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Machines Of Loving Grace

Artist Biography For Machines Of Loving Grace

Machines Of Loving Grace Was An Industrial Rock Band From Tucson Arizona United States. Formed In 1989 As Machines Of Loving Grace Named For A Richard Brautigan Poem The Original Lineup Consisted Of Scott Benzel Vocals Stuart Kupers Guitar And Bass And Mike Fisher Keyboards With Brad Kemp Drums Added Shortly Thereafter. Mammoth Records Released Their Demo As The Band's Label Debut Without Any Rerecording In 1991. Their Self-Titled Album Machines Of Loving Grace Was Followed By Two EP Singles- Rite Of Shiva And 1992's Burn Like Brilliant Trash Which Featured Trent Reznor Remixes. Two Years Later The Band Released Concentration. It Continued Their Signature Sound But Was More Refined In The Combination Of Beat- And Bass-Heavy Riffs With Hard Edged Guitar. With The Release Of Two Videos The Band Was Able To Get National-Level MTV Airplay And Join In The Industrial Rock Wave That Was Ushered In By Nine Inch Nails. 1994 Saw A New Song By The Band Golgotha Tenement Blues Featured On The Soundtrack To The Crow. In 1995 Machines Of Loving Grace Released Their Third Album Gilt. This Record Was Marked By An Increased Guitar Presence. New Band Members Included David Suycott Formerly Of Stabbing Westward And Spies Who Surf On Drums Ray Riendeau Bass And Tom Coffen Guitar . The Song Richest Junkie Still Alive Was Included On The Soundtrack To Hackers. The Song Tryst Was Released On The Ill-Fated MegaMan Soundtrack. Furthermore Various Mixes Of Three Of Their Songs—Perfect Tan Butterfly Wings And Lilith/Eve—were Featured On The '95 Horror Devour. Butterfly Wings Was Also Featured On The Television Show Due South In The Episodes Chicago Holiday And Flashback. In 1997 The Band Was Working On A New Record But Before It Was Completed The Band Broke Up. This Was Precipitated By Trouble At The Label And Benzel's Desire To Work On Other Projects Among Other Reasons. A New Album Was To Be Called Love Scenes At The Slave Market But After A Fruitless Search For A Label Mammoth Was In The Process Of Being Sold The Project Was Abandoned. As Of 2006 Benzel Is Involved With An Electronic Band Called Soulo. Mike Fisher Is Currently With Amish Rake Fight. In 2008 Butterfly Wings From 1993's Concentration Was Featured On The Soundtrack Of The Motion Picture Punisher War Zone. Previous Members Scott Benzel Vocals 1989-1997 Stuart Kupers Guitar And Bass 1989-1995 Mike Fisher Keyboards 1989-1995 Brad Kemp Drums 1989-1995 Ray Riendeau Bass 1995-1997 David Suycott Drums 1995-1997 Kevin Doc Sullivan Keyboards 1995-1997 Discography Studio Albums
1991 - Machines Of Loving Grace
1993 - Concentration
1995 - Gilt Remix EPs
1991 - Rite Of Shiva
1992 - Burn Like Brilliant Trash Singles
1991-1992
-- X-Insurrection
-- Rite Of Shiva
-- Burn Like Brilliant Trash
1993
-- Perfect Tan Bikini Atoll -- Butterfly Wings
-- If I Should Explode
1994
-- Golgotha Tenement Blues
1995-1996
-- Richest Junkie Still Alive
-- Suicide King