DARK THROTTLE

Yeah...akhirnya ada juga band dari Miri yang sanggup mengikuti gig SMF ke kuching..syabas dan tahniah...gua dimaklumkan mereka dijemput saat2 akhir,flyrez dah siap so nama meka memang takde dalam flyers...apapun,ni serba sedikit info about them... About Dark Throttle DARK THROTTLE (DT) WAS FOUND IN 1996 BY JAMES & BONG JUN KEE, BOTH ARE BASED IN MIRI, SARAWAK, WITH THE ARRIVAL OF INDIE MELANCHOLY MUSIC INVADED MIRI MAKING IT A FEVER AMONG YOUNGSTERS IN THOSE PERIOD OF TIME. DURING THE ESTABLISHMENT, THEY MANAGED FILLING UP THE QUORUM BY FITTING IN EXPOSER LAWI IN BASS AND MATHEW GALIH IN THE 1ST GUITAR POSITION, AND ARE HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY HEAVY METAL AND THRASH, WITH THE LIKES OF METALLICA AND WHITESNAKE. IN THE LATE 90’S, EXPOSER AND BONG JUN KEE LEFT THE BAND DUE TO PERSONAL RAISON D’ETRE, AND QUICKLY REPLACED BY LARRY IN DRUMS AND MANFRED IN BASS. HOWEVER,MATHEW AND LARRY LEFT THE BAND IN 2005 CITING INDIFFERENCES BETWEEN BAND MATES , THUS NOW REPLACED BY JEFF OF DREADWORDZ IN GUITAR, JON IN DRUM AND RUDY (INSTINCT) AS A SESSIONIST. BUT AS JON IS A FAMILY MAN AND CALLED IT A DAY, LADYLUCK CAME OUT OF NO WHERE WHEN IJAM FROM A SENIOR BAND CALLED RAJA BERSIONG HAS BEEN PRE REQUESTED TO FILL UP THE TIME KEEPER POSITION AND LATER DECIDED TO BE A PERMANENT MEMBER OF THE BAND. AS MANFRED IS PURSUING HIS CAREER IN KUCHING, PAT (INSTINCT) SERVES AS SESSION TO THE BAND. AT THE VERY FRESH BEGINNING OF DARK THROTTLE, THEY WERE AT LOST AS TO WHAT ARE THEIR PREFERENCES OF SOUND, UNTIL THE SOLE REMAINING MEMBERS OF DT IN 2003, JAMES & MANFRED DECIDED TO UPHOLD TO THE BRITISH HEAVY METAL SOUND. SO UNTIL NOW, THE SOUND & MUSIC OF DARK THROTTLE IS VERY MUCH INFLUENCED BY THE NEW WAVE OF BRITISH HEAVY METAL WITH SLICK RIFFS,SOLOS,GUITARS HARMONY AS WELL AS HIGH PITCHING VOCALS, AND TRANSCRIBING THEM INTO A HEAVY METAL SOUND WITH A LITTLE BIT FUSION OF PROGRESSIVE ROCK (WE CALLED IT "NORTHERN SARAWAK METAL" ) HEHE. DARK THROTTLE IS VERY MUCH ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN GIGS ESPECIALLY IN MIRI, BINTULU & SIBU. IN MID 2008, THEY WON THE CITRARASA BATTLE OF THE BANDS AND TASTING THE CHANCE TO PERFORM BEFORE THOUSANDS OF AUDIENCE ALONGSIDE INDIE BAND SIXTH SENSE & AMUK. CURRENTLY, WE ARE WRITING NEW MATERIALS (EP) AND DUE TO RELEASE IN MID CALENDAR YEAR 2009, BUT STILL WE ARE ROAMING AROUND SARAWAK ATTENDING GIGS. SO SEE ALL OF YOU SOMEWHERE OUT THERE. FOR MORE INFO, DO CONTACT DARKTHROTTLE AT dakthrottle@ymail.com, or call: 0198442188 (James), 0128507210 (JeFF)