Carlos D Again Refutes Claims He Plans to Leave Interpol
04/13/2007 -- by merlin

NEW YORK, New York (AP) -- Interpol bassist and heat-packer Carlos Dengler today refuted press claims that he intends to leave the band before the release of their next album for multi-based rockers ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead.

The shock swap was first reported several weeks ago after Dengler made an unusual trip to Austin for the South by Southwest Music Festival and is said to involve current Trail of Dead bassist Danny Wood going the other way in an incentive-laden package worth up to $2,000,000.  Dengler, however, has vehemently denied these claims during several public appearances since South by Southwest and again made his commitment to Interpol known through his publicist Harris Ostrum.  "Carlos is still perfectly happy with Interpol and he has no immediate plans of leaving the band.  [Interpol] have just finalized the terms of their first major label record deal.  Why would he choose to leave after such a massive achievement?  It is true that Carlos has in the past said he would like to be in a more progressive band somewhere down the line, but he has made it clear to me he intends to live up to terms of his new contract."  Despite his incessant claims to the contrary, many feel Dengler's loyalty to the band which propelled his meteoric rise to stardom remains considerably suspect.

Several hours after the preternatural press conference arranged by his spokesman, disc jockey Dengler was spotted browsing through a New York Barnes and Noble alongside Trail of Dead frontman Conrad Keely, a move which Keely has admittedly used in the past for scouting prospective band members.  However unlikely it may seem, the indie rock bassist coup still remains wholly logical for both Trail of Dead and Interpol with the newly New York-based Wood expressing a desire to become involved with a more commercially viable band from his adopted home city and Dengler's brazenly obvious craving for progressive rock.

Interpol's as-of-yet untitled third album and major label debut will be released on June 5th, 2007 through Capitol Records.

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