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I’ve written about my unabashed, non-ironic love of early-’00s not-quite-supergroup Stereomud many time on these pages. I’ve also written about singer Erik Rogers’ new group Dangerous New Machine and the sparks that flew after he tried to call the new band Stereomud.

So Dangerous New Machine have a new video for their song “Burn.” Dig it. Like Metal Inquisition’s Sergeant D and Crazytown, I’m just a sucker for this stuff. Ain’t nothin’ kvlt/br00tal/tr00 about it. It isn’t even all that original. But the songs are good and I love it!

-VN

So. I love Stereomud. I’ve written about them several times on this here webernet site. For those with short memories: Stereomud was an early-2000s supergroup of sorts, featuring members of Life of Agony, Stuck Mojo, and Pro-Pain. I know, I know, they were bottom of the barrel, C-rate post-nu-metal… but I can’t help it! “Pain” and “Steppin’ Away” were just so good! No, I’m not being ironic. And their second record Any Given Moment, which resulted in the band being dropped from Columbia, was a damn fine effort too.

With that in mind, question not why I’ve been following the drama that recently unfolded when Stereomud vocalist Erik Rogers attempted to form what amounts to a new band under the “Stereomud’ moniker. When actual members of Stereomud put up a stink, he was forced to change the name of the new band to Dangerous New Machine and issued a protracted public apology.

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