Machine Head mainman Robb Flynn says the band have "fired" the US city of San Diego, and will never play there again.

He tells Rock DJ David 'The Captain' Grant: "A lot of crowds are awesome. But if we're playing San Diego we're not going to go on the radio and say, 'San Diego crowds are awesome' - because they're not.

"They're beat. That's Machine Head slang for 'We don't like them'.

"They don't come to a show and rage and go crazy. They come to a show and say, 'Okay... this is cool. Oh, I like this song.' We're not into that. I don't know why they come to a rock show with that kind of attitude.

"So we don't go to San Diego any more. They're fired."

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Meanwhile, MH drummer Dave McClain says the band are still hyped after more than three years on the road promoting last album The Blackening – and while they'd love to get their next LP together quickly, they'll allow it the time it needs.

He says: "This stuff that's happened with The Blackening has been amazing. When you're in the practice room writing music you never know how people are going to react to it. We knew in our hearts we'd made a killer record, but you never know how people are going to react to it.

"We're stopping touring because we're excited to get the new record written. but we've learned you have to let the songs come into their own. If it takes six months, that's amazing – but if it takes a year, then that's how long it takes.

"We want to do it right. We owe that to ourselves and our fans."

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