Editing Sister Machine Gun (section)

==History==

===The early years===

Sister Machine Gun was formed by [[Chris Randall (musician)|Chris Randall]] and Guilherme Machado in [[New York City]]. They performed at [[New Jersey]]'s Pipeline, and New York's Limelight. Their name comes from a lyric in the Skinny Puppy song "[[Tin Omen]]." The band went on a short hiatus after Chris Randall joined [[KMFDM]]'s tour as a stage technician.<ref name="billboard">{{cite web | url=http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/sister-machine-gun/33904 | title=Sister Machine Gun Bio | author=Burn, John | work=All Music Guide | access-date=March 26, 2010}}</ref> After the tour, Randall left New York City and relocated to [[Chicago]]. He then found work in the mailroom of [[Wax Trax! Records]],<ref name="billboard"/> and began recording a demo with Jim Marcus and Van Christie of [[Die Warzau]]. The rough demo was given to [[Sascha Konietzko]] of [[KMFDM]] for mixing.<ref name="billboard"/> Konietzko passed the demo along to Jim Nash, head of Wax Trax! Records, where Randall worked. The label then signed the band to a record deal.

===The Wax Trax! years===
Sister Machine Gun's debut album ''[[Sins of the Flesh]]'' was released on Wax Trax! in 1992.<ref name="official">{{cite web | url=http://www.sistermachinegun.com/bio.jsp | title=Sister Machine Gun Biography | publisher=Chris Randall | access-date=March 26, 2010 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100810193032/http://www.sistermachinegun.com/bio.jsp | archive-date=August 10, 2010 }}</ref> During this time, Chris Randall assembled a group of musicians to tour in support of the album. Tom Gaul and [[Steve Stoll (musician)|Steve Stoll]] joined the band, alongside Chris Kelly and Randall. Stoll left the band after this tour, and work on the next album began.

''[[The Torture Technique]]'' was released in 1994.<ref name="official"/> Tom Gaul left midway through the recording process, after contributing to the album. New members were recruited for the upcoming tour. Guitarist Greg Lucas (later a member of [[The Final Cut (band)|Final Cut]]) joined, as well as drummer Scott Churilla (later a member of [[The Reverend Horton Heat]]'s band).  Sister Machine Gun went on to join the Angstfest tour with KMFDM and [[Chemlab]].

After this tour, Kelly left the band. Prior to the recording of ''[[Burn (Sister Machine Gun album)|Burn]]'', Sister Machine Gun went on another tour.  The lineup during this time consisted of Randall, bassist Bob Jones, drummer Tom DeSalvo (former member of Chemlab), and Chris Smits on guitar.{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}

The band then began work on the album ''Burn''. Guitarist Geno Lenardo (of [[Filter (band)|Filter]]) joined in the studio. ''Burn'' was released in 1995.<ref name="official"/>  The album peaked at #9 on the CMJ Radio Top 200.<ref name="cmj-02-96">{{cite journal |last1=Frampton |first1=Megan |title=CMJ Radio Top 200 |journal=CMJ New Music Report |date=19 Feb 1996 |volume=45 |issue=462 |pages=6–7 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/CMJ/1996/CMJ-New-Music-Report-1996-02-19.pdf |access-date=12 December 2021 |publisher=College Media, Inc. |location=Great Neck, NY |issn=0890-0795}}</ref> The title track became one of the band's most recognizable songs, as it later appeared on the ''[[Mortal Kombat (1995 film)|Mortal Kombat]]'' [[Mortal Kombat (soundtrack)|soundtrack]].

The tour line-up at this time consisted of Randall, bassist Richard Deacon, and drummer Kevin Temple (formerly of [[Die Warzau]] and later [[Apartment 26]]). This line up remained mostly consistent throughout the touring for ''Burn'' and ''[[Metropolis (Sister Machine Gun album)|Metropolis]]'', with guitarists Pat Sprawl and Brian Sarche joining at various times.

The final Sister Machine Gun album on Wax Trax!, ''Metropolis'', was released in 1997.<ref name="official"/> The album spent more than 14 weeks on the CMJ Radio Top 200 chart, peaking at #7.<ref name="cmj-11-97">{{cite journal |last1=Frampton |first1=Megan |title=CMJ Radio Top 200 |journal=CMJ New Music Report |date=3 November 1997 |volume=52 |issue=544 |pages=6–9 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/CMJ/1997/CMJ-New-Music-Report-1997-11-03.pdf |access-date=12 December 2021 |publisher=College Media, Inc. |location=Great Neck, NY |issn=0890-0795}}</ref> [[Reeves Gabrels]] did guitar work on the album.

===The Positron! years===
After [[1997 in music|1997's]] ''Metropolis'' album, Sister Machine Gun left Wax Trax. The rest of the band's material was released on Randall's [[Positron! Records]],<ref name="official"/> the record label he founded and operates with his wife, Lisa. The band's sound changed considerably after their move to the new label.

In 2007, Sister Machine Gun officially disbanded and Randall began a solo career.

===New material (2015)===
On November 5, 2014, a Facebook page for Sister Machine Gun was launched, along with a teaser image announcing the project's return in early 2015 on [[WTII Records]].<ref name="Sister Machine Gun on Facebook">
{{cite web | url=https://www.facebook.com/sistermachinegun | title=Facebook: Sister Machine Gun | website=[[Facebook]] | access-date=November 5, 2014}}</ref> This image was also shared on Randall's personal Facebook account with the caption, "Remember that thing I said I'd never do again? Yeah. I'm doing it. Spring '15 on WTII Records."

On March 13, 2015, the band released ''[[The Future Unformed]]''.{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}