Blowin' Up the Machine is the second album by the heavy metal

Heavy metal music

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 band Meldrum

Meldrum

Meldrum is a multi-national Heavy Metal band formed by ex-Phantom Blue guitarist Michelle Meldrum.-History:American guitarist Michelle Meldrum started her first band Wargod with Strapping Young Lad drummer Gene Hoglan, later going on to form Phantom Blue, with whom she released two albums and an EP...

, featuring a modified lineup compared to that of their 2001 debut Loaded Mental Cannon

Loaded Mental Cannon

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. The album features a guest appearance by Motörhead vocalist/bassist Lemmy, along with guitarist/founder Michelle Meldrum

Michelle Meldrum

Michelle Meldrum-Norum was an American hard rock guitarist known for being a member of the bands Phantom Blue and Meldrum.-Biography:...

's long-time friends Gene Hoglan

Gene Hoglan

Eugene "Gene" Victor Hoglan II is an American drummer. He is acclaimed for his creativity in drum arrangements, including usage of odd devices for percussion effects and his trademark lengthy double-kick drum rhythms...

 (of Strapping Young Lad

Strapping Young Lad

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 and Dethklok

Dethklok

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) and Linda McDonald

Linda McDonald

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 (of Phantom Blue

Phantom blue

Phantom Blue was an all-female American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1987. Phantom Blue were the first and only female artists to be signed to Mike Varney's Shrapnel Records, only three months after forming....

 and The Iron Maidens

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The Iron Maidens are an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles, California in 2001 as an all-female tribute act to English heavy metal band Iron Maiden...

). A music video for "Purge" was released to promote the album.

Sadly, this was the band's last album to be released while Michelle Meldrum was still alive. On May 21, 2008, she died of a cerebral hemorrhage caused by a cystic growth that restricted the flow of blood and oxygen in her brain.

Track listing

1. "Purge" (Michelle Meldrum, Frida Ståhl) – 4:39
2. "Down Your Throat" (M. Meldrum) – 3:09
3. "Scar" (Fredrik Haake, Moa Holmsten, M. Meldrum, F. Ståhl) – 3:39
4. "Creme de la Creme" (F. Haake, M. Holmsten, M. Meldrum, F. Ståhl) – 4:45
5. "Hang 'Em" (M. Holmsten, M. Meldrum, F. Ståhl) – 3:21
6. "Miss Me When I'm Gone" (M. Holmsten, Ian Kilmister, M. Meldrum) – 3:28
7. "Another Kind" (D. Chea, M. Holmsten, Harry Maslin, M. Meldrum, Michéle Vice) – 3:27
8. "Exploited" (M. Holmsten, M. Meldrum, F. Ståhl) – 3:07
9. "Get Yours" (D. Chea, M. Holmsten, H. Maslin, M. Meldrum, M. Vice) – 2:54
10. "Get Me Out of Here" (M. Holmsten, I. Kilmister, M. Meldrum, F. Ståhl) – 5:01
11. "Bite the Pillow" (M. Meldrum, F. Ståhl) – 3:20

Band members

• Michelle Meldrum
  Michelle Meldrum
  Michelle Meldrum-Norum was an American hard rock guitarist known for being a member of the bands Phantom Blue and Meldrum.-Biography:...
  
   – guitar
  Guitar
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  , engineer, mixing, executive producer
• Moa Holmsten - lead vocals, producer
• Frida Ståhl - bass
  Bass guitar
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  , backing vocals on track 10, engineer, producer

Additional musicians

• Lemmy - vocals on track 6
• Gene Hoglan
  Gene Hoglan
  Eugene "Gene" Victor Hoglan II is an American drummer. He is acclaimed for his creativity in drum arrangements, including usage of odd devices for percussion effects and his trademark lengthy double-kick drum rhythms...
  
   - drums
  Drum kit
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   on tracks 1, 2, 5, 8
• Linda McDonald
  Linda McDonald
  Linda McDonald is the drummer of the all-female tribute band The Iron Maidens . In addition, she is a member of the Ozzy Osbourne tribute band The Little Dolls and the cover bands Valley Dolls, Crabby Patty and Unholy Pink...
  
   - drums on tracks 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11

Production

• Brett Chassen - engineer, mixing
• Tony Naima - engineer
• Bob Kulick
  Bob Kulick
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   - mixing
• Toby Wright
  Toby Wright
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  - mixing of tracks 7, 9, 10