Viva Machine
| Viva Machine | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Swansea, Wales |
| Genres |
Alternative rock Progressive rock Pop |
| Years active | 2003 – September 2009 (On Hiatus) |
| Labels | Rocklouder Records |
| Associated acts | The Automatic |
| Website | http://www.vivamachine.com |
| Members | Chris Seacombe Tom Stephens Gareth Carter Dai Francis Justin Hendy |
Viva Machine were a Welsh Rock band who started out in 2003 under the name Ipsofacto before changing their name and reinventing themselves in 2006 under the name Viva Machine, and later in 2008 adding a second guitarist and synth player Justin Hendy. The band announced a hiatus in September 2009.
The band released their first single "My Jet Set Radio" on 4 December 2006, which whilst limitedly available, gained a small amount of radio play through BBC Radio 1, as well as being exposed through ITV show The Guest List where the band performed "My Jet Set Radio", "Robot Bodyrox" and "Earthquakers and Love Shakers".
Working with Future Of The Left and Duffy producer Richard Jackson the band worked throughout 2007 on tracks for their debut, recording 15 tracks for the album, and then working on around 20 b-sides. The band finished much of their album in mid-2008 and have since recorded further tracks for inclusion. Rough versions of some tracks that are believed to be on the album have appeared on the band's myspace page, including "Death Star Trucker", "Oxygen", "Futuristic Dracula", "Yo Ho" and "Robot Bodyrox".
The band announced on that "Robotbodyrox" would be the first single from the band's album, the single will be available from 9 November 2008, along with track "Go! Go! Go!", the single will be limitedly available on vinyl at the band's shows. music video premièred also online on 21 October 2008. Due to troubles with the band's distributor the release of "Robotbodyrox" has been pushed back to December 2008 on iTunes and 7digital, however the band made tracks "Delirious" and "Mercenaries" available to download for free via myspace. "Robotbodyrox" became available on iTunes on 27 November 2008, with the full release via Rocklouder Record coming on 9 December.
In September 2008 the band announced the addition of Justin Hendy, stating on the band's myspace "we have one added member. He goes by the name of JUSTIN HENDY. Why? 'cause we can thats why. He makes our sound twice as massive, adds live guitars n' keyboards, freeing Chris up to fling himself off the stage".
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