MACHINE HEAD drummer CHRIS KONTOS talks rejoining the band

13 September 2019

Bay Area metal giants MACHINE HEAD, who recently announced the dates for their Burn My Eyes 25th anniversary tour, have re-recorded the legendary debut album in its entirety.

The recording line-up features original BME alulmni Chris Kontos and Logan Mader as well as singer and guitarist Robb Flynn and bass player Jared MacEachern. The recordings were done at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, California.

Today, the band released a brand new interview with drummer Chris Kontos, conducted by renowned journalist Dom Lawson. Watch Kontos talk about the impact of Burn My Eyes, what it's like to play with Logan and Robb for the first time in 20 years, and the excitement of the anniversary tour below.

In the clip below, Chris Kontos, Logan Mader, Robb Flynn, and Jared MacEachern sat down with Lawson and listened to the band's classic debut, Burn My Eyes, for the first time in over two decades. This often hilarious conversation sees them trying to remember where they wrote songs, discussing how they got together back in 1992, and the time they set off the smoke alarms in the Fantasy recording studio from smoking so much weed.

Let Freedom Ring! It is with great excitement that MACHINE HEAD announce the first leg of their 25 Year Anniversary tour for the band’s classic debut, Burn My Eyes.

The dates kick off in Germany on October 5th in Freiburg, and continue across Europe and the UK, wrapping in Dublin, Ireland on the 8th of November. The US leg will be announced in due course; those dates are set for November into December as the tour makes its way around the globe.

Building on their wildly popular An Evening With… format, these not-to-be-missed shows will be a three-hour musical extravaganza, comprised of two parts:

Part I - will feature a battery of MACHINE HEAD’s modern classics, such as ‘Imperium,’ ‘Halo,’ and, ‘The Blood, The Sweat, The Tears,’ featuring frontman/guitarist Robb Flynn and bassist Jared MacEachern performing alongside two, soon-to-be-announced, ragers on guitar and drums.

Part II - will feature the Bay Area band’s classic debut album, Burn My Eyes played in its entirety for the first time ever. And if somehow this historical event could not be monumental enough, taking the stage for this part of the set will be Burn My Eyes-era alumni and MACHINE HEAD’s original drummer Chris Kontos and original guitarist, Logan Mader.

Source: blabbermouth.net

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