in late 1991 bowie reiterated that he was still happy being in the band during that time, stating "i'm content. … i'm deriving a great deal of fulfillment from working with tin machine", and band-mate gabrels agreed, saying "we're doing exactly what we wanted to do." during press performances for songs on the album, gabrels played his guitar with a vibrator and for a performance on bbc's top of the pops, who banned the use of the vibrator, he mimed playing his guitar with a chocolate éclair.