Re-Machined: A Tribute to Deep Purple's Machine Head
| Re-Machined: A Tribute to Deep Purple's Machine Head | |
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| Compilation album by Various artists | |
| Released | September 25, 2012 |
| Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal, blues rock |
| Label | Eagle Rock Entertainment |
| Producer | Kevin Shirley, Glenn Hughes, Howard Benson, Mike Fraser, Zakk Wylde, Matt Sorum, the Flaming Lips, Greg Fidelman, Fabrizio Grossi |
Re-Machined: A Tribute to Deep Purple's Machine Head is a 2012 tribute album that features a variety of hard rock and heavy metal bands covering songs written by Deep Purple. Groups included on the multi-artist collection include Black Label Society and Iron Maiden among others. Picking up some commercial success, the work hit the #41 slot on Billboard Top Independent Albums chart and additionally received critical praise from publications such as Allmusic.
As part of the 40th anniversary celebrations of Deep Purple's 1972 release Machine Head, Re-Machined was released on September 25, 2012 by Eagle Rock Entertainment.
Re-Machined features mostly specially recorded tracks from former Deep Purple Mk III member Glenn Hughes with Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Chickenfoot, Steve Vai, Black Label Society, Carlos Santana and Papa Roach vocalist Jacoby Shaddix - their version of "Smoke on the water" has previously been released on the Santana album "Guitar Heaven", Jimmy Barnes & Joe Bonamassa, and the supergroup Kings of Chaos featuring Def Leppard vocalist Joe Elliott, Steve Stevens, and former Guns N' Roses members Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum.
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