The Bonniwell Music Machine

The Bonniwell Music Machine represented the second (and final) act of one for the most interesting one-hit wonders to emerge from the '60s garage rock scene. Sean Bonniwell was the leader of the band the Music Machine, who were formed in 1965 and enjoyed a major hit in 1966 with a sneering anthem of teen-aged alienation, "Talk Talk." The Music Machine had evolved from the Ragamuffins, an earlier Bonniwell project rooted in folk-rock and British Invasion influences. By the time the band renamed itself the Music Machine, Bonniwell and his bandmates -- guitarist Mark Lanson, ke...