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 | Now I Lay Thee Down | The Blackening |
2 | None But My Own | Burn My Eyes |
3 | Left Unfinished | Through The Ashes Of Empires |
4 | A Thousand Lies | Burn My Eyes |
5 | Death Church | Burn My Eyes |
6 | Sail Into The Black | Bloodstone & Diamonds |
7 | The Rage To Overcome | Burn My Eyes |
8 | Night Of Long Knives | Bloodstone & Diamonds |
9 | Davidian | Burn My Eyes |
10 | Now We Die | Bloodstone & Diamonds |
11 | Halo | The Blackening |
12 | Damage Inside | Bloodstone & Diamonds |
13 | Old | Burn My Eyes |
14 | Take Me Through The Fire | Bloodstone & Diamonds |
15 | Killers & Kings | Bloodstone & Diamonds |
16 | Wolves | The Blackening |
17 | Elegy | Through The Ashes Of Empires |
18 | Exhale The Vile | The Burning Red |
19 | Hole in the Sky | Nativity in Black II: A Tribute to Black Sabbath |
20 | Crashing Around You | Fast And The Furious 2 |