Ghost Machine was an American

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band from

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, California, known for featuring two members from

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, vocalist

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, also vocalist for

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, and drummer Chris "Crispy" Binns, as well as John Stevens of

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History

Ghost Machine came together when vocalist

and guitarist John Stevens met at

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. Moody's band

, previously signed to

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, were to perform live on-air, when John, an XM Radio producer impressed with Moody'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 (formally of Intrinsic) was recruited, along with electronics/keyboards/

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Brett Davis and bassist Mike McLaughlin (formally of Intrinsic). 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 (

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). On December 21, 2005, the band signed with independent label

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. The band's second album, ''

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'', was released on November 21, 2006. It features ten new tracks which were not on the band's previous release. The song "Siesta Loca" from the album is featured on the ''Saw III'' soundtrack. Ivan Moody is no longer listed on the band's page as a member. When asked if he was going to work with Ghost Machine again, Moody said: "I don't. Ghost Machine was something I did for fun. Lots of good friends involved. But it was never intended to be huge or even a band. We literally made 20,000 copies of that. It was just something as a spiritual release more than to get anyone's attention."

Musical style

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defined Ghost Machine as an "

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heavy rock" act whose music mixed "

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and progressive heavy rock".

Members

* John Stevens – guitars, programming * Stitch – bass * Chris Binns – drums * Brett Davis – electronics, keyboards, programming

Former

* Mike McLaughlin – bass *

– vocals

Discography

References

External links

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