </div> <div class="postfooter"></div> </div> <div class="post"> <div class="postheader"><h1>Archive</h1></div> <div class="postcontent"> <p></p> </div> <div class="postfooter"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <ul> <li><a href="home.html">HOME</a></li> <li><a href="news.html">NEWS</a></li> <li><a href="bio.html">BIO</a></li> <li><a href="media.html">MEDIA</a></li> <li><a href="press.html">PRESS</a></li> <li><a href="gallery.html">GALLERY</a></li> <li><a href="links.html">LINKS</a></li> <li class="last"><a href="contact.html">contact</a></li> </ul> <span>Copyright © 2008 Timelock. All rights reserved.</span> </div> </div> </body> </html>