Where can I find The God Machine's EP, 7"es, 12"es,
promos ?
Well, it's almost impossible to find any of these, some second-hand shops
sometimes carry copies of one of those releases (though I never saw
one). The only way to get those songs is asking someone who does have
them to make you a copy on tape. If you don't know anyone who has the
original releases, try via The God Machine e-mailing list : [email protected]
Where can I find God Machine live recordings or videos
?
Apart from 'Home' and 'She Said', no live versions of God Machine songs were
released. I never saw any God Machine bootlegs on LP or CD. There are
some live-tapes circulating around the globe. Some of those are (very)
low quality audience recordings, some are satisfying quality radio
broadcasts. Someone even spotted a God Machine live-video at a New York
flea market. There's a video-clip to 'Home' and MTV showed short clips
of 'Commitment'. In March 93, MTV Europe had a God Machine mini-special
in 120 Minutes (but I don't know where you could get a copy of this).
What are the remaining God Machine members upto these
days ?
Both Ron and Robin still live in London.
Ron is involved in writing, directing and producing films and recently
finished a 40 minutes short film titled "The Trinity Tower".
Robin is still in the music bizz : he
runs his own record label, The Flower Shop, which released stuff from
Elevate, Ligament, Rosa Mota, Swervedriver, etc. Robin also produced
Elevate's debut album "Bronzee" and Rosa Mota's debut album "Wishful
Sinking".
In 1996, Robin picked up music again and formed a new band called Sophia.
They released their debut album 'Fixed Water' in November 1996.
Former Society Line (pre God Machine) member Albert Amman now
lives in Seattle, works in the software bizz and still plays music and
put out tapes ; Robert Walker now has a record shop in San Francisco.
What's said at the beginning of 'Dream Machine'
?
This conversation is taking from Bertolucci's "The Sheltering
Sky" (1990), based on the novel (1949) written by Paul Bowles.
This is the excerpt (error disturbed ...) used in 'Dream Machine' :
"Are you lost ?"
"Yes."
"Because we don't know when we will die, we get to think of life as an
inexhaustible well. Yet everything happens only a certain number of times.
And a very small number, really... How manymore times will you remember
a certain afternoon of your childhood, an afternoon that was so important
that you can't even conceive your life without it. Perhaps 4 or 5 times.
How many more times will you see the full moon rise, perhaps 20
perhaps not even that. And yet it all seems limitless."
It was also used by the band Neurosis in their song 'Lost'.
Where does intro to 'Home' come from ?
The 'sample' used in 'Home' comes from a song called 'Pilentze Pee',
performed by the Bulgarian 'folkloristic' group Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares.
Where does the sample in 'The Desert Song' come from
?
This sample comes from some old tv-show called The Hurting Church.
Where to find God Machine shirts ?
The God Machine sold shirts and hats at their concerts, but are most
probably out of stock now ... d.i.y. time ...
What's Society Line ?
Society Line was the first name of The God Machine. At the time they
were in San Diego and when Albert Amman was the fourth band member.
It's difficult to describe what thay sounded like, think of typical
eighties wave-pop, including a cover of 'White Rabbit' ...