The Motels
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The Motels' Martha Davis (2001)
Interview by Steve Roeser, Rock's Backpages audio, 1 February 2001
On the release of the Anthologyland compilation, Martha talks about how she maintains a musical career, then looks back: her influences, from folk through soul and the Beatles to Bowie; the first Motels moving from San Francisco to Los Angeles, and creating their own scene; her mother's death, and raising two kids; reforming the Motels with Jeff Jourard, and getting signed; her love of the process: playing, rehearsing, videos etc.; putting together the anthology, and the future of the Motels.
File format: mp3; file size: 39.8mb, interview length: 41' 29" sound quality: ** (phoner)
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Profile and Interview by Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 29 April 1979
MOST LOCAL BANDS have drawn inspiration from the classic rock bands of the '60s – notably the Rolling Stones and the Who. The chief exception ...
The Motels: Growing Up In Motels
Interview by Steven X Rea, Trouser Press, July 1980
"THERE'S SOMEONE on the Ameche for you, Mom," chimes in Maria Davis, 13-year-old daughter of Motels lead singer/songwriter/sometime rhythm guitarist Martha Davis, 29. Ameche? "The ...
The Motels: Careful (Capitol) ***
Review by Sandy Robertson, Sounds, 5 July 1980
IF YOU'RE a Motels fan don't get mad at me, just take it as an indication of the way interest has rapidly curved away from ...
The Motels: Martha Davis Feeds Her Family
Interview by Dave DiMartino, Creem, December 1980
LEONARD COHEN'S Death Of A Ladies' Man LP, his first and only collaborative effort with Phil Spector, was never really given its due as one ...
Profile by Laura Fissinger, Musician, January 1981
"ONE OF MY big dreams is to write music that communicates moods so concisely that each song would be like a movie — you could ...
Up From The Street: The Story Of The L.A. Rock Revival
Overview by Don Waller, L.A. Weekly, 4 June 1981
Rock & roll, being the proud music of America's young, has always had a happy association with the beginning of summer: no school, warm nights ...
The Motels: Checking In With The Motels
Interview by Mark Leviton, Music Exchange, April 1982
SHE'S HAD LOVE affairs and bands break up around her, and she has steered a course to a successful career by combining the tough pragmatism ...
Profile and Interview by Mark Rowland, Musician, July 1982
BENEATH THE ENDLESS SUMMER CINEMATIC SCENES OF JEALOUSY & TRAGEDY OF SWEETNESS & DREAD ...
Interview by Sylvie Simmons, Sounds, 28 August 1982
STUCK IN a jam on the Hollywood Freeway, staring for five miles at a yellow Smiley bumper sticker telling me to have a nice day, ...
Take The El Out Of MOTELS And It's Motes
Interview by Sylvie Simmons, Creem, February 1983
IN A SMOKE-FILLED cell up in Capitol Towers, that awesome Hollywood edifice modeled on an Ajax can, Martha Davis and Marty Jourard sit blinking under ...
The Motels: Dual Life of Martha Davis
Interview by Dave Zimmer, BAM, 18 November 1983
"I GUESS I'M basically a simple girl." Such words, when spoken by a successful chanteuse, somehow ring hollow amidst the social trappings of stardom. How ...
Not Long Ago, But Far, Far Away: They Were There When L.A.'s Vital Club Scene Was Reborn
Retrospective and Interview by Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 1990
IT WAS 1976 and they were five newcomers in three bands. Together, they helped stage 'Radio Free Hollywood' and opened the door for hundreds of ...
Interview by Dave Zimmer, BAM, 18 November 1993
TAKE MARTHA DAVIS, the sultry, dark-eyed leader and lead singer of the Motels. Last year, her band's third album, All Four One, went Top 20 ...
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