Editing Sister Machine Gun (section)

===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.