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Machine OEM

You are the music while the music lasts.

About Me


Machine O.E.M.'s music, incorporating strong melody, power rock riffs and an emphasis on lyrical content, is influenced by a wide spectrum of rock and metal, spawning a versatile repertoire - ranging from radio-friendly power ballads to 70's/80's -style rock, all the way to a hard-edged metal influence and almost everything in between. It is a unique blend of styles that conveys passion and power, love and hate, joy and pain, but most of all, Machine O.E.M. is all about real music for real people...
The musical entity known only as Machine O.E.M. came into existence in April, 2006, when East London based founding members Travers Harty (guitar, backing vocals) and Lez Dart (lead vocals), decided it was time to channel their musical visions into a working band. A temporary lineup was assembled, which made it's live performance debut at the Daily Dispatch/GO! Live Music Awards (in which they made it into the final leg), in front of a 2000-strong crowd, despite only having formed just over a week earlier.
Realising that they were definitely onto something, the two founders resolved in expanding the creative core of the band and putting together a solid lineup, which now includes Clint Green on guitar, Steve Daniel handling bass duties, and Jono Linden on drums and percussion.
Machine O.E.M. have since been gigging consistently and have recently finished recording their debut E.P. recorded and mixed by the band themselves!

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7 track E.P. along with other cool merchandise available at all gigs!

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Music:

Member Since: 5/23/2006
Band Website: For now, this is it!"For now, this is it!
Band Members:
Travers(Guitar)
Steve (Bass)
Clint (Guitar)
Lez (vocals)
Jonno (Drums)

Influences:

Artists that stand out for us as a group are: Guns 'n Roses, Jimi Hendrix, Smashing Pumpkins, Live, Bon Jovi, Pink Floyd, Coldplay, Snow Patrol, H.I.M, Nirvana, Muse, Metallica, My Chemical Romance, The Killers, Megadeth, Seether, Foo Fighters, Apocalyptica, Gorillaz, Seether and nothing by James 'Flippin' Blunt.... Sorry James! Thanks Ray!! :)


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Not Selling You
Theory
My Only Enemy
Lift Me Up
Let It Go
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My Blog

Emerging Sounds Battle and other stuff...

Hey all! Update time again it seems. Next Sunday sees us up in Johannesburg performing in the Emerging sounds Battle of the Bands competition at Emperors Palace. Eighteen bands from all over SA will b...
Posted by Machine OEM on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 08:49:00 PST

Greetings rockers!

Hey all, it's been a while since our last update but things have been hectically busy of late. So we finally took some time out to catch you all up on what we have been up to. First and foremost we ha...
Posted by Machine OEM on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:29:00 PST

Machine OEM not playing Witchfest. (Sad but true!)

Hey guys, just a quick one to clear something up. The format of Witchfest was changed from a two day festival to a one day show.  Our slot on Friday the 28th September was moved to Saturday the 2...
Posted by Machine OEM on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 03:28:00 PST

MACHINE OEM OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER, 8 AUGUST 2007

Greetings, friends!!! So here we are, back with another action-packed, thrill-a-minute, edge-of-your-seat instalment of the Official Machine OEM Newsletter, filled with more excitement than you can sh...
Posted by Machine OEM on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 03:03:00 PST

SMS voting, your views?

We know it's a tough market out there and we appreciate that not all of these voting lines are scams but the whole SMS thing is getting a bit out of hand. It seems these days unsigned bands can't be j...
Posted by Machine OEM on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 09:28:00 PST

Facebook, woot!

Well we have a group there, go figure!  It's pretty small and intimate but if you join we could make it massive and Global!! Follow this link http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2463727120 Me t...
Posted by Machine OEM on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:16:00 PST

To gig and where to gig?

Ok so we recently started booking a few gigs out of our little comfort zone known as 'East London' aka 'Slummies'. We have had numerous requests to gig elsewhere in South Africa, mostly Jozi, PTA and ...
Posted by Machine OEM on Thu, 10 May 2007 11:06:00 PST

Your help needed!

Of late we have been having some executive meetings. Well, to be quite honest they've been more like non-sober discussions of a deluded nature that inevitably end up with us detailing our first gig li...
Posted by Machine OEM on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:08:00 PST

What does your layout say about you?

Hey all, just as I finished our new profile layout a rather disturbing though occurred to me. What impact does a bands layout have on you? By that I mean some of you guys hav...
Posted by Machine OEM on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 10:11:00 PST

Battle Of The Bands

  The site www.battleofthebands.co.za is LIVE and we need your help in moving up the rankings. The winning band is determined by your SMS votes. The proceeds of those votes go to the winning band...
Posted by Machine OEM on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:36:00 PST