Greenmachine

Infobox musical artist
Name = Greenmachine


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Origin = Japan
Genre = Doom metal
Stoner metal
Years_active = 1995 - 1999 2003 - 2007
Label = Man's Ruin Records Diwphalanx Records
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Current_members = Datsu Hasegawa Monzawa
Past_members = Daisaku

nihongo|Greenmachine|グリーンマシーン|Gurīnmashīn is a Japanese stoner/doom metal band founded in 1995.

History

Greenmachine named themselves after the Kyuss song "Green Machine," the second track on "Blues for the Red Sun". [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:jzftxq85ldhe Greenmachine] at AMG] In 1995 they released their debut album, "D.A.M.N.", on Man's Ruin Records. They followed with "The Earth Beater" two years later, also on Man's Ruin. They disbanded in 1999 but resurfaced in 2003 with a new bass player and released "The Archives of Rotten Blues" on Diwphalanx Records. [ [http://www.rockdetector.com/artist,44444.sm Greenmachine] at Rockdetector] Diwphalanx also reissued the two Man's Ruin albums with bonus tracks in 2003. They played in 2005 and are featured on the DVD along with fellow Japanese artists Boris, Church of Misery and Eternal Elysium. The band disbanded again in 2007 after the Wizard's Convention show, with their latest DVD release, "This is the End", documenting their final show.

Members

* Datsu - drums
* Hasegawa - bass/vocals
* Monzawa - guitar/vocals

Discography

tudio albums

* "D.A.M.N." CD (Man's Ruin Records 1997)
* "The Earth Beater" CD/10" (Man's Ruin Records 1999)
* "The Archives of Rotten Blues" CD (Diwphalanx Records 2004)

ingles

* Split 7" w/Thug (Bovine Records 1997)

Reissue

* "D.A.M.N. +3" CD (Diwphalanx Records 2004)
* "The Earth Beater +3" CD (Diwphalanx Records 2004)

Live

* "" DVD (Diwphalanx Records 2005)
* "This Is the End 061008" DVD (Diwphalanx Records 2007)

References

External links

[http://www.diwphalanx.com/ Diwphalanx site]