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Supercharger seems to be the logical sequel to The Burning Red, although
some songs (e.g., Only The Names) remind me of the good old days of
Burn My Eyes. Was the songwriting for this album a natural process?
"Yes, it's always a natural process. There are voices from every direction
telling us what we should do and how we should write this record. Some fans
are like: 'You gotta do an other Burn My Eyes,' and some fans say, 'The
Burning Red rules, fuck Burn My Eyes.' The record company people are saying
you need radio singles. But we just do what we want to do."
But do you agree Supercharger is the logical sequel to The Burning Red?
"I don't see it as a sequel. I see it as the next thing that we came up
with. We didn't try to make a sequel to The Burning Red. We just got in
there and jammed. What sounded good we kept, and what we didn't like we
didn't keep."
It's difficult to record a second album, after you've released such a
classic masterpiece as Burn my Eyes. But how difficult and important is a
fourth album?
"They all are equally as important. Every record that we do is the
important thing at that moment."
You guys had a very special way of recording this album. Can you tell me
something about it?
"We recorded it in analogue. We did The Burning Red in analogue too. We did
guitars and vocals at the same place, Indigo Ranch."
But why analogue?
"A lot of bands these days use ProTools. They can record it to the computer
and change it there. Machine Head has always been on capturing emotions and
feelings and raw energy on tape. To capture that stuff perfectly, there's
gonna be flaws and mistakes. If you are very emotional, it's not gonna come
out perfectly. So if you do that to it, it takes away from the energy and
the soul of the music."
This time around, you guys worked with producer Johnny K. (known for his
work for Disturbed and Unloco). Why did you choose him?
"Before we did the record we thought about who we wanted to produce the record.
We all wrote down names of people that we liked. We narrowed it down to
people that all of us would agree on. From the people who were available, we
basically did an interview with them. By far, Johnny stood out from everybody
else, with his enthusiasm and his ideas. He's a young, fresh producer. "
And Colin Richardson returned as an old acquaintance.
"Yes, we were talking about people that mix the record. At first, I was in
complete disagreement with Colin. Just because of the stories that they
have told me about The More Things Change sessions and how they had to
redo the guitars and remix. But when he came down, I met him. And he did a
test mix and after that, I was like 'Yeah, let's do it!' "
Is this the best album you have made? Or is it always the last album
that you brought out that you like most?
"Usually for a band, the most recent album they did is the album they like
the most. That's the way I feel. I feel that all of us have improved as
musicians, songwriters, and performers during the process of the different
records.
Rob is developing, every album.
Machine Head has got the same lineup for two records in a row. So we knew
each other. That shows on the record."
Is there something you want to achieve with Machine Head that you still
haven't achieved?
"Yes, the more Machine Head fans there are in the world, the less Crazy Town
fans. Then we're happy."
Do you hate Crazy Town?
"They are not my favorite band . . . "
(Shortly after this interview Ahrue Lester left Machine Head to form his own Crazy Town copycat band. "It felt like the natural thing to do.")
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