The first incarnation of the Milwaukee, WI-based Modern Machines was a punk band from Washington County called the Shrubbers. The Shrubbers broke up in 2000, While head Shrubber Nato Disgusting was writing songs with Ben Oihawk, who played bass for the original Shrubbers lineup years before. These songs had a poppier bent than Nato's Shrubbers tunes, and the two decided to start the Modern Machines.

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