Machine Head: Inside the Machine
McIver, Joel

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Machine Head are an American heavy metal band from Oakland, California who are credited as being one of the pioneering bands in the New Wave of American Heavy Metal.

The band nearly disbanded in 2002 after negotiating off its label, Roadrunner Records, when controversy surrounding Machine Head's fourth album Supercharger (released 3 weeks after September 11, 2001) resulted in their songs and their then-current video for the song Crashing Around You (which featured burning buildings) being pulled from all media outlets.

Joel McIver has interviewed all the band-members several times and has a unique insight into their rollercoaster story, which includes alcohol addiction, inter-band brawls and therapy, sackings, near-splits and two decades of the heaviest music known to man, delivered all over the world.

Author Information

Joel McIver is the author of 20 books on music. His best-known book is Justice For All: The Truth About Metallica (Omnibus Press, 2004), a European bestseller which is available in nine languages. He contributes to several British and American music and film magazines and often appears on radio and TV.