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MACHINE HEAD Frontman Talks About Performing With Fan In Vienna

February 16, 2010

MACHINE HEAD fan site TakeMyScars.com asked the band's frontman Robb Flynn for his comment on the group's February 10 concert in Vienna, Austria when they brought a fan on stage to play the song "Aesthetics Of Hate" with them.

Stated Flynn: "About one song before 'Aesthetics', I noticed a kid upfront with a banner which said, 'Let me play 'Aesthetics Of Hate' On Guitar, Robb. I'm Fucking Serious!!' We both made eye contact, and both laughed it off. So when 'Aesthetics' came up in the set, him and a bunch of his friends start screaming, 'Please.' I'm like, 'Dude, you better not be fucking around,' he's like, 'I can do it.' So I told security to bring him up. His name was Peter.

"He did fucking killer!! Knew all my parts [on guitar]. I had to slow him down in the beginning a little; he was playing it a hundred miles an hour. But once the band kicked in, he got it.

"It was really, really cool. Super-fun. It was an incredible moment in an even more incredible show.

"We brought him and his buddies back after the show to say, 'Hey,' and I asked how far the crowd surfed him after he stage-dived back into the audience. He said all the way to the bar, where three people bought him beers, and he proceeded to cry.

"Amazing stuff!"

Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be viewed below.

After storming across Europe, MACHINE HEAD's "The Black Procession" tour will hit Japan and Australia, putting an end to three incredible years of roadwork in support of the band's highly acclaimed, Grammy-nominated album "The Blackening". Continuing the assault with MACHINE HEAD are HATEBREED and BLEEDING THROUGH, with CROSSFAITH opening in Japan and EMMURE providing support in Australia.

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