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Here’s our interview for ‘Legacy’ metal magazine, 03-2020 issue 126<\/p>\n

When combining metal and Kansas, many automatically think of the veteran Manilla Road from Wichita – R.I.P., Mark Shelton! SARKOPTIC from Topeka go completely different ways with their riff-emphasized, groovy metal.<\/p>\n

The four warhorses don’t just look like veterans: guitarist Jimbo was a metalhead as a child thanks to his older brothers, bassist Richard played in many bands. Brian, who is a powerful colossus with the ironic nickname Cupcake, whose comfortable garage is SARKOPTIC’s rehearsal room, started<\/p>\n

playing drums in high school. \u201cAfter three years, I stopped and started my family. I only picked up the sticks again in my mid-30s. \u201dThe Fear Factory fan is an avowed bass drum trigger enthusiast. \u201cLocal bands without often sound very muddy. Maybe trigger opponents are just afraid that you will hear the mistakes. \u201dHowling Josh gained his first experience in a grunge rock band. \u201cWhen I joined<\/p>\n

SARKOPTIC, I learned many other techniques here. There was a lot of trial and error. \u201dThe comment that one had become the 17th best metal band from North Topeka a few years ago was of course pure sarcasm by Jimbo. “The city is shit when it comes to metal!” Josh agrees. \u201cThe music<\/p>\n

scene is very focused on hip hop. It’s not that bad in the surrounding area, but everyone has their own cliques there. We are the only groove metal band locally that plays our own material as far as we know. We had several gigs with Imajjjin, last year with Broken Skulls, whose show I enjoyed. When I was a teenager I got the first two Korn albums in my lap and have been a fan ever since.<\/p>\n

Bloodhound Gang, Jimmy\u2019s Chicken Shack and the Eminem debut have also shaped me. I only really got to know Lamb Of God and Pantera when I moved to Kansas. \u201dWhile Slayer does not have<\/p>\n

to be explicitly mentioned as an obvious influence in the collective opinion, Pissing Razors stand out from the short list of band faves. The men had released their last album in 2003, and some early works appeared in the 1990s for the local pioneer label Noise. Amon Amarth, who are praised for wearing shirts and the text of ‘Plunder And Blood’, can hardly be heard from the four SARKOPTIC songs so far. As Richard, Jimbo finds all kinds of music inspiring. “Pop, dance, country, whatever. If<\/p>\n

it is well done and has a hook, I like it. \u201dJosh instinctively tries to use details that he likes about<\/p>\n

other singers. \u201cBut I want it to sound damned like me anyway, because copying, if you can create something of your own instead, is rubbish. I just pick up fragments and spin a new story around it, it’s like a video game that runs in my head. \u201dWhat the men loosely describe as “tossin’ the pigskin”<\/p>\n

as a hobby turns out to be American football. Therefore, a match against Iron Maiden is rather excluded. “Yeah, I’m pretty competitive,” laughs Jimbo when asked if he would foul Steve Harris. “Iron Maiden would not want to compete against us. Josh would be able to throw a football over<\/p>\n

them mountains” \u201d Here, exactly who does not describe himself as an athlete so established. “But when I was young and everyone loved it, I was very enthusiastic about skateboards and wrestling.”<\/p>\n

Everyone can agree on drinking beer – and on whiskey, as Josh, who has some brewing experience himself, throws in. “My favorite beer is cold and free,” grins Jimbo. \u201cTopeka’s Blind Tiger Brewery has won a world championship. 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