Man, now here's a band that I've always struggled with.
Bought 'More Things Change' back when I was like 16 and loved it. Obviously, 'Burn my Eyes' only served to clinch that Machine Head were one of my all-time favorite bands.
Then, well, then Robb kinda chased his tail for a couple of records, and as far as I was concerned, the band were no longer something I needed to check out.
But then...well, you guys all know the rest. I mean, 'The Blackening' is one of my all-time favorite metal records.
Honestly, Robb kinda reminds me of this guy I was in a band with once. Dude was a really creative guy, but was so malleable. He'd buy a new Korn cd and the next thing you knew he wanted us to tune down and do away with the solos. He'd buy a Foo Fighters cd and the next thing you knew, he'd want us to focus on 'short and snappy' rockers. It was like, you could always tell what he was listening to, bc he's was always trying to push the band in that direction. As opposed to just letting us be 'us.'
Reading Phil's interviews over the past few years, my heart totally goes out to the guy.
Still...these new tracks sound great!