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17 дек 2024 :	MACHINE HEAD Covers "In The Air Tonight" By PHIL COLLINS On Electric Happy Hour; Video
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15 ноя 2024 :	MACHINE HEAD Releases New Single 'These Scars Won't Define Us' Featuring IN FLAMES, LACUNA COIL And UNEARTH
9 авг 2024 :	MACHINE HEAD's Pre-'Burn My Eyes' Recordings To Be Released As 'Diamonds In The Rough '92-'93'
2 авг 2024 :	MACHINE HEAD And Black Lung Brewing Company Present "Burn My EyePA"
25 июн 2024 :	Watch MACHINE HEAD's Entire Graspop Metal Meeting 2024 Show; Pro-Shot Video
24 фев 2024 :	Watch: MACHINE HEAD Joined By FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's CHRIS KAEL For 'Davidian' Performance In Denver
19 фев 2024 :	Watch MACHINE HEAD's Entire Orlando Concert During January/February 2024 North American Tour
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22 янв 2024 :	Watch: MACHINE HEAD Kicks Off 2024 North American Tour In San Francisco
27 ноя 2023 :	ROBB FLYNN Unboxes Limited 20th Anniversary Vinyl Edition Of MACHINE HEAD's Through The Ashes Of Empires; Video
6 ноя 2023 :	Watch: MACHINE HEAD's ROBB FLYNN Plays Solo Set In Mexico City
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21 окт 2023 :	MACHINE HEAD's ROBB FLYNN: 'Making A Connection With The Audience Every Night' Is What It's About
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25 сен 2023 :	Watch: MACHINE HEAD And FEAR FACTORY Members Jam Classic Songs, Covers During Latest 'Electric Happy Hour' Livestream
6 сен 2023 :	MACHINE HEAD Celebrate Unto The Locust's 12th Anniversary With Electric Happy Hour Playthrough

23 янв 2014

MACHINE HEAD Sued By Former Bassist ADAM DUCE

According to Courthouse News, ex-MACHINE HEAD bassist Adam Duce has filed a lawsuit against his former bandmates alleging trademark infringement, breach of partnership agreement and defamation, among other things.

Duce was fired from MACHINE HEAD on February 11, 2013, a few months prior to the band signing a new deal with Nuclear Blast Entertainment. According to Adam, he was expelled from the group "after he put 21 years of his life into it" so as to allow the other bandmembers to make a bigger profit.

"Despite their increase in popularity and touring revenue, plaintiff became concerned with how little income he was receiving, despite the time and hard work put into developing the band," Duce says in the complaint.

Although MACHINE HEAD formed a general partnership and a corporation under which each member owned 25 percent, the band's guitarist/vocalist, Robert Flynn, got a larger portion of the band's income, Duce claims.

MACHINE HEAD's 2009 tour, which included dates with METALLICA, grossed more than $2 million. A 2012 Europe tour grossed more than $3 million, according to the complaint.

"After receiving very little compensation despite the millions the band was bringing in, plaintiff requested and reviewed the records from the tours. Plaintiff found that [the band's manager, co-defendant Joseph W.] Huston, Flynn, and PFM [Provident Financial Management] had squandered money throughout the trip without consulting plaintiff for the vast majority of 'expenses,'" Duce says in the lawsuit.

"Despite their increase in popularity and touring revenue, [Duce] became concerned with how little income he was receiving, despite the time and hard work put in to developing the band," the complaint states.

"Though he expressed these concerns to Flynn, Huston, and PFM, [Duce] was never satisfied with the answers he received."

The complaint adds: "Despite plaintiff's expressed concerns, he was unable to make enough money to live within his modest means. Because of this, when the band was not touring, plaintiff supplemented his income as a licensed real estate appraiser."

The lawsuit goes on to say: "After [guitarist] Ahrue Luster left the band and was replaced by [Phil] Demmel, MACHINE HEAD continued as a partnership in which all four members — [Duce], Flynn, [drummer Dave] McClain, and now Demmel — held equal 25% shares in MH from approximately late 2002 until February 2013.

"While early on, each of the partners had equal rights in the management and conduct of MH business, Flynn, with the help of Huston, began making unilateral decisions without involving the other partners, essentially usurping control of the partnership.

"Despite the fact that Huston received 10% of the band's gross income, he failed to ensure that the members of the band made even close to his 10% cut."

Duce alleges that Nuclear Blast, Flynn and Huston wrongfully and intentionally conspired to expel and then did expel Adam from the band prior to signing the new record deal in an attempt to preclude Duce from enjoying the profits of the new record deal. "As a direct, proximate result of these actions, [Duce] has been damaged in an amount to be proven at trial, but in any event in excess of $800,000," the complaint states.

Flynn wrote about Duce's departure in a "diary entry" on MACHINE HEAD's web site by "directly attacking plaintiff's work ethic," Duce says in the complaint.

"Therein, Flynn stated, inter alia, 'We may have fired Adam on 2-11-13, but Adam quit MACHINE HEAD well over a decade ago. He just never bothered to tell anyone ... but we all knew it.' Flynn went on further in the diary entry, continuing to say about plaintiff, 'No matter how un-happy [sic] or fed up he got, quitting the band would be seen as 'losing' or a 'failure.' Truth be told, he was sick of it. Sick of touring, sick of recording, sick of practicing, sick of looking at album artwork, sick of being-on-a-team-but-never-getting-the-ball, sick of yearning-for-the-honeymoon-to-resume when 20 years deep it never does. Sick of never quite hitting the big-time, sick of carving the niche ... sick of caring.'" (Ellipses in complaint.)

Adam claims that Flynn's "diary entry was libelous per se in that in contained untrue statements made to third parties that tended to harm [Duce] in his reputation and occupation." Duce adds that "Flynn published this diary entry without making a reasonable effort to ascertain the truthfulness of its contents." In addition, "Flynn was not privileged to make such statements in the diary entry. As a direct, proximate result of this diary entry, [Duce] has been damaged in an amount to be proven at trial, but in any event in excess of $1,000,000."

Duce, who still holds interest in the band's partnership and company, claims that no agreement was ever made about his share of future royalties and profits. He says the other bandmembers "simply kicked him out of the band and presumed he would forget about over two decades of hard work, dedication, and effort he put into the Band." Duce also says his likeness is used on the band's web site and in promotions without his authorization.

MACHINE HEAD Sued By Former Bassist ADAM DUCE

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23 янв 2014

Mateas

Ещё одна тёмная история. Вот уж не подумал бы, что Роб на такое спосоен.

Прям как в Slayer

Да на Флинне написано, что он жадная надменная сучара!

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это разборка питерская

23 янв 2014

slavan

Деньги правят миром.....SAD BUT TRUE. И тут ни о каком мире уже речи нет,разругаются к чертям собачьим ! И не надо на Флинна валить,тут их грязное бельишко,которое они не знают на кого надеть

23 янв 2014

industrialist

Что то среди металюг куча сутяжников развелось

24 янв 2014

Black Lotus

При всём моём уважении к творчеству. Роб действительно выглядит как жадная самовлюблённая сволочь.

21 апр 2014

metalepsis

речь о миллионах идет - не дурные цифры, думал меньше.