Tin Machine

For the band's debut album of the same name, see Tin Machine (album).

Tin Machine
Tin Machine in 1991 Left to right: Reeves Gabrels, Tony Fox Sales, Hunt Sales and David Bowie
Tin Machine in 1991
Left to right: Reeves Gabrels, Tony Fox Sales, Hunt Sales and David Bowie
Background information
Genres
Years active1988–1992
Labels
  • EMI
  • Victory Music
Past members

Tin Machine were a British–American rock band formed in 1988. The band consisted of English singer-songwriter David Bowie on lead vocals, saxophone and guitar; Reeves Gabrels on guitar and vocals; Tony Fox Sales on bass and vocals; and Hunt Sales on drums and vocals. The Sales brothers had previously performed with Bowie and Iggy Pop during the 1977 tour for The Idiot.[1] Kevin Armstrong played additional guitar and keyboards on the band's first and second studio albums and first tour, and American guitarist Eric Schermerhorn played on the second tour and live album Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby (1992).

Hunt Sales said that the band's name "reflects the sound of the band", and Bowie stated that he and his band members joined up "to make the kind of music that we enjoyed listening to",[2] and to rejuvenate himself artistically.[3]

The band recorded two studio albums and one live album before dissolving in 1992, after which Bowie returned to his solo career. By the end of 2012, they had sold two million albums.[4] Bowie said Tin Machine helped revitalise his career.[3][5][6]

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  2. ^ "Year in Review". Rolling Stone. No. 567–568. 14–28 December 1989. pp. 61, 96.
  3. ^ a b Sinclair, David (1993). "Station to Station". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  4. ^ "About – David Bowie". Retrieved 12 August 2019.
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