Montezuma Fire Machine is anything but your typical rock band. With seven members (Chris Herlevic, Chris Malone, Colin Poulton, Chris Acree, Braxton Nicholas, Alan Pfeifer, and Wil Harley) and a range of genres within a single song, this instrumental band will give your ears something to remember. In an interview with founding member Chris Malone, he clarified some of the eccentric sound of the band and their compositional style.
About two and a half years ago, the band originally formed as Voices with James Haggard and Chris Herlevic. Inviting Chris Malone to play, over the years the band grew, changed, and finally became Montezuma Fire Machine.
As veterans of the underground rock scene in Nashville, the guys have a number of inspirations to draw. Currently, MFM (Montezuma Fire Machine) is in the process of finalizing their EP. With auditory stimulation ranging from virtuosic solos to complete plays on the audience, MFM is stimulating and keeps the audience guessing the next note to note.
Partially the result of throwing a menagerie of genres together and the flexibility of their musicianship together, MFM values all the influences of their band. Ranging from hiphop, metal, jazz, rock, and classical, the mashup of the genres shows in every song. Conceptually, Colin Poulton and Chris Malone create an overarching concept of a song. Afterwards, the other players of the band contribute more parts and dynamic changes.
For the future, the band hopes to appeal to jam and metal audiences in Nashville. The complexity of their music shows both heart and skill. The experimentation no-holds-bar keeps MFM above the average jam band, but not quite metal either.
As the seven members of Montezuma Fire Machine load on to the stage, the sheer size of their band forces attention. Once they start playing, they live up to their size and show what a fire machine produces- flame.
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