- Ghost Machine
Infobox musical artist
Name = Ghost Machine
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Origin =Los Angeles ,California , U.S.
Genre =Industrial metal Progressive rock Experimental rock
Years_active = 2005–present
Label =Corporate Punishment
Associated_acts =Five Finger Death Punch
URL = [http://www.ghostmachine.net/ ghostmachine.net]
Current_members = Ivan Moody
John Stevens
Stitch
Chris "Crispy" Binns
Brett "Wingnut" Davis
Past_members = Mike "Mikey" McLaughlinGhost Machine is a five-piece music group from the
United States . Their music is a mixture ofindustrial metal ,progressive rock , andexperimental rock . The band is also notable for featuring two members fromMotograter , in vocalist Ivan Moody (Ghost) and drummer Chris "Crispy" Binns, and some members ofThe Clay People .History
Ghost Machine came together when vocalist Ivan Moody and guitarist John Stevens met at
XM Radio . Ivan's bandMotograter , previously signed toElektra Records , were to perform live on-air, when John, an XM Radio producer, impressed with Ivan's vocals, thought he would be a good fit with the material he had written for his previous project.After several recording sessions, drummer Chris Binns of Motograter was recruited, along with electronics/keyboards/programmer Brett Davis and finally bassist Mike McLaughlin.
The band released their self titled debut album "Ghost Machine" on
July 26 ,2005 via their own label Black Blood Records. The album was engineered and co-produced by Pete Murray (Lo-Pro ).On
December 21 ,2005 , the band signed withindependent label ,Corporate Punishment Records . [http://www.corporatepunishment.com/news/page/12/]The band's second album "
Hypersensitive " was released onNovember 21 ,2006 . The album features ten new tracks which weren't featured on the band's previous release.The song "Siesta Loca" is featured on the
Saw III soundtrack.The band is in the process of creating a remix CD and have been releasing remixes on a special Ghost Machine remix Myspace site.
Members
* Ivan Moody (Ghost) – Vocals
* John Stevens – Guitars, Programming
* Stitch – Bass
* Chris "Crispy" Binns – Drums
* Brett "Wingnut" Davis – Electronics, Keyboards, ProgrammingFormer
* Mike "Mikey" McLaughlin – Bass
Discography
External links
* [http://www.ghostmachine.net Official site]
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* [http://music.yahoo.com/ar-26223708---Ghost-Machine Launch: Ghost Machine]
* [http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/ghost_machine/artist.jhtml MTV.com: Ghost Machine]
* [http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/ghost_machine/artist.jhtml VH1.com: Ghost Machine]
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