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Hailing from Central Scotland,The Motion produce powerful guitar driven indie rock n roll,with anthemic sing-along choruses.Front man & co-song writer James Dick was once the singer/songwriter for Cousins Lane & is no stranger to the live music scene. Together with brother, Bassist & co-songwriter - George, ( formerly Chase & Sinecure ) discussions began with Darrell Latimer (Chase) to recruit other band members & produce a sound that appealed to the revelers of the local scene.After almost 3 years of playing all over the UK headlining their own shows & doing gigs with Proud Mary, Space, Tom Hingley & The View, to name a few the band are heading back into the rehearsal rooms for the early part of 2007 to write new material & also get back into the studio to record & master some more tracks for the demo sessions.Working closely with promoter Tom Wilson of Standalone Management ( formerly Charlatans - Making Time, Stone Roses, Shed Seven & 18 Wheeler), the band have adopted the willingness to play any venue with a view to gaining as much exposure as possible.With huge aspirations & a very focused ambition for the future, the band are currently rehearsing new & old material with a view to generating record label interest.

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Member Since: 14/12/2005
Band Website: www.themotion.moonfruit.com
Band Members: Vocals/Guitar/Harmonica: James DickGuitar/Vocals: Darrell LatimerLead Guitar/Vocals: Andy McDonaldBass/Vocals: George DickDrums/Percussion: Chris Taylor
Influences: We're into stuff like the Rolling Stones, the Band, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, the Charlatans, Ocean Colour Scene, Otis Redding, Martha Reeves, Sam Cooke, Oasis, Flying Burrito Brothers, Buffalo Springfield, Proud Mary, The Beatles, The Kinks, Paul Weller, Spencer Davis Group, Richard Ashcroft, John Lennon, U2, Van Morrison, The Stone Roses & a whole load of other artists.They're all good man, but we're doing our own thing. We're just playing good old innocent, organic guitar music. We love whats came before us & its inspired us to pick the guitar in the first place - but thats all it is... inspiration & a platform to build on. Keep The Faith!
Sounds Like: Its kind of hard to pin point what we sound like. We've been likened to Ocean Colour Scene, Rolling Stones, oasis & a few other bands. We try to sum it up as indie rock n roll with good singalong choruses.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Update - 2 May 2007

OK folks, time for an update. Apologies for the delay but the last few weeks have been a bit of a whirlwind & we've literally just got our feet back on the ground. For Dunfermline being such...
Posted by on Wed, 02 May 2007 08:10:00 GMT

Ocean Colour Scene Support

In conjunction with the new album, Ocean Colour Scene are running a competition for an unsigned band to support them in The Astoria in London on the 1st May 2007. The Motion have been shortliste...
Posted by on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 07:58:00 GMT

PJ's 22nd March 2007

Just a quick thank you to everyone that got along to the gig last night. Not only was it our first Dunfermline gig since September, it was also the return of original bands to PJ's. We tho...
Posted by on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 06:37:00 GMT

A new year, a new drummer, new tunes - but the ingenious banter!

Hi to all..: OK, we've been injected with adrenalin which should take us out of this coma and allow us to play gigs again. It's been pretty hard over the last few months; drummers leaving, looking for...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 10:54:00 GMT

Winter Update

After a couple of months of being drummerless, we've been jamming with a few potential drummers in the rehearsal rooms. Met quite a few decent drummers & now its just a case of sorting out a...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 05:56:00 GMT

DRUMMER WANTED

As of mid-October we've been jamming with drummers to try & find a replacement for Mr Harper. The distance became a bit of an issue for Marky & we've unfortunately parted company. ...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 09:34:00 GMT

August Update

Well thats us done our last gig for the summer. It came in the shape of headlining "The Big Bash" in Whitburn. The line up included some fantastic acts including The Sway, The Scuffer...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 08:48:00 GMT

Message From The Band

Amidst the recent rumours & queries about the situation regarding Dom, the band would like to confirm his departure from The Motion. During the last few months as the band have moved forward...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 04:22:00 GMT

recording update

just got back from the jam hat + had a fkn brilliant day of it. started off with a few old tunes + even jammed "here's to rock n roll" - its been a while. andy was on lead axe cos dom was ...
Posted by on Sun, 14 May 2006 14:14:00 GMT

Mark's first news update...

This is my first my first news update so I'll try not to ramble on too much - but if you know me it's always possible?!?!? We've been pretty busy since I joined the band, I think I just clocked up ove...
Posted by on Thu, 04 May 2006 04:39:00 GMT