News Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Machine Head will look a lot different once their upcoming fall tour wraps, as frontman Robb Flynn has announced that guitarist Phil Demmel and drummer Dave McClain will part ways with the band. The surprise announcement came today (September 28th) via a Facebook Live video in which Flynn admitted that the members have “grown apart as people.” “I’ll get right to it,” Flynn began, “Wednesday night, Phil Demmel quit Machine Head. Yesterday afternoon, Dave McClain quit Machine Head, and [bassist] Jared [MacEachern] kinda quit, but didn’t no if he was quitting for sure.” He went on to say that the band’s scheduled fall tour, which kicks off October 4th in Sacramento, California, is still going to go on, and that the members “have all agreed to make it a celebration of our music of this era of the band.” An emotional Flynn confessed, “We have grown apart as people. Musically, we’ve grown apart. I have held on too tight to the reins of this band, and I have suffocated those guys. I’ve got some rough edges. I’m kind of a barnacle. And those rough edges have given us the success we have, but they’ve also hurt the people around me.” He added, “I ask that you respect Phil and Dave’s decision, as I respect their decision. I wanna say that I’m honored and grateful for everything that they’ve contributed to Machine Head, which is a lot — 15 years with Phil, 23 years with Dave.” He would go on to say, “It’s the end of an era. I did a lot of crying yesterday, and felt like I got run over by a truck.” Flynn said that he doesn’t “know what the future holds” for Machine Head, but added that he spoke with Jared again this morning, and that the bassist had decided to stick around. Machine Head’s most recent album, Catharsis, was released in January of this year. Machine Head Fall 2018 Tour Dates: 10/04 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace Of Spades 10/06 – Missoula, MT @ The Wilma 10/08 – Calgary, AB @ Palace Theatre 10/09 – Edmonton, AB @ Union Hall 10/10 – Saskatoon, SK @ Louis 10/12 – Winnipeg, MB @ The Garrick 10/13 – Minot, ND @ The Original 10/15 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue 10/17 – Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre 10/18 – Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s 10/19 – Kansas City, MO @ Truman 10/20 – Joliet, IL @ The Forge 10/22 – Cleveland, OH @ Agora 10/23 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Intersection 10/24 – Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre 10/26 – Ft. Wayne, IN @ Clyde Theatre 10/27 – Columbus, OH @ Newport 10/29 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE 10/30 – Hartford, CT @ The Webster 10/31 – Huntington, NY @ Paramount 11/02 – Sayreville, NJ @ Starland 11/03 – Richmond, VA @ National 11/04 – Baltimore, MD @ Soundstage 11/07 – Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel 11/09 – Louisville, KY @ Mercury Ballroom 11/10 – Nashville, KY @ Exit In 11/11 – Charlotte, NC @ Underground 11/13 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution 11/14 – Tampa, FL @ The Ritz 11/16 – New Orleans, LA @ House Of Blues 11/17 – Austin, TX @ Emos 11/18 – Lubbock, TX @ Jake’s 11/20 – Tucson, AZ @ Club X 11/21 – San Diego, CA @ House Of Blues 11/23 – Anaheim, CA @ House Of Blues 11/24 – Santa Cruz, CA @ Catalyst Source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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