In a Songfacts interview, The Cult frontman, Ian Astbury, said this song "was like getting on your favorite motorcycle," adding: "I could sing about anything. That's just what came to me. Just the phrase came to mind. That's what it felt like, a love removal machine."
Astbury told us that AC/DC had a huge influence on this track: "We had Back in Black playing in the studio, as Rick [Rubin, producer] was listening to it every day. He was obsessed with it, no doubt. AC/DC definitely had an influence on that record. But 'Love Removal Machine' was that AC/DC influence where you're getting down to things in their very elemental form, instead of waxing lyrical and getting prosaic."
This was ranked at #47 on VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs.
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