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No Vacancy – The Best Of The Motels
''No Vacancy – The Best of The Motels'' is a compilation album by the new wave band, The Motels released in 1990. This album was released in United States, manufactured for BMG BMG may refer to: Organizations * Music publishing companies: ** Bertelsmann Music Group, a 1987–2008 division of Bertelsmann that was purchased by Sony on October 1, 2008 *** Sony BMG, a 2004–2008 joint venture of Bertelsmann and Sony that wa ... Direct Marketing. The album is a re-labeled version of ''No Reservations'', which was released in Australia two years previously. Track listing Charts References {{DEFAULTSORT:No Vacancy - The Best of The Motels 1990 compilation albums The Motels albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Motels
The Motels are an American new wave band from Berkeley, California, that is best known for the singles "Only the Lonely" and "Suddenly Last Summer", each of which peaked at No. 9 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, in 1982 and 1983, respectively. In 1980, The Motels song " Total Control" reached No. 7 on the Australian chart (for two weeks), and their song "Danger" reached No. 15 on the French chart. Martha Davis, the lead singer, reformed a version of the band called "The Motels featuring Martha Davis" in 1998 and toured under that name with various line-ups of musicians. In 2013, the band was re-christened with a permanent name, Martha Davis and The Motels. That band is touring the world with a line-up of musicians that have been playing with Davis for over 10 years, longer than the original Motels. History First incarnation The first incarnation of The Motels formed in Berkeley, California in 1971. Lisa Brenneis (bass) persuaded Dean Chamberlain (lead guitar), Chuck Wada (rh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shock (The Motels Album)
''Shock'' is the fifth studio album by new wave band the Motels. It was recorded during 1984 and 1985, and released in August 1985. It sold approximately 400,000 copies in the United States. Singles released from this album include the American Top 30 hit, "Shame," and its follow-up, "Shock", as well as an Australia-only release, "Icy Red", that did not chart. "Shame" reached No. 21 on Billboard's Hot 100. Both songs were aided by popular music videos. Martha Davis was inspired to write "Shame" by affairs depicted on various soap operas."September 7, 1985." ''Casey Kasem's American Top 40 – The 80s''. Hst. Casey Kasem. iHeartRadio. KOSF, San Francisco, September 6, 2020. Radio. Track listing Singles Personnel Credits are taken from the cassette's liner notes. The Motels *Martha Davis – vocals, rhythm guitar *Guy Perry (aka Adrian Peritore) – lead guitar *Marty Jourard – keyboards, saxophone *Michael Goodroe – bass *Brian Glascock – drums, percussion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ARIA Charts
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the official Australian music chart in June 1988, succeeding the Kent Music Report, which had been Australia's national music sales charts since 1974. History The ''Go-Set'' charts were Australia's first national singles and albums charts, published from 5 October 1966 until 24 August 1974. Succeeding ''Go-Set'', the Kent Music Report began issuing the national top 100 charts in Australia from May 1974. The compiler, David Kent, also published Australia's national charts from 1940 to 1974 in a retrospective fashion using state-based data. In mid-1983, the Australian Recording Industry Association commenced licensing the Kent Music Report chart. The first printed national top 50 chart available in record stores, branded the ''Countdown'' chart, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whose Problem?
"Whose Problem?" is a song by American new wave band The Motels, which was released in 1980 as the third and final single from their second studio album '' Careful''. The song was written by Martha Davis and produced by Carter. "Whose Problem?" failed to chart in the US, but reached number 42 in the UK Singles Chart and number 43 in the Australian Kent Music Report chart. Critical reception On its release, '' Record World'' commented, "Davis' lyrics are loaded with imagery and it comes to life vividly through her theatrical vocals. The staging is equally colorful with guitar/sax adds." In the UK, Jim Whiteford of '' The Kilmarnock Standard'' praised the song as "a stunning mid-tempo rock number" with "just enough similarities to the Pretenders' recent hit to guarantee success". He added, "Dig the guitar sound and the overall production, very pleasing." Deanne Pearson of '' Smash Hits'' commented that the Motels were "a cut above many of their fellow Californian musicians", but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Glascock
Brian Glascock (born 17 July 1948) is an English rock drummer for The Gods, Toe Fat, Carmen, Captain Beyond, Soy Cowboy, and primarily for The Motels. He also played on albums by Dolly Parton, Iggy Pop, and Joan Armatrading. He performed in a music video with Nancy Wilson of Heart. He has also performed much session work including The Bee Gees track "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart", along with fellow Juniors guitarist Alan Kendall. He was also the drummer for The Kids of Widney High and played on their second album, "Let's Get Busy." He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, where he worked for a time as a photo technician and, since 2006, has performed music regularly with various musical combos including 30 Second Crash, Meat Raffle Road, and Sheely Dan, which also featured his wife, Kathy Glascock and the late Loren Walsted, former guitarist of the Underbeats. Glascock also plays occasionally with other local bands including the Don King Blues Band, the Senders a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Thurston
Scott Troy Thurston (born January 10, 1952) is an American guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, and session musician. He was a member of the Stooges, and of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, in which he sang harmony vocals and played guitar, bass, keyboards, and harmonica. Musical career Raised in Medford, Oregon, Thurston started out as a session musician. He has played with Jackson Browne (1986 to 1998), The Cult (1991), Melissa Etheridge, Glenn Frey, Hokus Pokus, Iggy And The Stooges (as part of the band from 1973 to 1974, and recordings with Iggy Pop in 1975, 1977 and 1979), Jump (1971; organ & lead vocals), Nils Lofgren, The Motels, Ron Asheton's The New Order, Bonnie Raitt, and John Trudell. Thurston later became a professional songwriter, penning tunes for (and sometimes with) Jackson Browne, Iggy Pop, and The Motels. James Williamson of Iggy and the Stooges has said, "I was over at Capitol Records and as I was going out I was watching this guy recording and it was Scott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remember The Nights
"Remember the Nights" is a song by American new wave band The Motels, which was released in 1983 as the second single from their fourth studio album ''Little Robbers''. The song was written by Martha Davis and Scott Thurston, and produced by Val Garay. "Remember the Nights" peaked at number 36 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Music video The song's music video was directed by Val Garay and produced by Tony Basile. It achieved heavy rotation on MTV. Critical reception On its release, ''Billboard'' listed the song as one of their "Pop picks" and wrote, "Still torchy and dramatic, but the beat is peppier than in 'Suddenly Last Summer'." ''Cash Box'' felt the song took a "tougher stance" in comparison to the band's previous chart successes. They noted that it "recalls the band's earlier rock sound" and added that Davis "nearly steps into Pat Benatar territory". They considered the "tight arrangement and cool saxophone" to make the song a "Top 10 natural" and also noted that "faint sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Take The L (song)
"Take the L" is a song by American new wave band The Motels, which was released in 1982 as the second single from their third studio album ''All Four One''. The song was written by Marty Jourard, Martha Davis (musician), Martha Davis and John S. Carter, Carter, and produced by Val Garay. "Take the L" peaked at number 52 on the US ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Billboard Hot 100, Hot 100. Background "Take the L" originated with the band's keyboardist and saxophone player Marty Jourard, who had been working on the song for a while. He had a simple progression, but felt "it didn't sound right" until Martha Davis suggested he swap the order of the two chords around. The song's title and repeated line of the chorus ("Take the L out of lover and it's over") came from the producer of the band's first two albums, John S. Carter, Carter. During a conversation with the producer, Jourard revealed he was in the process of breaking up with his girlfriend, to which Carter responded with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Total Control (song)
"Total Control" is a song by American new wave band the Motels. It was released in 1979 as the second single from their debut studio album ''Motels''. The song failed to make an appearance on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, but reached number 9 on the Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart in December 1979. It fared better in Australasia, peaking at number 7 in Australia and 11 in New Zealand. The song has been covered by American singer Tina Turner and Australian singer Missy Higgins. Background Speaking of the song in 2000, Davis recalled, "When I wrote this my heart had been broken. I was angry, I wrote a thrash punk rock song, hen Hen commonly refers to a female animal: a female chicken, other gallinaceous bird, any type of bird in general, or a lobster. It is also a slang term for a woman. Hen or Hens may also refer to: Places Norway *Hen, Buskerud, a village in Ringer ...Jeff Jourard came along with this wonderful minimalist chord progression ndI laid my thrash lyrics on the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davitt Sigerson
Davitt Sigerson (born 1957) is an American novelist whose first career was in the music business. Sigerson was a record producer, singer, songwriter, record company executive, and journalist. Early life, education, and career Davitt Sigerson was born in New York City, New York. After attending school at Oxford University in England, he remained in the UK, writing about music for Black Music, Sounds, Melody Maker, and Time Out, before returning to the U.S. in 1979, where he also wrote for The Village Voice, Rolling Stone and The New York Times. In 1976, he arranged a version of the Gamble and Huff song "For the Love of Money", released by the ''Disco Dub Band'' on the Movers label. In the early 1980s he released two solo albums for ZE as a singer-songwriter, ''Davitt Sigerson'' (1980) and '' Falling in Love Again'' (1984). Also that year, he wrote and produced 'No Time to Stop Believing' under the band name Daisy Chain. In 1990, he recorded a further album, ''Experiments in Terr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Robbers
''Little Robbers'' is the RIAA Gold-certified fourth studio album by new wave band the Motels. It was recorded between February and August 1983 and released on September 16 of that year. It features the hit song, "Suddenly Last Summer", which hit No. 1 on Billboard's Album Rock Tracks chart, and became the band's second Top 10 Pop hit in the US, reaching No. 9 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Track listing Singles Charts Personnel Credits are taken from the CD's liner notes. The Motels * Martha Davis – vocals, rhythm guitar *Guy Perry – lead guitar *Marty Jourard – keyboards, saxophone *Michael Goodroe – bass *Brian Glascock – drums, percussion *Scott Thurston – keyboards, guitar Additional personnel *Steve Goldstein – keyboards *Craig Krampf – drums *Craig Hull – guitar *Chris Page – additional synthesizer *F. Bob Getter – bass *Waddy Wachtel – guitar *Jerry Peterson – saxophone Production Credits are taken from the CD's liner notes. *Produced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suddenly Last Summer (song)
"Suddenly Last Summer" is a new wave song by American new wave band the Motels, released as the lead single from their fourth album, ''Little Robbers'' (1983). The single peaked at number nine on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and topped the ''Billboard'' Rock Top Tracks chart. In Canada, it climbed to number 11 and endded 1983 as the country's 98th-best-selling single. The B-side of the 7-inch single is "Some Things Never Change," and the song was included on the 1990 compilation album, ''No Vacancy – The Best of The Motels''. Inspiration Martha Davis has said in various interviews that the song touches upon themes such as the loss of virginity and innocence. She has also mentioned how the inspiration came from knowing that "...summer is ending when you hear the ice cream truck go by for the last time and you know he won't be back for a while". In an interview with Davis in 2019, Linda Tuccio-Koonz further expanded on the song's themes of cyclical loss and new beginnings: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
