MACHINE HEAD Frontman Slams ARCH ENEMY For 'Lying' About U.S. Tour Cancellation

May 4, 2004

MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn has slammed ARCH ENEMY for "lying" about the reasons for their cancellation of their participation in the MH-headlined "Weapons of Mass Destruction" U.S. tour. Speaking to Cleveland, Ohio's The Metal Show Sunday night (May 2),Flynn said about the trek, "It's been killer, man. The tour's been great. I think we've got a really strong package. We've got GOD FORBID and 36 CRAZYFISTS. ARCH ENEMY — it's unfortunate that they've decided to do things the way that they have. They kind of made up a bunch of excuses about going out, you know, because [ARCH ENEMY singer Angela Gossow] couldn't get her visa...you know, whatever. If you buy that, I've got a bridge in Brooklyn I can sell you too. The thing is that they needed this tour more than we needed them, you know. No one's asked for their money back, so...it's unfortunate that they had to go the whole lying route, but whatever. No one's hurting from it."

In the same interview, Flynn was asked about a statement from one of his older interviews in which he was quoted as saying that he didn't understand how an "an incredibly average band" like GODSMACK could go on to sell millions while a band like MACHINE HEAD retained a largely underground cult status. Asked if he's surprised that GODSMACK "continue to sell and that the world hasn't caught on to MACHINE HEAD yet," Flynn replied, "I can...I can definitely see why they sell as many records as they do. They write a lot more commercially ready, radio-friendly music, and we've taken a different path. Especially with this record. Again, it's an extremely unconventional record. Radio stations, especially mainstream ones, pretty much loathe to play seven-minute songs. I mean, on some of them the vocals don't kick in for three minutes and go into all kinds of changes. With all due respect, they're writing three minute songs that are pretty simple kinds of things. I still stand by those comments. They're not the worst band in the world, but I don't get it."

Flynn's entire interview with "The Metal Show" can be heard online at this location.

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