"Green Machine" is a song by
Kyuss
Kyuss ( ) was an American rock band, formed in Palm Desert, California, in 1987. The band disbanded in 1995, and since then, members of Kyuss have gone on to form or play in several notable bands including Queens of the Stone Age, Fu Manchu, ...
from their 1992 album, ''
Blues for the Red Sun
''Blues for the Red Sun'' is the second studio album by American rock band Kyuss, released in 1992. While the album received mainly favorable reviews, it fared poorly commercially, selling only 39,000 units. It has since become a very influentia ...
''. The song was written by drummer
Brant Bjork
Brant Bjork (born March 19, 1973) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is perhaps best known as the drummer and founder of the influential Californian stoner rock band Kyuss. Bjork played in Vista Chino, along wit ...
.
Music video
The video for "Green Machine" features bassist
Scott Reeder instead of
Nick Oliveri
Nick Steven Oliveri (born October 21, 1971) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter. He is perhaps best known as a former bassist of Kyuss and later Queens of the Stone Age from 1998 to 2004. Oliveri is also a solo artist a ...
, who left the band shortly after the release of ''Blues for the Red Sun''. Filmed in the desert, an acknowledgement of the desert rock scene of the early 90s, it shows the band performing intercut with scenes of the expansive Californian desert.
Legacy
The back of the CD case contains the following review by Murray Engleheart:
Japanese band
Greenmachine named themselves after the song.
Dutch musician Bong-Ra sampled the song on his track "Suicide Speed Machine Girl" from his 2006 album ''Stereohype Heroin Hooker''.
In 2006, German band
Emil Bulls
Emil Bulls is a German rock band that was formed in 1995 in Munich, Bavaria. The group consists of two guitarists, a bass guitar player, a drummer and a vocalist/guitarist.
History
In 1995, Christoph "Christ" von Freydorf (vocals) and Stefa ...
covered "Green Machine" on their acoustic album ''
The Life Acoustic''.
In 2008, American band
Pelican debuted their first music video, "Dead Between the Walls". The video was intended as an homage to the "Green Machine" video.
HBB Video Premiere: Pelican’s ‘Dead Between the Walls’
Headbangers Blog (May 15, 2008). Retrieved on 12-14-08.
Accolades
Track listings
Australia CD
Personnel
* John Garcia – vocals
* Josh Homme – guitar
*Nick Oliveri
Nick Steven Oliveri (born October 21, 1971) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter. He is perhaps best known as a former bassist of Kyuss and later Queens of the Stone Age from 1998 to 2004. Oliveri is also a solo artist a ...
– bass
*Brant Bjork
Brant Bjork (born March 19, 1973) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is perhaps best known as the drummer and founder of the influential Californian stoner rock band Kyuss. Bjork played in Vista Chino, along wit ...
– drums
*Chris Goss
Christopher Ryan Goss (born August 17, 1958) is an American record producer and musician. Best known for producing records for Kyuss and Queens of the Stone Age, he is regarded as an important figure in the development of stoner rock and deser ...
– producer
References
External links
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Kyuss songs
1992 songs
1993 singles