Camden Lock - Cultural References

Cultural References

• Camden Lock is one of many landmarks in this area of London to have a corresponding structure underground in the novel The Horn of Mortal Danger (1980).
• The main spaceship in the British television science fiction sitcom Hyperdrive is called HMS Camden Lock.
• The Italian band Modena City Ramblers wrote a song Notturno, Camden Lock, with a lyric relating to Camden town where one of the band members lived.
• The Russian band Aquarium mentions Camden Lock in its song Garçon Number Two.
• Kate Winslet appeared in a television commercial for American Express, strolling around Camden Lock.

• In series 3 of British television comedy "The League of Gentlemen", Legz Akimbo Theatre Company member Phil and his friend Tish stroll around Camden lock. Tish comments "Camden's such a rip off, I love it".
• The Japanese rock duo B'z re-recorded the song "Guitar Kids Rhapsody" from their second album Off the Lock. The song is referred to as "Camden Lock Style" because the music video for the re-recorded version was shot in and around Camden Lock.