BAD MACHINE- 'Rip Your Heart' LP/CD PRESS

PUNKROCKS.NET (Bad Machine "Rip Your Heart" CD, Dead Beat)
Well damn. I thought only black metal and crust core came from Finland? Who would have guessed this slab of hippie-dippie, flare-legged, rock and roll hesher anthems was rollin’ about in the Fins? Leave it to DeadBeat to dredge the swamps of the United Nations and come up with another dirty ass rock and roll fiesta. Bad Machine are about a half-box of Pabst shy of butt-rock hell; but they walk that thin line like their drunk-driving license suspensions depended on it.

If you can’t get into the whole souped up Saints doing AC/DC on 45 of “Highway High”, well you best just shred your mullet and go back to watching the Lifetime channel. This is dirty-glassed, salami-trousered, Marlboro-stinkin’ party punk rock; the kind where the only man you are worried about stickin’ it to is the guy chargin’ $6 for a keg cup. “Last On Line”, with the opening shitstorm “born in motherfucking 69/ she had a lotta.. blah...blah...slur...blag...”; well I lost the second part of that verse. I believe the vocals we done drunk or after some massive dental work. But you get the picture; this fucker cooks like a greasy burger on the firey grill of rock and roll. Lots of fuzz, flange and wide leg pants going up your ass while your trying to hit the “head”. Bonus points for accents; makes em sound even more wicked, ya know, cuz their foreign and all. I was listening to an absolutely essential import comp of early Australian garage and punk, ‘Do The Pop’ (ya know, Birdman, Saints, Lime Spiders, Celibate Rifles), and these guys would make a swell fit on that pup. Yup. Bad Machine wouldn’t recommend kicking the jams to just anyone. As they say “If you wanna lee-ive for a very long time/ you better not choose the rock and roll lifestyle”. Amen brother.

If you wanna bust some badass riff rock with one foot in early punk, one foot kicking your ass, and both hands crankin’ the amps to “11”, you’ve come to place to get your groove on. So throw on your jean jacket, rev up the Nova, and lets get this mobile party rolling. ‘Rip Your Heart’ may not be a work of groundbreaking time structures and lyrical depth, but it’s more than enough to get drunk and arrested to. (Michael Farr)
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DEEP FRY BONANZA (Bad Machine "Rip Your Heart" CD, Dead Beat)
I'd started to forget how good it was to have a damn solid punk band come completely out of nowhere and rock you like a more subculturally accetable hurricaine, but Bad Machine have done just that. Their record label, Dead Beat, has always seemed a bit like TKO junior (the two labels collaborated on the recent Generators EP and Smogtown and the Stitches, both of whom released material on Dead Beat, have new stuff coming out on TKO), but nowhere has that seemed more apparent than on Rip Your Heart.
If you've heard bands like Sixer, the Generators and the Class Assasins you know the drill: bouncy three-chord riffs broken up with insanely catchy choruses and more Johnny Thunders fills than you can shake a broken guitar neck at. And don't think that just because Bad Machine are on a smaller label that they aren't as good; if there's a weak spot on Rip Your Heart I haven't found it yet, as the solid songwriting and decidedly non-budget production lean on each other to make a product that's damn near as good as fellow Scandinavians Turbonegro, minus the homoeroticism of course.
Though their rendition of the tried-and-true is indeed note-perfect, there isn't a lot to separate Bad Machine from the pack (in fact, "Livin' In a Freak Out World" sounds EXACTLY like "RS3" from the latest Sixer full-length). About the only thing I can think of is that they're Finnish, and the singer has a really fun accent; however, if this is your style you don't want people fucking it up with retarded synth loops or white-boy raps, you just want them to turn up the rawk, and that's exactly what Bad Machine do.
I'm not sure you should break your neck to find Rip Your Heart, but if you happen to cross paths with these denim-clad Finns give 'em a listen. With the current direct hook-up between the rock music of Scandinavia and the youth of America this may not be the only player on the block, but it's certainly worthy of your attention, especially if you like your garage with a liberal sprinkling of pre-punk like Radio Birdman and the MC5. (Daniel)

Odyssey Webzine (Bad Machine "Rip Your Heart" CD, Dead Beat)
Dead Beat Records is an unassuming label with an uncanny ability to dig up some great rock bands. Bad Machine is no exception. They might look like Bad Company -- but they've got an extremely different sound! They're sporting some very very tough and technically proficient rock and roll. I'm thinking Didjits might be a big influence here... They've got the same vibe going on with the monster guitar solos and that same tongue wagging riffage. This is yet another bunch of hair farmers from Northern Europe. Only this time they're from Finland. Actually, a couple of the songs, sound anthemic enough to be a Naked Raygun song played by Cat Scratch era Ted Nugent. And if that doesn't pique your interest, nothing will. This is definitely worth checking out.

Rock Fiend ( BAD MACHINE- Rip Your Heart CD, Dead Beat Records)
So the other day this package shows up with a Finland return address and I immediately knew to expect some dang good Rock. And not surprisingly, that's just what Bad Machine delivers: heavy ass, driving Punk Rock N' Roll. Imagine a more stripped-down and aggressive Hellacopters with more emphasis on riffage than leads. While, as I said, the Hellacopters influence is obvious, this is one of those records that stands out among the legion of clones and reaffirms my faith in the underground Rock scene. (Big Tony O'Farell)

SMASHIN TRANSISTORS (BAD MACHINE "Rip Your Heart" CD, Deadbeat)
I'm lighting up a joint right now. If it wasn't 4am and the dead of winter I'll call up one of my pothead friends, we'd hit the highway, drive a 95 mph down backroads and put something like this on. Finnish dirtbags that got the dual guitar action complete with pick slides and heavy doses of super-rock wah-wah! I bet they put whiskey in their bong. (DM)