Motograter
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| Motograter | |
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| Origin | Santa Barbara, California |
| Genre(s) | Nu metal, experimental Metal |
| Years active | 1995–2005, 2006-present (on hiatus) |
| Label(s) | Elektra Records |
| Website | Motograter.com |
Motograter is an American nu metal band. They are known for their homemade "motograter" instrument - designed with industrial cable and guitar pieces - as a substitute for the traditional bass guitar. The band is also known for painting themselves before concerts.
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[edit] History
Motograter was founded in 1995 by Bruce Butler aka Grater. The band was originally a tribal group that experimented with hardcore screams and sampling. In 1999, they became more of a rock styled band, and began to use guitar samples before adding a proper guitarist. They released two independent EPs titled Hugh Chardon (1999) and Indy (2000) with their original vocalist Zak (The Waz). He was later replaced by Ivan Moody, and the band signed with Elektra Records in 2002.
The band released their self-titled debut album Motograter on June 24, 2003, just shortly before their first major tour. Motograter's second stage slot at Ozzfest 2003 would ultimately lead to the band's struggles with their label. Like every other band on the second stage classified as nu metal (others included Twisted Method, grade 8, Depswa, Endo, and Unloco), Motograter's record sales did not improve as much as their record company had hoped. After the tour, Motograter's camp didn't say much regarding their future.
Dates were announced for a tour in January 2004, but it received no promotion or tour support from Elektra. The tour was eventually canceled, but the group hinted at Elektra being interested in both a second album and a European tour. Nothing materialized and there were no plans in the works for the band.
Following a headlining tour that was poorly advertised, Motograter did a series of dates with Kittie. They followed this up with an extensive, self-financed tour with Dope that saw the band abandon their trademark body paint.
The band announced in May 2005 that they were on hiatus to start some side-projects.
Motograter played a one-time reunion show at the Delicious Rox Festival in Missouri on September 30, 2006. The lineup featured Ivan, JR, Matt, Bruce and Crispy.
[edit] New projects
- Vocalist Ivan Moody and drummer Chris Binns formed a side-project named Ghost Machine in 2005. At present, they have released two albums in the self-titled Ghost Machine (2005) and Hypersensitive (2006).
- Ivan Moody is also a member of Five Finger Death Punch, whose debut album The Way of the Fist was released in 2007.
- Guitarist JR forms a new band dubbed MUGGSHOT in 2007, and is currently recording with Curiosity Killed the Cop.
- Guitarist Matt (Nuke) Nunes starts a new project called Out Of Curiosity.
- Ex vocalist Zak, has formed a new thrash metal band called Southern Front in Austin, TX. They are recording and mixing their demo and plan to record a debut album in 2008.
- Joey (Smur) & Crispy started a noize project in late 2007 dubbed "The Pesky Brothers".
[edit] Members
- Ghost (Ivan Moody)- Vocals (2003-Present)
- Nuke (Matt Nunes)- Lead Guitar (2003, 2006-Present)
- JR- Rhythm Guitar (2003-Present)
- Smur (Joey Krzywonski)- Percussion (1997-Present)
- Crispy (Chris Binns)- Drums (1998-Present)
- Grater (Bruce Butler)- Motograter/Keyboards (1997-Present)
[edit] Former Members
- Zak Ward - Lead Vocals (1999-2003), Backing Vocals/Samples/Electronics (2003-2004) (briefly left before returning as backing vocalist/sampler) Zak has a new band called Southern Front as of 01/07.
- Eric Gonzales - Electronics (1999-2003) Eric went on to join the band "Angree Amputees" based in SF, CA.
- Neil Godfrey - Guitar (2003) Ultraspank, Lo-Pro
- Ty Fury - Lead Guitar (2003-2004) Fomofuiab, Murder of Crows, Dirty Little Rabbits
- A-Bomb - Lead Guitar, Backing vocals (2004-2006)
- Johnny Nailz- Bass/Keyboards (2004) (substitute in for Grater during one tour)
[edit] Discography
[edit] Album(s)
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Motograter
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[edit] Singles
| Year | Song | US Hot 100 | U.S. Modern Rock | U.S. Mainstream Rock | Album |
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| 2003 | "Suffocate" | - | - | - | Motograter |
| 2003 | "Down" | - | - | 29 | Motograter |
| 2004 | "No Name" | - | - | - | Motograter |
[edit] Other Songs
"Failure" (Performed in 2004)
