Artist · chart history
Machines of Loving Grace
Band Tucson United States Active 1989–1997
Machines of Loving Grace formed in 1989 in Tucson, United States and was active until 1997. Machines of Loving Grace has 14 chart appearances on 14 radio countdowns from 6 stations on RockLists, spanning 1993–2007. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Butterfly Wings”, which appears on 14 lists with a best position of #29. The station that charted Machines of Loving Grace most often is WOXY 97X (Cincinnati, OH), with 6 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1993.
Machines of Loving Grace came out of Tucson, Arizona, in 1989, started by singer Scott Benzel, keyboard player Mike Fisher and guitarist Stuart Kupers, and they sounded like the desert run through a sampler: grinding machine rhythms, serrated guitars and Benzel's voice floating somewhere above the wreckage. Industrial rock, sure, with some industrial metal muscle, but with more melody than most of their scowling peers bothered with.
Concentration, in 1993, is the one that got them heard, and "Butterfly Wings" is its calling card, a moody, churning track that the alternative countdowns grabbed on to. They recorded for Mammoth and Atlantic, with Brad Kemp, Ray Riendeau, Greg Suran and David Suycott also counted in the lineup, and made three albums in the '90s before calling it a day.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Machines of Loving Grace on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Butterfly Wings | 14 | #29 | – | 1993 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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