I love this band since their debut album Burn My Eyes which we listened to as little hardcore and metal kids all the time, discovering more and more music each day back in the first half of the nineties. So, I ordered this baby from Rockmark bookstore and wanted to see, read for myself the thirty years behind this band, which is kept in the scene by resilience and strength of one Robb Flynn, main songwriter, guitarist and vocalist of Machine Head.
What I love about this book is an inside look on writing and recording of all albums, some stories behind most of the songs and how they were spawn. But, what I love more is stories from tours, personal anecdotes of band members, but I didn´t like total and all the time bitching and arguing with other bands, courtesy of Robb Flynn, who is judging by my opinion, formed upon reading of this book, a great musician, but total asshole as a character. I hope I am wrong, but the guy bickers and picks fight all the time via Internet, with Kerry King, with former band members, with other bands, promoters, about which place Machine Head takes on a festival bill, under or above someone and similar. That were the most interesting parts of this book which as a whole is an interesting read, but nothing special.
