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The Machines of Loving Grace was an industrial/rock band from Tucson, Arizona.

Formed in 1989 as Machines of Loving Grace (named for a Richard Brautigan poem), the original lineup consisted of Scott Benzel (vocals), Stuart Kupers (guitar and bass), and Mike Fisher (keyboards), with Brad Kemp (drums) added shortly thereafter. Mammoth Records released their demo as the band’s label debut without any rerecording in 1991. Their self-titled album was followed by two EP singles- “Rite of Shiva” and 1992’s “Burn Like Brilliant Trash” which featured Trent Reznor remixes.

Two years later, the band released Concentration. It continued their signature sound, but was more refined in the combination of beat- and bass-heavy riffs, with hard edged guitar. With the release of two videos, the band was able to get national-level MTV airplay, and join in the industrial rock wave that was ushered in by Nine Inch Nails.

1994 saw a new song by the band, “Golgotha Tenement Blues” featured on the soundtrack to The Crow.

In 1995, Machines of Loving Grace released their third album, Gilt. This record was marked by an increased guitar presence. New bandmembers included David Suycott (drums), Ray Riendeau (bass) and Tom Coffen (guitar). A song, “Richest Junkie Still Alive,” was included on the soundtrack to Hackers.

While working on a new record, the Machines of Loving Grace disbanded, precipitated by trouble at the label and Benzel’s desire to work on other projects.
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  • satan_88_level

    ^_^

    5 Apr 4:28pm Reply

  • SinisterPsyche

    one of the greatest and most under-appreciated artists of the 90's. possibly even in the history of contemporary music. nobody else has quite captured such a solid blend of industrial rock, good production technique, and haunting dystopian thematics quite like these guys did.

    8 Nov 2012 Reply

  • mrZiggyStardust

    golgotha tenement blues, pure genius!

    19 Aug 2012 Reply

  • carloshll726

    I love playing the Concentration album on Saturday nights!

    30 Jun 2012 Reply

  • Neuralblastoma

    Concentration is SUCH a good album. Never heard anything like it.

    7 May 2012 Reply

  • m464k1

    Golgotha Tenement Bros. Still Alive you know.

    13 Apr 2012 Reply

  • Nihilistic23

    still not sure about all their other releases but "concentration" is one of the best albums I have ever listened to...

    18 Feb 2012 Reply

  • Xanarki

    I still fucking love this band. The music industry overlooked, and eventually lost, an amazing musical act.

    20 Oct 2011 Reply

  • inflikkt

    finally checking these guys out.. always liked what i heard but i never heard much. awesome sound

    2 Sep 2011 Reply

  • tehZevaka

    let me join fan club here and say that Machines Of Loving Graces were (and still are) one of the best industrial rock bands

    21 Jun 2011 Reply

  • SexWithMinors

    did their fourth album Love Scenes at the Slave Market ever leak?

    20 Jun 2011 Reply

  • Heathenlegions

    Limiter!!!!!! YES!! Bring em back Bring em back

    24 Mar 2011 Reply

  • carloshll726

    The Yahoo Music website has the "X-Insurrection" music video, You Tube has "Perfect Tan (Bikini Atoll)", "Butterfly Wings" and "Richest Junkie Still Alive" music videos.

    12 Mar 2011 Reply

  • carloshll726

    "Lipstick 66" is one of the greatest songs that they've ever created!

    12 Mar 2011 Reply

  • Crystalseth

    GREAT BAND!! we need them to get back together make some new albums!

    10 Mar 2011 Reply

  • carloshll726

    Machines of Loving Grace is my favorite band of all time!!!

    9 Mar 2011 Reply

  • ehpc

    awesome band

    27 Nov 2010 Reply

  • DetoxScission

    Are there any actual copies of the videos for 'X-Insurrection', 'Golgotha Tenement Blues' and 'Richest Junkie Still Alive' anywhere ? They're listed as official videos on their wiki file, but i've never seen them and they don't seem to exist in the Youtube/Myspace Video realms.

    15 Oct 2010 Reply

  • SinisterPsyche

    Perfect Tan (Bikini Atoll) -- fucking stellar

    8 Sep 2010 Reply

  • Rusler

    Butterfly Wings - awesome!

    14 Jul 2010 Reply
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