Play Machine Head Radio
Machine Head
On Tour
12,131,633 plays (380,466 listeners)
Oakland, San Francisco CA, United States (1992 – present)
Machine Head is an American groove metal band, formed in 1992 in Oakland, California. Founded by former Vio-Lence guitarist Robert Flynn and Adam Duce, and has only had 3 personnel changes since its inception 17 years ago. The current lineup of the band comprises Flynn (vocals, guitar), Duce (bass), Phil Demmel (guitar), and Dave McClain (drums). Machine Head is one of the pioneering bands in the New Wave of American Heavy Metal.
The song Davidian of their debut album Burn My Eyes, features the lyrics “Let freedom ring / with a shotgun blast”. Subsequently the video was banned from MTV due to its release date being very soon after the Waco Siege which it was apparently describing. Robb Flynn has since said that the song was not written about the Waco Siege but added that line to get people thinking.
After their debut album Chris Kontos left to work with Testament and a stand in drummer (Chris Konstanza) was used for Machine Head’s Donington slot in 1995. After this, the drumming services of Dave McClain were acquired. They then released the follow-up album, The More Things Change in 1997, after which guitarist Logan Mader unexpectedly left in the spring of 1998. He was then replaced by Ahrue Luster (now of Ill Niño) who worked with the band on the third album The Burning Red (1999).
The song Davidian of their debut album Burn My Eyes, features the lyrics “Let freedom ring / with a shotgun blast”. Subsequently the video was banned from MTV due to its release date being very soon after the Waco Siege which it was apparently describing. Robb Flynn has since said that the song was not written about the Waco Siege but added that line to get people thinking.
After their debut album Chris Kontos left to work with Testament and a stand in drummer (Chris Konstanza) was used for Machine Head’s Donington slot in 1995. After this, the drumming services of Dave McClain were acquired. They then released the follow-up album, The More Things Change in 1997, after which guitarist Logan Mader unexpectedly left in the spring of 1998. He was then replaced by Ahrue Luster (now of Ill Niño) who worked with the band on the third album The Burning Red (1999).
Top Albums
-
The Blackening
Machine HeadBuy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $9.99
- 7digital $11.99
- iTunes $10.99
- Buy Album
- Amazon $32.98
- eBay Search
-
Through the Ashes of Empires
Machine HeadBuy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $9.99
- 7digital $7.77
- iTunes $9.99
- Buy Album
- Amazon $53.98
- eBay Search
-
Burn My Eyes
Machine HeadBuy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $9.99
- 7digital $7.77
- iTunes $9.99
- Buy Album
- Amazon $11.98
- eBay Search
-
The Burning Red
Machine HeadBuy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
Shoutbox
-
Endless_T33TH wrote:
Saw them yesterday. Awesome!
-
UndeadMessiah wrote:
Davidian is a great song. Probably shoul be higher up in the charts :) [2] Let freedom ring with the shotgun blast!
-
Giuseppe1987 wrote:
Davidian is a great song. Probably shoul be higher up in the charts :)
-
Leatherface91 wrote:
"Who ever tagged MH as metalcore doesnt know shit about music." Best be trollin', wigga.
-
Carn1fex wrote:
The people, you have lagged behind a life... To listen to this dung it is not so actual!
-
LucasRafael741 wrote:
SO FUCKIN AWESOME
-
Undead_King wrote:
There ok havent been really listen to them I guess about time to!
-
lomansamogon wrote:
BEST ROCK MUSIC ONLINE! ЛУЧШАЯ РОК МУЗЫКА ОНЛАЙН! http://www.rockmuzik.byethost14.com/
-
burnganja wrote:
Badass
-
Lando92 wrote:
burn my eyes = the more things change... = the burning red = supercharger = through the ashes of empires = the blackening all fucking masterpieces
-
DannyDeVito wrote:
fucking numetal time!!! the blackening->> there was never a better album recorded!! MH rule!
-
tehnickson wrote:
Who ever tagged MH as metalcore doesnt know shit about music.
-
dead_human_soul wrote:
fuck u all thats not metalcore!!!
-
platedheadpot wrote:
The More Things Change, The Burning Red, Supercharger > Burn My Eyes > the rest.
-
Olli-Grobi wrote:
The Blackening > Burn my Eyes > Through the Ashes of Empire (all masterpieces) I don't need the rest...
-
platedheadpot wrote:
I also like Burn My Eyes but not as much as i like The More Things Change and The Burning Red, Supercharger is also great. I don't like The Blackening...also i can't get in to Through the Ashes of Empires.
-
thrashercore wrote:
Burn my Eyes is the only release I like, everything else sucks. BURN MY EYES FUCKING RULES
-
paynexkiller wrote:
I can't believe how good the 2004 album was. Really really awesome. Can't wait for the next one.
-
super_ruben09 wrote:
LambOfDrew: Yeah, no. Without sub-genres metal becomes FAR too broad. Someone who likes Savatage and Hammerfall doesn't necessarily like Suffocation and Burzum.
-
platedheadpot wrote:
The Blackening is my least favorite MH album...The More Things Change and The Burning Red ftw!!!
Videos
See more
Events
-
Nov
30
Megadeth
Concrete Street, Corpus Christi, TX, United States
Add shout
| 4 attendees -
Dec
1
Megadeth
Sunken Gardens Ampitheater, San Antonio, TX, United States
1 shout
| 6 attendees
-
Dec
2
The Endgame Tour Megadeth with Machine Head, Suicide Silence, Arcanium
Palladium Ballroom, Dallas TX, United States
1 shout
| 15 attendees
News
11.02.09 - MH Forced To Reschedule Headline Date
2 Nov 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/machinehead
As a result of Slayer's announcement regarding the postponement of upcoming Canadian Carnage dates, Machine Head have been forced to reschedule their only United States headlining show at The Crazy Do. …
-
6 Oct 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/machinehead -
5 Oct 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/machinehead -
16 Sep 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/machinehead
Listeners
-
niinakoo
Listening now
to Slanderous -
Debiec_23
Listening now
to Block (Live) -
tubes
Listening now
to From This Day -
Kaventsmann26
Top Listener
-
Methabolic
Top Listener
-
Rektologen
Top Listener
Recent Activity
-
trevordamron27, MonkeyPudding1, Den_Jesper and 3 other people added Machine Head to their libraries. 1 hour ago
-
RedAikari tagged Machine Head with metalcore, heavy metal, groove metal and 2 other tags. 4 hours ago
-
j4gunz, stryker6712, glover4 and 8 other people added Machine Head to their libraries. 4 hours ago
-
Squeezzle uploaded Machine_Head_Logo to Machine Head’s images. yesterday evening
-
Squeezzle linked Machine Head to Machine_Head_Logo. yesterday evening
-
Emsijamer, milioke, Scalera and 7 other people added Machine Head to their libraries. yesterday evening
-
thegame747 tagged Machine Head with groove metal and thrash metal. yesterday evening
-
Dy3ep and linksback added Machine Head to their libraries. yesterday evening
-
MetallFist tagged Machine Head with ‘crossover’. yesterday evening
-
Claytos1991, CatastrosYm, thejcro and 22 other people added Machine Head to their libraries. yesterday evening
Related Journals
-
best of 2009
by Lord_Krichian |
27 Nov 2009 | 1 comment
-
Concerts
by disc-harge |
27 Nov 2009 | 10 comments
-
A chat with Serotonal...
by Blessedheart |
27 Nov 2009 | Add comment
Groups (447)
-
ModernMetal.pl
58 members
-
Machine Head - Polish Heads
150 members
-
Divine Heresy
39 members
-
Machine Head
1,195 members
-
groove metal
136 members
More Information
- Links
- Band Members
- Labels
Email Newsletter
Get exclusive tour, release & promotion updates on Machine Head from Universal Music.
