Here Comes The Flood — Few hard rock records have made such a lasting impact as the Machine Head, the 1972 album by Deep Purple. Odd to think that band choose Never Before as the first single back then. Apparently they didn't realise the power of Highway Star and Smoke ... more info

Starpulse — Happy Birthday to: Actor Jared Padalecki (1982) Singer Michelle Heaton (1979) Actor Mark Webber (1980) British actor Benedict Cumberbatch (1976) Actress Vinessa Shaw (1976) Machine Head singe... more info

Guardian Music — Jon Lord, who has died aged 1971, gave hard rock one of its defining sounds. Here he is at his bestThe most thrilling sight at the first gig I ever went to wasn't the flashbombs and pyro during Cozy Powell's drum solo. It wasn't David Coverdale whirl... more info

Guardian Music — Organist who infused Deep Purple with classical influences, helping to make them one of the world's biggest rock bands'We're as valid as anything by Beethoven," declared Jon Lord of his band, Deep Purple, in an interview with the New Musical Express... more info

Metal Injection — If I make a list of quintessential Roadrunner Records bands, without question, Machine Head would be on that list. The band have been with the label their entire career, and helped build the label into the juggernaut it became. Then, Roadrunner sol... more info

Metalsucks — Oy! Rough year for Roadrunner, huh? First DevilDriver part ways with the label, then they suffer massive layoffs at the hand of their new(ish) corporate overlords, and now another one of their premiere acts, Machine Head, are apparently flying the ... more info

Guardian Music — Madonna, Mary J Blige, Minaj, May, Machine Head and many more Jill Scott more info

Metalsucks — Eat this, David Lowery. Producer Ross Robinson — the legendary producer behind albums by Korn, Deftones, Slipknot, At the Drive-In, Machine Head, Norma Jean and more — thinks you should stop paying for music. Robinson expressed his controversial... more info

Metal Injection — Machine Head played a secret show at Kings College in London last night, under their cover band moniker Ten Ton Hammer. They played some sweet covers as they usually do, and surprise!, somebody taped it and uploaded it to Youtube. While the band play... more info

Metalsucks — So you know how like once ever bagillion years Anthrax play a “secret show” as a a “cover band” called Satan’s Lounge Act? Well, Machine Head kinda do the same thing; their “cover band” moniker is Ten Ton Hammer. So if anyone ever asks... more info