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Watch Vio-Lence's Phil Demmel Accidentally Rip Out A Stagediver's Hair

A Vio-lence gig somehow got crazier when a stagediver's hair got tangled in the headstock of Phil Demmel's guitar.

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Machine Head Have Started Auditioning New Members

Now that longtime guitarist Phil Demmel and drummer Dave McClain have left the band, Machine Head have begun holding auditions for new members.

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Phil Demmel Says Slayer Saved His Career

Ex-Machine Head guitarist Phil Demmel reveals how Slayer saved him last year

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Phil Demmel Hates The Last Machine Head Record

With Machine Head behind him, Demmel wishes he could "take his riffs back", and says the band has become a "Robb Flynn solo project."

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Watch Phil Demmel Make His Slayer Debut In Denmark

"I am filling in for a legend who was replaced a legend in a legendary band on their farewell tour," says the ex-Machine Head guitarist.

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