A band with two lead vocalists is rare within the context of Metal, but Frank Regan and John Loughlin augment their aggressive attacks with rapid-fire tradeoffs most often found in rap groups. Along with guitarists Gareth Smith and Tony Loughlin, bassist Darren Smith and drummer Gordon Morison, Raging Speedhorn have stockpiled more than twenty songs in just over a year together. Though based around a full-frontal assault from all musical directions, the songs are further strengthened by a willingness to let riffs breathe and chords hang.

So what prompted 6 lads from Corby to create what is known as Raging Speedhorn? ‘We formed to get off our arses and do something. It was what we wanted to do. It was that or work in a factory’ shrugs singer John Loughlin.The band have managed to rack up an amazing 70 shows in 7 months and that figure is growing still. They have had the pleasure of supporting such bands as Ministry, Iron Monkey, A.C. and Consolidated amongst others. In November 1999 the band undertook a 21 day Kerrang! Magazine sponsored tour with earthtone9. This was immediately followed by a shorter tour with Will Haven.Live, the singers John and Frank Regan’s rapid fire lyrics backed by guitarists Tony Loughlin and Gareth Smith, bassist Darren Smith and drummer Gordon Morrison proves an invigorating experience, something which has been fine tuned as a result of their constant touring. Two singers is something that rock bands usually lack. So how did that come about? ‘The 6 of us got together, we thought; 2 guitarists, drummer, bassist and…2 singers…why not, you know, it’s not been done in rock before and it seems to have worked so far!’ As we all know, the L.A. music scene is huge, do they guys think that English bands could up the status of their music and possibly become just as good as the L.A.. music? ‘I don’t see why not. There are a lot of great English bands around now, Magazines like Kerrang! And Metal Hammer are starting to realise there is more out there than Slipknot and Korn. Hopefully they’ll help to bring the ‘underground’ scene into the mainstream’ says Tony. ‘The amount to radio coverage rock music gets is appalling though. Why should fans have to wait until midnight to hear the music they like?’ – indeed. The band’s debut LP is was released on Green Island Records in July 2000. -Taken in part from interview with Tony and John Loughlin at Leeds Duchess 27 April 2000