Machine Head toured America six days after 9/11
Robb Flynn looks back on Machine Head playing across the US less than a week after the September 11 terrorist attacks
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Machine Head toured America six days after 9/11
Robb Flynn looks back on Machine Head playing across the US less than a week after the September 11 terrorist attacks
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Sex Pistols' Steve Jones confesses to stealing David Bowie's microphone from a London stage before the final Ziggy Stardust show
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