Machine Head was founded in 1992 in Oakland, California by former Vio-Lence guitarist Robert Flynn and Adam Duce. 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 Ni??o) who worked with the band on the third album The Burning Red (1999). This album was a sign of a change for Machine Head, the band deciding to experiment more rather than release another album that would be seen as just a shadow in the footsteps of Burn My Eyes. Robb uses his rapping techniques in this album rather than the growl he used on earlier releases. The song "Devil With The Kings Card" is based on Logan Mader's leaving of the band. The album did, however, receive so
| 1 | Bite The Bullet | Through The Ashes Of Empires |
| 2 | None But My Own | Burn My Eyes |
| 3 | Blood For Blood | Burn My Eyes |
| 4 | Ghosts Will Haunt My Bones | Bloodstone & Diamonds |
| 5 | Elegy | Through The Ashes Of Empires |
| 6 | Desire to Fire | Ginger Snaps |
| 7 | Exhale The Vile | The Burning Red |
| 8 | A Thousand Lies | Burn My Eyes |
| 9 | Now I Lay Thee Down | The Blackening |
| 10 | Crashing Around You | Fast And The Furious 2 |
| 11 | A Nation On Fire | Burn My Eyes |
| 12 | The Rage To Overcome | Burn My Eyes |
| 13 | Vim | Through The Ashes Of Empires |
| 14 | Beneath The Silt | Bloodstone & Diamonds |
| 15 | Game Over | Bloodstone & Diamonds |
| 16 | Old | Burn My Eyes |
| 17 | Wolves | The Blackening |
| 18 | Damage Inside | Bloodstone & Diamonds |
| 19 | Hole in the Sky | Nativity in Black II: A Tribute to Black Sabbath |
| 20 | Halo | The Blackening |