MACHINE HEAD Comment On 'Burn My Eyes' Anniversary Show

July 29, 2004

San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD have commented on their upcoming 10th anniversary of their highly acclaimed debut offering, "Burn My Eyes". The band will celebrate the occasion by treating their fans to a special, one-night-only performance of the album in its entirety on August 8 at the Theatre of Living Arts in Philadelphia.

Released worldwide on August 8, 1994, "Burn My Eyes" was and still is considered to be one of the most important albums of its genre, garnering the band an unprecedented level of recognition and spawning a myriad of imitators — all from just their first record.

"It's hard to believe that it's been ten years," exclaimed bassist Adam Duce. "We’ve been having so much fun practicing and revisiting all those songs".

Since the album's anniversary happens to coincide with a date on the annual Roadrunner Records-sponsored "Road Rage" tour featuring MACHINE HEAD, co-headliner and labelmates CHIMAIRA, and up-and-comers TRIVIUM, the band knew right away that a special treat was in order. On top of setting aside their entire scheduled set list for the evening, the band have also chosen to forego their popular "Through the Ashes of Empires" merchandise for the occasion, offering in its place, a single, limited edition "Burn My Eyes" commemorative t-shirt, complete with original album artwork and the date of the event.

Dave McClain commented: "I don't know who's gonna have more fun at this show, us or our fans! This is gonna be a killer show and a great way to say thank you to our fans for all their continuing support."

"Burn My Eyes" has sold 153,000 copies in the U.S. to date, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Find more on

Prev More News Next

Comments Disclaimer And Information

BLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).