Owen Wright is an American musician best known for playing guitar with the

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My Sister's Machine My Sister's Machine was an American rock band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 1989. Its members were Nick Pollock (lead vocals, guitar), Owen Wright (guitar), Chris Ivanovich (bass guitar), and Chris Gohde (drums). This band recorded and rel ...

Biography

In 1984, Wright formed the band

along with singer Kevin Wells (later replaced by Jeff L'Heureux from

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), guitarist Michael Winston, bassist Tim Wolfe, and drummer

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. They released an album in 1986 called ''

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'', which brought them opening gigs with

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, and

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. The band continued touring for another two years before they disbanded in 1988. A year later, Wright and Gohde formed the band

along with singer-guitarist

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and bassist Chris Ivanovich. Pollock had previously played guitar with the band

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that also featured

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on vocals. My Sister's Machine recorded two albums, ''

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'', and toured with other notable acts such as

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, and White Zombie. Wright is credited for co-writing the music to almost every song in the band's catalog. Although both albums were largely well received by critics, My Sister's Machine split up in 1994 after Elektra Entertainment folded the label they were under at that time. Since the break-up, Wright has played guitar in a band called Old Lady Litterbug whose other members were vocalist

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and

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in support of Cantrell's first solo album ''

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''. Old Lady Litterbug has recorded a seven-track EP called ''KMG-365'' released in 1998. In 2009, Wright and Gohde reunited with their Mistrust bandmates at the Feedback Lounge in

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for the CD release of ''Spin the World''. The following year they reunited with My Sister's Machine for the 2010 Layne Staley Tribute and Benefit Concert.Full Circle’s Comin’ Round: My Sister’s Machine Reunites After 16 Years
In 2011, Wright made a guest appearance on ''Love's Gentle Maw'' by Tanks of Zen, playing guitar solos on the tracks "Alibi" and "Gravity".

Discography

;Other appearances

References

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