The Fever Machine
Shanghai, Shanghai Shi, China | SELF
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There is a highly intense sense of urgent authenticity about Living In Oblivion, almost as if your life depended on gulping down everything that The Fever Machine had to offer. - Power of Pop (Singapore)
Attitude has seen them pick up a strong following since their inception in March last year, with a string of regular shows packing out Yuyintang. - Time Out Shanghai
It’s not exactly a shy record; right from word go, the aptly titled ‘Hell Yeah’ beats at your chest with the bass drum and begins chopping at you with the lead guitar (axe?). There’s a straightforwardness and honesty to the melodious heavy rock riffs and tuneful choruses running throughout the album and it never once relents. Loaded with energy, my foot was tapping subconsciously to every track and more than once I caught myself pouting the lips and nodding my head violently in time with the hefty power-chords. - Shanghai 24/7
It’s unashamedly rock, from the opening riff you know what you’re in for, but it never gets boring, from the psychedelic instrumental The Milfshake to the catchy hooks of Out of Touch, it doesn’t drop the intensity at any point. - BeijingDaze
One of the mainstays of this recently emerged scene are The Fever Machine. Consisting of Dan Shapiro, Fabien Barbet and Miguel Bustamante, the group have put together a debut album that beautifully captures their raunch-rock charisma. - Time Out Beijing
The Fever Machine . . . is all about muscle-popping, spine-scrunching, pile-driving, guitar-waving, drumstick-breaking power. - Layabozi
"I think they might have re-animated something evil with their usual tight set, like a dark ritual going really rite." - Layabozi
"The Fever Machine is perhaps one of (if not THE) tightest sounding Shanghai-based rock band. Simply put, they are really good at what they do." - NeoCha Edge
"The Fever Machine play well executed desert/psychedelic rock with great riffs and muscianship." - Kungfuology.com
Can a group of white dudes be a Chinese rock band? The first release from these Shanghai-based expats manages to capture the energy of their sweaty, beer-soaked live show. Impressively mustachioed frontman Dan Shapiro yowls like a more impassioned Dave Grohl, and the band's tight, aggressive power pop is stirring, whatever their nationality. - Blurt Magazine
Discography
Living In Oblivion (LP), released 06/25/11
Demo_01 (EP), released 08/01/10
"Dance with Deviance" from Living In Oblivion currently in rotation on Radio Cocoa (Quito, Ecuador)
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Bio
The Fever Machine plays infectious, big-riff rock, combining the swirling, spacey elements of psychedelia and progressive song structures with melodic, pop hooks and the raw power and grime of stoner rock and proto-metal.
Formed in January 2010, the Fever Machine has established themselves as one of the most exciting new bands in China, drawing comparisons to Led Zeppelin, Jane's Addiction and Soundgarden, earning a reputation for their impassioned and raucous live sets.
Having already played on China's biggest festival stages, including the 2011 Shanghai MIDI Festival, the 2011 Modern Sky Strawberry Festival and the 2010 Nanjing International Music Festival, and shared the stage with international acts like Peaches, Secret Machines, The King Khan & BBQ Show, The Morlocks, The Whip, Sahara Hotnights and Little Dragon, the Fever Machine released their debut LP "Living In Oblivion" on June 25th, 2011, a nine track effort that showcases the band's unique brand of "epic, schizo rock."
Named "Album of the Month" by Time Out Beijing, "Living In Oblivion" received high praise from Asian rock bloggers, Shanghai24/7 commenting that "The Fever Machine present us with a kind of modern rock that’s tangible, agreeable, and, most importantly, genuine to the band," BeijingDaze offering "it’s heavy honest to goodness rock with a pair of iron balls," and Singapore's Power of Pop stating that "there is a highly intense sense of urgent authenticity about Living In Oblivion."
In August 2011, the Fever Machine embarked on their landmark "Tour of the Americas" to Ecuador, Los Angeles and San Francisco, becoming the first Chinese band to play in South America at Ecuador's Quitofest, the country's largest music festival, and has also been featured on AOL Music and MP3.com.
The Fever Machine is currently working on a new album to be released in 2012, having already begun tracking at Downtown Sound Studios in Los Angeles, CA.
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