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motorama

Revved up, Stripped Down, Revved back up again!

About Me


Inspired by Rock, Garage, Punk, Metal and Hard Rock from the '50's to the present we create stripped down, loud, intense, energetic music ala Motorhead, Black Flag, AC/DC etc. and have been compared to Shellac, Jesus Lizard, Melvins, Drive Like Jehu, AC/DC - you get the gist.

We all start to go a little squirrelly if we don't play shows extremely regularly so we've been playing in the Pacific Northwest (BC, WA, OR) as much as possible and have toured most of the US and will continue to do so.

Our goals include: touring Europe and Asia; obtaining worldwide distribution for our recordings; and of course continuing to write the best goshdarn songs we possibly can.

We just finished a little tour around the US and are planning to hunker down for a couple of months and work on some kickass new songs and put out a brand new CD on Tuesday, June 6th, 2006

We are 100% DIY - we do all of our own booking, recording, graphic design, driving, roadying, everything. Simply everything.

We are also very active gig traders and whatnot, other bands have helped us with shows, places to stay, party favours and we in turn are more than happy to do the same anytime we can. We get by on the kindness of our friends and totally appreciate it and reciprocate it.

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Member Since: 11/28/2004
Band Website: motorama.net
Band Members: TheBertman - Drums, Vocals, Hatred; Reggie - Bass, Vocals, Despondency; Marcus - Guitar, Vocals, Confusion
Influences: the hives, minutemen, motorhead, AC/DC, Shellac, Ed Hall, Cherubs, Franz Ferdinand, Unsane, Misfits, Black Flag, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Rolling Stones, Didjits, Drive Like Jehu, Steel Pole Bathtub, Danko Jones, Kiss, Melvins, Butthole Surfers, Killdozer, the Who, the Kinks, Today is the Day, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Big Black, Sonic Youth, Helmet, Jesus Lizard, Mudhoney, the Strokes, White Stripes, Circle Jerks, GBH, the Cramps, the Clash
Sounds Like: the hives, minutemen, motorhead, AC/DC, Shellac, Ed Hall, Cherubs, Franz Ferdinand, Unsane, Misfits, Black Flag, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Rolling Stones, Didjits, Drive Like Jehu, Steel Pole Bathtub, Danko Jones, Kiss, Melvins, Butthole Surfers, Killdozer, the Who, the Kinks, Today is the Day, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Big Black, Sonic Youth, Helmet, Jesus Lizard, Mudhoney, the Strokes, White Stripes, Circle Jerks, GBH, the Cramps, the Clash
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Record Label: Last Chance, Portland, OR
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

past shows

Mar 1 - Pub 340 w the Muddy River Nightmare Band from Portland, the Fiends (Vancouver's VERY BEST garage rock band), Motorama and My Suit and Shotgun Saturday, March 7 at the Railway Club - Denim Demo...
Posted by motorama on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:30:00 PST

I heard you Malachi

a Chicago jazz fan and politcal activist set himself on fire in protest of the war in Iraq, there was VERY little media coverage of this demonstration, please blog it wherever you can to honour his ac...
Posted by motorama on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:17:00 PST

mp3s from our newest recording available for free download!

hey friends, I just posted almost all of our newest recording on our site, we'll have a CD with all these songs on it real soon but for now you can hear 'em at: http://motorama.net/music.htm so go dow...
Posted by motorama on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 02:52:00 PST

CD's available at CD Baby and Amazon! C'mon 'n buy the heck out of 'em!

Hey! Motorama's CD "supercustomspecial" for which we're recieving rave reviews and accolades is now available online at CD Baby and Amazon and you can purchase it with your Mom's credit card! So go bu...
Posted by motorama on Sun, 22 Jan 2006 01:42:00 PST

Just back from a 26 day round US tour

We went down the coast hitting Portland, LA and San Diego, over to Mexicali in Mexico, up through Phoenix, Albuquerque, Tulsa and Saint Louis, up to Chicago, over to Boston, Philadelphia and New York,...
Posted by motorama on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Another good show !!?? In Vancouver !!?? On a tuesday !!??

we had another great Vancouver show, we may have to re-assess our hatred for the Vancouver rock 'n roll scene, no, not quite yet, we'll hafta see how our show in January goes. Siamese Mistress wer...
Posted by motorama on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

heck of alot of fun last night

we played our first show back in Vancouver, since our little tour, last night and we had a great time, I almost have renewed faith in the Vancouver Rock 'n Roll scene. We brought No Means Yes up fr...
Posted by motorama on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

back from a little tour

We're back in Vancouver from our 10 day tour to AZ, CA, OR, WA. We wish to god that we could've stayed out for a few more months - so now we're planning a 3 week trip around the US for April or somet...
Posted by motorama on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST