My Sister's Machine

My Sister's Machine
My Sister's Machine
Background information
Origin	Seattle, Washington, USA
Genres	Grunge Heavy Metal Hard rock
Years active	1989–1994
Labels	Caroline Records Chameleon Records Elektra Records
Former members
Nick Pollock Owen Wright Chris Ivanovich Chris Gohde

My Sister's Machine was a grunge band, formed in Seattle, WA, and popular in the early nineties.

History

My Sister's Machine was a grunge band that formed in 1989, prior to the "grunge movement" of the early 90's in Seattle, WA. In 1990, My Sister's Machine received the "Best New Band" award from the Northwest Music Association.

In 1991, they had much interest from the major record labels but chose to sign with a smaller label Caroline Records who could spend more time and effort promoting them.

In 1992, they released their debut album, Diva to much critical acclaim. Lonn Friend (editor of the heavy metal/rock music magazineRIP) who did a weekly segment called "Friend At Large" on Headbangers Ball on MTV, talked about how much he loved the album. He also wore their shirt for two weeks on the show. Over the next year they did a tour with The Smashing Pumpkins who were also signed to Caroline. They toured the United States and Europe. They did in-studio interviews on Headbangers Ball promoting their video on MTV for their single, I'm Sorry. They also co-headlined a tour with Pantera.

In 1993, they moved to Chameleon a division of Elektra Entertainment and released Wallflower in 1993. You can view the video for their single, Enemy at [1]. They toured the United States with King's X.

Just a couple months after releasing the album Elektra Entertainment folded the Chameleon division dropping all bands that were signed leaving the album and band unpromoted. After a string of bad luck they split up in 1994.

Vocalist Nick Pollock had played the guitar in Alice in Chains in the '80s and remained in the close-knit Seattle metal scene that included those two bands as well as Gruntruck and Screaming Trees.

Members

• Nick Pollock - vocals, guitar
• Owen Wright - guitar
• Chris Ivanovich - bass
• Chris Gohde - drums

Discography

• Diva (Caroline, 1992)
• Wallflower (Chameleon, 1993)

External links

• My Sister's Machine at AMG