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Bonniwell was born in San Jose, California. [2] During his teens, Bonniwell was inspired to form a high school vocal group after hearing the song "Only You" by The Platters. After high school, Bonniwell's first serious musical incarnation was that of clean-cut pop-folk guitarist for the quartet The Wayfarers.
The Music Machine was an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1966. Fronted by chief songwriter and lead vocalist Sean Bonniwell, the band cultivated a dark and rebellious image reflected in their musical approach.
Sean Bonniwell strived to perfect the sound he had been experimenting with in preparation for a record deal. The band regularly played at an American Legion bowling alley in Los Angeles. Bonniwell was originally involved in the folk rock scene, but he wanted to create a harder sound or as he stated "something completely unique". [6]
The Raggamuffins were a folk rock trio led by Sean Bonniwell, and the prototype group that developed an experimental hard-edge sound, before recruiting two additional members and becoming the Music Machine. [1] By 1969, all the original members, except Bonniwell, departed the group, which was then known as the Bonniwell Music Machine.
Sean Bonniwell was occupied with selling the rights to his former band, The Music Machine, to get out of his recording contract with Warner Bros. Records in the early part of 1969 and, consequently, there was a lack of properly arranged new material for the album. [3]
The Bonniwell Music Machine was released on February 10, 1968, and failed to reach the Billboard 200.The album was preceded by two singles, "Double Yellow Line" and "The Eagle Never Hunts the Fly", released April 22, 1967 and June 17, 1967 respectively, but both releases were also commercially unsuccessful. [10]
But alongside these tracks were five equally excellent Sean Bonniwell originals, as well as five covers" that the author goes on to conclude were "all rather offbeat and idiosyncratic choices". [5] In 1983, Big Beat Records reissued the album, and in 2006 its material was released on the record label's compilation album The Ultimate Turn On. [12]
"Inhaler" is the debut solo single by English musician Miles Kane, released on 19 November 2010. It was released as a limited run on 7" vinyl and as a digital download on iTunes.