Machine Head loses two members of the band prior to their final tour.
Robb Flyn, the metal band’s frontman, has announced that drummer Dave McClain and bassist Jared MacEachern have quit the band. He also assured fans that the band’s final tour would go ahead despite losing half its current line-up.
He announced the news via a Facebook Live Video: “I’ll get right to it,” he said. “Wednesday night, Phil Demmel quit Machine Head. Yesterday afternoon, Dave McClain quit Machine Head. And Jared kinda quit but didn’t know if he was quitting for sure.”
He explained that Demmel and McClain had left following musical differences but also assigned some of the blame to himself: “We have grown apart as people. Musically, we have 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. Those rough edges have given us the success we have, but they’ve also hurt the people around me. I’ve got a lot of drive but I’ve got a lot of anger and rage. That drive of mine has alienated folks in the band.”
Fortunately for Machine Head fans, Flynn also assured ticket holders that the North American tour would still go ahead in October. “We have all agreed to make this a celebration of our music and this era of the band,” he confirmed.
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