Founded in 1992 by former Vio-lence guitarist Robert Flynn and Adam Duce. The first song on their debut album, "Davidian", features the lyrics "Let freedom ring / with a shotgun blast". Subsequently the video was banned from MTV due to its release date being very soon after the Waco Siege which it was apparently describing. Robb Flynn has since said that the song "Davidian" was not written about the Waco Siege but added that line to get people thinking. After their debut album Burn My Eyes (1994) Chris Kontos left to work with Testament and a stand in drummer was used for Machine Head's Donington slot in 1995.
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Kick You When You’re Down Lyrics

Machine Head

Love for my love, hate for my hate
Strength for my strength, pain for my pain
Pride for my pride, match it inside
Trust that I find in you
But its hard and its brutal, its nasty and rude and
Its dirty and mean when they treat you like yesterdays
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They want to keep us all down town, frowned, underground
But no one is keeping me down
Fuck no
Ill keep my head high
Cause they will always kick you when youre down
Life for my life, soul fore my soul
Truth for my truth and heart for my heart
Drive for my drive, match it inside
Fight for this fight and dont you ever never
Give up, give up - you gotta play like a master of chess
Its a long road and its mental endurance stress test
Sometimes you fight and you win, sometimes you fight and
You lose
Its the fighter in you
Not to lose
So keep you head high
Cause they will always kick you when youre down
You have to trust in yourself
You must believe in yourself
You have to follow your heart
You overcome, improve, endure
Love for my love, hate for my hate
Strength for my strength, pain for my pain
Pride for my pride, match it inside
Keep up your drive and fight to fight
Because some shit aint right
Dont lose our sight
Get our heads right
Shine our star too bright
Nothing in life is for sure
Its just a gamble
So play it for all that its worth
And dont forger to keep our heads high
Cause they will always kick you when youre down
They will always kick you when youre down
And dont you let their kicking get you down
You have to trust in yourself
You must believe in yourself
You have to follow your heart
You overcome, improve, endure