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Terry Harper

DRUMMER/Promoter

 

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The Splattered!@%#! Q & A

WEEK 10 - 03/08/2010

Terry Harper

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This weeks Splattered!@%#! Q & A is with Louisville, KY based DRUMMER/Promoter Terry Harper. I capitalized DRUMMER because, first and foremost, that is what Terry considers himself. Although he is getting more known around the area as promoter, promoting Rock, Metal and Juggalo based shows, he still stands firm on the fact that drumming is his first passion and has a new band in the works called TENTONHYPEMACHINE to prove it.

 

What's wrong with being a go-to promoter in your area though? Well, nothing. It's just something Terry more fell into, than envisioned himself being, I believe.

 

The fact is though, he is a go-to promoter in the area and he is also the promoter that hooked SplatterTribe up with 2 tickets to Killfest on April 29th at Headliners Music Hall in Louisville featuring Overkill, Vader, God Dethroned, Warbringer & Woe Of Tyrants. So, I mean, if you are a Metal fan, you should seriously click

HERE! and find out how you can win THOSE exact Tickets! Someone WILL win!

 

We hope to work more with Terry in the near future, here at SplatterTribe.TV! For now though, drop by his website's and see what he has coming up, because as of March 08, 2010 & Week 10 of our Splattered!@%#! Q&A's, Terry is now & forever Splattered! Who's Next?

 

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Louisville based Drummer and Rock, Metal, Juggalo promoter Terry Harper!

Check out his Q & A below!

WEEK 10-The Splattered!@%#! Q & A with Terry Harper

 

 

SplatterTribe: Introduce yourself and then compare yourself to something made of Metal and explain why the comparison.

 

Terry: My name is Terry Harper. I’m the drummer who books shows. Not the promoter who plays in a band. I guess steel could be a good comparison. Steel being used to construct a building is like building a show from the ground up. Just have to nail the pieces together and make sure everything fits.

 

 

 

SplatterTribe: For anyone who has no idea who you are please give them some insight.

 

Terry: I think this is a good sum up.

http://louisville.metromix.com/

music/article/king-ofrock/1744358

/content

 

 

 

SplatterTribe: OK, you got started promoting shows when you where 15, by booking shows for your band Sen. How did you end up being responsible for that aspect of the band and how did that lead you to where you are now? Now being the main booker for any Metal or Juggalo show coming to the city of Louisville.

 

Terry: Guess it was because I was the “people person” in the band. I knew convincing bookers to give my band a chance that we worked hard would definitely win them over. Booking my own band led to booking others around town then into regional bands up until the national ones. Just found out it was something I enjoyed to do. Made sure I treated all the artists with respect and established good relationships with everyone.

 

 


SplatterTribe: I know you say you got where you are by "being nice..." but, what happens when a Metal band journey's to Louisville without your permission? Do you send guys out to rough'm up a little? C'mon, be honest... This interview cannot be held up in a court of law because I am not a reliable witness... Trust me on that! So truthfully, do you make them "swim with the fishes or what?"

 

Terry: I do take offence if I have the history with the band and they went to another promoter. Just leaves a sour taste in my mouth unless the reasoning was acceptable. From that point on I usually pass on the band next time through even if they had a change of heart. I take pride in my work. If I have no history with the band and they go with another promoter then it just wasn’t meant to be.

 

 


SplatterTribe: Have you ever thought about expanding your booking to...
 

Terry:

---other styles of Music?--- Thought about it. But I will let those other kind of artists come to me. I’m content just booking metal, hardcore, active rock and some hip hop.
 ---other cities?--- Use to do shows in Lexington, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Carmel & Terra Haute. Just decided to stay with Louisville because of the lack of support in those cities.
 ---other entertainment markets?---  Comedians.

 

 

 

SplatterTribe: Word association time. I say the word. You say what comes to mind.

 

Terry:
 ---Music--- My life
 ---Entertainment--- Wrestling
 ---Art--- Drums
 ---Life--- Music

 

 

 

SplatterTribe: So you also still play drums, what is your musical status right now?

Terry: New band in the middle of recording our first EP. We are going by TENTONHYPEMACHINE. Check out www.tentonhypemachine.com in the near future!

 

 

 

SplatterTribe: Make one combined sentence out of the following words or phrases..


Metal
Splattered
Juggalo
Gatorade Bottle
Dish Towel
Bra

 

Terry: Finding a METAL JUGGALO, only wearing a BRA, suffocated by a DISH TOWEL, while grasping onto his empty GATORADE BOTTLE, SPLATTERED all over the floor, seems like a very unlikely scenario.

 

(Tribe Note: Uhm.....I don't know... I could see it happening...)

 

 


SplatterTribe: What comes to mind when you hear the word SplatterTribe?

 

Terry: Sepultura

 

 

 

SplatterTribe: We try to have an original Proverb Of The Week on the SplatterTribe Forum (Tribe Note: Yes... another shameless plug!). Do you have an original Proverb we can use?

 

Terry: I heard this recently and thought it was clever. “It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.”
 

 


SplatterTribe: Do you believe...

 

Terry:
 ---in Ghosts?--- Yes!
 ---in UFO's?--- Yes!
 ---in Sasquatch?--- Yes (Ali….)
 ---that the world is going to end in 2012?--- No! LOL!
 ---in actual world peace?--- No!
 ---in magic?--- Yes!
 ---Conspiracy Theories?--- Yes!
 ---in 2nd chances?--- Yes!
 

 


SplatterTribe: Complete the following sentences for me..

 

Terry:
 ---If you don't like Terry Harper, you can... try meeting my altar ego, Herry Tarper.
 ---I cannot stand... because I have no legs.
 ---There's nothing cooler than... black people who love black metal.
 ---I've always wanted to say... that Little Caesars breadsticks are like crack.
 ---What in the... hell am I still doing up at 7:55 AM finishing this interview?!?! I have a 11:30 PM load in and haven’t went to bed yet, ha.
 ---I've always said... being nice pays off.
 

 

 

SplatterTribe: Name association. I say the random name. You say what comes to mind.


 Terry:

---Scott Ian--- Jim 'The Anvil' Neidhart
 ---Shaggy 2 Dope--- Ren (Violent Jay obviously being Stimpy)
 ---Dwight Yoakam--- ANNOYING!
 ---Jam Master Jay--- Old school shit!
 ---Joey Ramone--- The Misfits?!
 ---Tom Cruise--- Getting squirted in the face with water by a prankster on YouTube.

 

 

 

SplatterTribe: What is something you listen to musically, that would surprise people?

 

Terry: Jedi Mind Tricks. GREAT hip hop group. Check them out.

 

 

 

SplatterTribe: I ask those I interview for a random question to ask a future interviewee. Can be about anything. So this question is from newspaper writer Robert Villanueva, and his question is.....
 
 ---What movie or literary character are you most like and why?---

 

Terry: I would probably say Jack Nicholson off that movie As Good As It Gets. He is very OCD in the movie. I’m very much like that. Everything has to be straightened, hands have to be washed constantly & will go back and do something a thousand times even though it was correct originally.

 

 

 

SplatterTribe: Do you have a good random question for a future interviewee?

 

Terry: What was the first concert you attended?
 

 

 

SplatterTribe: Do you have a question you would like to ask me?

 

Terry: Why do the Louisville Cardinals have to suck so bad this year?

 

 

 

 

 

(Tribe Note: Well, obviously you asked me this before the big Syracuse sweep the Cards pulled off this past weekend! I've had a whole miserable season to come up with reason's why they have sucked, but since they swept the Number 1 team in the country during the last game at Freedom Hall, I'm gonna stay positive and forget the negative. That was an AWESOME game! Kuric is The Man!)

 

 

 

SplatterTribe: Songwriting time. I wrote a 2 lines to a verse then Bobby Burns of Soulfly wrote 2 lines to a verse. Now it's your turn for 2 more

 

Me: She went and broke (pause)
My last broken guitar
 
 Bobby wrote: la-la-la- ooo
lala baaaaaaaaby 
 
 Your Turn :

 

Terry:

I went and broke (pause)

Her motherfucking arm!

 

(Tribe Note: Terry, Terry, Terry, Violence is NEVER the answer my friend... In those situations, instead of turning to violence...ALWAYS turn to La-La-La- OOO...La...La!)

 

 


SplatterTribe: Any closing comments concerning anything you want said, know, printed or shown?

 

Terry: Visit www.terryharper.com and www.tentonhypemachine.com!

 

(Tribe Note: Welcome To The Tribe Terry!)

 

 

 

 

 

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