Machine Gun (Warrant song) explained

Machine Gun
Cover:Warrantmachinegun.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Warrant
Album:Dog Eat Dog
Released:September 1992[1]
Length:3:45
Label:Columbia
Prev Title:We Will Rock You
Prev Year:1992
Next Title:The Bitter Pill
Next Year:1992

Machine Gun is a song by American rock band Warrant. The song was released in 1992 as the first single from Warrant's third album Dog Eat Dog. The song reached No. 36 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.[2]

Background

"Machine Gun" was Warrant‘s heaviest single to this point[3] and features a music video of the band performing in front of a metal corrugated wall. Clips of a woman being tattooed with the band animated on her body.

Critical reception

Larry Flick, Billboard's reviewer, named this track as "their most aggressive single in some time". He wrote: "Producer Michael Wagener tightly weaves together intricate guitar leads, rumbling rhythm chords, and a well-shaded vocal by Jani Lane. May be too hard for fans at top 40, though album rockers will herald what is clearly the band's strongest entry to date".[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Great Rock Discography. 1995. 884 . 9780862415419 . Strong . Martin Charles .
  2. Web site: Allmusic (Warrant charts and awards) Billboard singles. Allmusic.
  3. Web site: Warrant Dog Eat Dog Revisted.
  4. Larry. Flick. Larry Flick. Review: Warrant – Machine Gun. Billboard. 22 August 1992. 11 February 2022. 104. 34. 74. New York. Billboard Publications Inc.. World Radio History. 0006-2510. https://web.archive.org/web/20220208141655/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1992/Billboard-1992-08-22.pdf. 8 February 2022.
  5. Web site: Warrant ARIA singles chart history, received from ARIA on March 26, 2019. Imgur. January 30, 2024.