Machine Go Boom
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| Machine Go Boom | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | Cleveland, Ohio, USA | |
| Genre(s) | Indie rock | |
| Years active | 2001–present | |
| Label(s) | Collectible Escalators | |
| Website | Official website | |
| Members | ||
| Arran Biggart Carrie Bukala Mikey Machine Brian 'Bubbles' O'Connor Mike Uva |
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Machine Go Boom is a five-piece indie rock band from Cleveland, Ohio.
MACHINE GO BOOM’s distorted pop inventions are a frighteningly good mix of acoustic folk balladry, amphetamine-lit punk, and synth-fed new wave. The release of Thank You Captain Obvious in 2004 was a most stunning and welcome musical event in Cleveland. Like some glowing artifact from a cartoon moon, Captain Obvious bristled and careened comically, its anthems pop-sloppy and anthemic, full of childlike wonder but disclosing nostalgia and real sadness.
Cleveland’s two arts weeklies and their readers have bestowed honors upon Machine Go Boom as the city’s favorite indie band. An East Coast tour in the Fall of 2005 (performing with the likes of Elf Power and The Gerbils) brought many new fans into the fold.
Both Captain Obvious and the new Music for Parents were recorded by rising engineer Paul Maccarrone, who operates Zombie Proof studio in a warehouse space in midtown Cleveland. Paul uses analog equipment and a kitchen-sink approach to getting unique sounds that complement Mikey Machine’s ambitious and idiosyncratic arrangements. For Music for Parents, Machine Go Boom expanded their sonic palette to include strings, woodwinds, horns, and percussion, inviting musicians from other local bands to contribute their talents.
Music for Parents plays like a scrapbook of stories about growing up: from the scary enormity of a child’s world (“Small”) through the social terrors of adolescence (“Oh My,” “Elmer’s Glue”). There are tender yet wary love letters (“800 lb. Gorilla,” “Parents”) and full-bore rockers (“Build Me a Ladder,” “Gentleman’s Reply”) that trace a youthful journey into more adult concerns: the inertia of one’s twenty-something years (“Dirty Pipes”) and disillusionment with the local rock scene and making it big (“Uh-Oh …,” “Lazy Weekend”).
Fans can rest assured that the three-year wait for a new Machine Go Boom record has been worth it. Music for Parents delivers and expands upon the assured and exuberant rock they’ve come to expect. Speaking of fans, have you been to an MGB show recently? The place is packed and the crowd knows all the words!
[edit] Band members
[edit] Current members
- Arran Biggart – drums, backing vocals
- Carrie Bukala – keyboards, backing vocals
- Mikey Machine – guitar, vocals
- Brian 'Bubbles' O'Connor – bass guitar
- Mike Uva (2004-2006) – lead guitar, vocals
- Kevin Jaworski – lead guitar, vocals
[edit] External links
- Machine Go Boom's official web page
- Machine Go Boom's page on MySpace
- Machine Go Boom's page on Collectible Escalators
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