“TEAR ALL THAT SHIT DOWN”

Robb Flynn didn’t need a global pandemic to stay under cover. Machine Head’s talismanic frontman and tireless leader had already got well into the habit of making the most of his home comforts by the time the world suddenly stopped turning. For the last couple of years, he’s spent pretty much every waking second he’s not out on the road holed up at his home just outside Oakland, California, with his wife and two sons, enjoying family life, blogging and working on potential new Machine Head material.

“I never realised how much of a hermit I am until the world went on quarantine!” he chuckles down a phone line from his house today. “When I’m off the road, I work from home, so my life really isn’t that different. I bought some home gym equipment, we turned the garage into a workout area, we put a couch