Editing Sister Machine Gun (section)

===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.