Formed in California in 1965 (under the name the Ragamuffins: they changed it the following year), the Music Machine was led by singer-songwriter Sean Bonniwell. The band played a tense version of garage rock characterized by psychedelic guitars, Farfisa organ, and the band members' moptops and matching black outfits. They cut just one album, (TURN ON) THE MUSIC MACHINE, in 1966, which featured the Top 20 single “Talk Talk,” a manic blast of vintage psych garage with proto-punk elements, and a second single entitled “The People in Me.” The band broke up after a tour of the U.S., and Bonniwell went on to release an album called THE BONNIWELL MUSIC MACHINE, which featured several tracks by the original incarnation of the Music Machine. A compilation of unreleased Music Machine tracks was released in 2000 on Sundazed Records.