MACHINE HEAD Interviewed On 'Headbangers Ball' (Video)
October 14, 2011Jose Mangin, host/producer MTV.com's web-only show "Headbangers Ball", conducted an interview with MACHINE HEAD singer/guitarist Robb Flynn, bassist Adam Duce, and drummer Dave McClain along with tattoo artist Paul Booth at the the listening party for the band's new album, "Unto The Locust", on September 24 at Last Rites Tattoo Theatre & Gallery in New York City. You can now watch the chat below.
"Unto The Locust" sold more than 17,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 22 on The Billboard 200 chart putting MACHINE HEAD in the Top 25 for the first time in the band's 17-year history. Even more impressively, this is the third consecutive album to show at least a 20 percent increase in sales over its predecessor, a virtually unprecedented feat for any band or artist, let alone a metal band in 2011. Add to that the fact that MACHINE HEAD's last CD came out four and a half years ago, a period of time that has seen the music market drop by more than 45 percent, and you're looking at something amazing.
MACHINE HEAD has consistently averaged more than 100,000 copies sold in the U.S. for each of its seven albums and has shifted double that overseas (accruing several silver records in the U.K.),resulting in cumulative worldwide sales of more than 2.4 million.
MACHINE HEAD's previous CD, "The Blackening", opened with just under 15,000 units back in April 2007 to debut at No. 54 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band's 2004 effort, "Through The Ashes Of Empires", premiered with less than 12,000 copies to land at No. 88.
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