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AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE - JUST SO YOU KNOW
(Dutch Death Squad Full Version Edit)
It's probably unintentional, but one conclusion you can draw after watching American Head Charge's new documentary "Can't Stop the Machine" is that these guys aren't nearly as screwed up as they'd like you to think. If anything, the engaging film suggests there's a real tenacity and some serious drive behind the notoriously drug-addled local metal band.
American Head Charge debuts "Can't Stop the Machine" - which is available on DVD in a package that includes a CD of live and unreleased tracks - with a Saturday-night gig at First Avenue. Godhead, Bleed the Dream and Oblige are also on the bill. The night will also see the return of guitarist Karma Cheema, who left AHC for what turned out to be a brief stint playing with Los Angeles quartet Otep.
Vocalist Cameron Heacock and bassist Chad Hanks formed the group after meeting in 1996 while they were both drying out in Hazelden. They kicked around locally for a few years and eventually signed a deal with Rick Rubin's American Recordings label, which led to 2001's "The War of Art."
The disc hit stores amid a flurry of sensationalistic press about the group's hard-living ways. But despite a series of high-profile tours (Ozzfest and a worldwide stint with Slipknot), AHC never really broke out of the underground and Rubin ultimately passed on the band's second album, 2005's "The Feeding." Yet AHC's rabid fan base, probably stronger abroad than at home, has kept the guys going amid numerous lineup changes and the April 2005 death of guitarist Bryan Ottoson.
In "Can't Stop the Machine," Hanks and Ottoson's replacement, Benji Helberg, both speak openly and surprisingly lucidly about AHC's troubled past. They candidly discuss substance abuse, AHC's penchant for stealing band members (both Ottoson and Helberg were lifted from Black Flood Diesel) and the shocking loss of Ottoson, who died in his sleep on the tour bus after a fatal combination of prescription drugs and booze. (Those who prefer their rockers incoherent and full of profanity, meanwhile, can focus on the rambling, seemingly disinterested Heacock.)
Archival footage of festivals, music videos and studio recording sessions are masterfully edited together with the interviews to provide a glimpse into the life of American Head Charge. And it's all there, from the thrill of playing to thousands of fans to the backstage tedium of applying stage makeup and grooming each other.
Saturday marks the start of a tour that will keep AHC on the road through the end of June. After that, they plan to hit the studio and, presumably, continue to live up to what might as well be the band's motto: "Can't Stop the Machine."
Amy Freeborn
Xtaster