Ep28: Machine Head pt1: Burn My Eyes and The More Things Change

“Burn My Eyes gave hope to the rest of us”

“It will never be my favorite, but it might objectively be their best”

We LOVE Machine Head! The first of five epic parts analyzing all of their albums, adding context to the time periods of their release, and lots of speculation on what was going on behind the scenes. 

00:00 Intro

1:25 DAW talk, memorizing vs looking things up in physics and programming

25:37 Experts make it look like magic, the gig economy,  

the importance of a shared language in music/programming.

57:09 Contextual knowledge, the difference between tricks and fundamentals in math education, acknowledging  some current events

 

1:15:37 Topic Intro, comparison of the records

1:36:19 The monolithic legacy of Burn My Eyes, the everyman’s modern metal production bible

1:47:05 early/mid 90s context

2:08:39 Track by track

2:25:20 Mature social commentary, Robb has always been anti-racist, 

2:41:00 BME summary

2:49:32 TMTC

3:03:06 The record always ended with Violate for me

3:09:45 Summary

 

Recorded 5/19/2022