New Machines

In 1998 guitarist Eric Bair AKA Blair wrote a song entitled I Love My Machine. This song would later be the inspiration for the jazz/punk/pop hybrid New Machines. Eric was influenced by jazz artists John Coltrane and Miles Davis and punk rockers like The Stooges and Television. Eric recruited saxophonist Sam Krall and drummer Jayant Thomas soon after, and the band began playing live shows in and around Toledo, OH in 2000. The band began playing shows throughout the Midwest in 2001 and released ‘729 Tecumseh’ in 2002, followed by ‘Welcome To Metropolis’ in 2005. By 2007, New Machines’ single ‘Metropolis’ was featured on the soundtrack for the PBS TV series Roadtrip Nation along with artists of Montreal and Brett Dennen. The band made an appearance on the cable TV network FUSE a few years later, and their instrumental track ‘Shielded’ was featured on PBS in 2009. New Machines has played with a variety of artists such as Steve Conte, guitarist for the reformed punk/glam rockers New York Dolls. The band also shared a bill with indie rockers Wussy. 2020 saw the year New Machines released their first stand alone single ‘Four’. The vinyl release followed in early 2021. Later in 2021, the UK label Aldora Britain records featured their single ‘Fight Party’ on their compilation ‘Chocolate’ and released ‘Buy Sell Trade’, an anthology of the band’s best songs over the past 20+ years. The band currently resides all over the state of Ohio in Toledo, Cincinnati, and Dayton.