KNAC.COM Exclusive: Interview with LINC BLOOMFIELD of KELAKOS

George Dionne interviews bassist, guitarist, keyboardist LINC BLOOMFIELD of KELAKOS about their latest album Hurtling Toward Extinction for KNAC.COM.

KELAKOS made a bit of a name for themselves on the local scenes of Massachusetts and upstate New York in the late ’60s and ’70s. Originally known as EMERGENCY EXIT, then THE CRIMINALS, the group finally settled on the name KELAKOS in 1975 to honor the family heritage of their charismatic and virtuosic frontman George Kelakos Haberstroh.

With their line-up now solidfield with drummer Carl Canedy, rhythm guitarist Mark Sisson, bassist and co-vocalist Linc Bloomfield, and Haberstroh, KELAKOS had written and recorded their 1978 debut album Gone Are The Days. The album didn’t exactly set the music world on fire, but it did mark the beginning of a storied music career for Canedy, who went on to form THE RODS, and produce several notable Hard Rock and Metal releases. KELAKOS broke up shortly after their debut, with Haberstroh continuing on as a solo act. Sisson stayed in the music business, but not on the performance end. Bloomfield went into the family business so to speak.

That would have been the end of the KELAKOS story had it not been for drummer Carl Canedy discovering their old studio recordings…

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