The Music Machine

The Music Machine
General information
Alias	The Bonniwell Music Machine
Origin	Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Genre(s)	Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Acid Rock, Proto Punk
Years active	1965–1969
Associated acts	The Raggamuffins, The Millennium
Website	bonniwellmusicmachine.com

The Music Machine was an Garage rock and a Proto Punk band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1966. Their style is now recognized as a pioneering force in Proto Punk; yet within a relatively short period of time, they began to employ more complex lyrical and instrumental arrangements that went beyond the typical garage band format.

Band Members

• Sean Bonniwell
• Ron Edgar
• Mark Landon
• Keith Olsen
• Doug Rhodes

Discography

Studio albums

• (Turn On) The Music Machine (1966)
• The Bonniwell Music Machine (1968)

Extended plays

• Talk Talk (1967)

Compilation albums

• The Best of the Music Machine (1984)
• The Music Machine (1994)
• Beyond the Garage (1995)
• Rock 'n' Roll Hits (1997)
• Turn On: The Best of the Music Machine (1999)
• Ignition (2000)
• The Ultimate Turn On (2006)
• Rarities, Vol. 1: Last Singles & Demos (2014)
• Rarities, Vol. 2: Early Mixes & Rehearsals (2014)
• Re-Ignition (2015)

Singles

• "Talk Talk" b/w "Come on In" (1966)
• "The People in Me" b/w "Masculine Intuition" (1967)
• "Double Yellow Line" b/w "Absolutely Positively" (1967)
• "The Eagle Never Hunts the Fly" b/w "I've Loved You" (1967)
• "Hey Joe" b/w "Taxman" (1967)
• "Advise and Consent" b/w "Mother Nature, Father Earth" (1969)

As The Bonniwell Music Machine

• "Bottom of the Soul" b/w "Astrologically Incompatible" (1967)
• "Me, Myself and I" b/w "Soul Love" (1968)
• "Tin Can Beach" b/w "Time Out for a Daydream" (1968)
• "You'll Love Me Again" b/w "To the Light" (1968)
• "Point of No Return" b/w "King Mixer" (1997)

Other

• "Nothing's Too Good for My Car" b/w "So Long Ago" (1968, as the Friendly Torpedos)

Gallery

Audio

Talk Talk (1966)

Reference

• https://www.discogs.com/artist/252473-The-Music-Machine
• https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/the-music-machine
• https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-music-machine-where-are-they-now-111249/amp/
• https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-music-machine-mn0000469286/biography
• https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-01-13-ca-8672-story.html?_amp=true
• https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-01-13-ca-8672-story.html