The story of Scream Machine begins in the winter of 1992 when singer Victor Hillerich approaches guitarist Greg Titzer at a nightclub in Louisville, KY armed with a cassette tape of another guitarist Tim Hatfield and the idea of forming a new group.  Victor has disbanded his former group and is interested in collaborating with Greg and Tim.  Greg is intrigued by the demo that he hears and the trio gets together and discusses forming a new band.  Greg brings in his old friend John Tingley II to be the drummer for the group.  After a long, fruitless search for a permanent bass player, the group becomes at odds with the lead vocalist Hillerich and decides to enlist the help of 20-year-old vocalist Jeff Pierce (formerly of The Grind) from Knob Lick, KY.
After the search for a bass player becomes more than the band can handle, they disband in the spring of 1993.  Shortly thereafter, Greg's wife Renee dies of a heart ailment at 25 on August 4^th.  Greg financed recording sessions with money that he and Renee had secured and decides to reunite Scream Machine to go into AudioVisions Recording Studio in Louisville, KY to record a demo of the group.  Inspired by the death of Greg's beloved wife, the group records the 5-song demo in 15 hours only 2 weeks after Renee's tragic death.  300 cassette versions of the $5 Scream Machine demo "Build" are then sold out in less than 3 weeks, strictly by "word of mouth sales" from members of the group.

Greg and John then relocate with new bassist Alden Duffield to Memphis, TN in order to be closer to Jeff who has moved from Knob Lick to Clarksville, TN.  Shortly thereafter, Duffield is fired and replaced by Memphis bassist David Hisky (formerly of Johnny Grey).  This new lineup secures a spot at the 1995 Crossroads Music Festival at Club 616 in Memphis and gains the attention of several record labels from the strength of that performance.  After initial record contract negotiations with a Memphis label break down, Greg quits the group and "retires" to his hometown of Ft. Wayne, IN in 1996.

In late 1998, Greg has put together a new group called Gamut, and he sends a 4-song demo of the band to record label president Joel Bunkowske of Nashville based EMC Records.  Joel then flies into Ft. Wayne twice to listen to the band perform, and offers them a 5-year record deal.  The group cannot come to terms with the contract stipulations and the bassist quits the group.  EMC then offers Greg a 5-year deal of his own, offering him the opportunity to record and tour with whomever he chooses.  Greg then recruits John Tingley again, his drummer friend of 15 years (who has since relocated back home to Ft. Wayne also) and asks about the prospect of reuniting Scream Machine and moving to Nashville.

In September of 1999, John and Greg move to Nashville in order to be in the same town with singer Jeff Pierce, bassist David Hisky and record label president Joel Bunkowske.  The group is then offered a new record deal to override the one Greg signed in April of 1999 and were scheduled to begin recording their EMC Records debut CD in April 2000.
After hearing demo versions of the songs "Armageddon" and "Yes Man",  Bunkowske deems the bands lyrical content to be "profane" and Scream Machine and EMC Records dissolved their contracts.
With financial backing from a private investor, Scream Machine has finished mixing their debut CD on their very own Soul Doubt Records.  The CD will be available in September 2000.
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