Add Jones- Lead Vox/ Rythmn Guitar..........
Chris Green- Drums...............
Paul Bradley- Bass/ Backing Vox...........
Rob Bamber- Lead Guitar................
Influences
Buzzcocks, The Stooges, The Rakes, Editors, Ordinary Boys
Sounds Like
Buzzcoks, The Stooges
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Formed from the ashes of various West Midlands punk bands, The Motive began to develop their 21st Century take on punk rock in 2004 when Add Jones found himself kicked out of his own band! Not for the last time, it was for his refusal to compromise.
The rest of em just wanted a quiet life in Dudley I guess Im not made that way! remembers Add, when reminded of the roots of The Motive.
Add quickly found a like minded ally in Paul Bradley (Biff) a Birmingham bassist with a deep love of classic punk rock and a legendary refusal to know when to quit.
Paul takes up the story; I knew Add, wed run into each other a few times and Id always thought it would be good if we could work together. So when he told me his old band was falling apart we both knew that wed put something together.
That something started to become The Motive when guitarist Rob Bamber was recruited by a strange twist of fate. Paul; Rob just turned up in the office I was working in as a temp, just at the time we needed a guitarist no need to advertise or audition. The agency just sent him!
To outsiders Rob is seen as the quiet man of The Motive, but with a classical music background, its just a case of give that man a guitar and he will say everything you need to know.
With the line up almost complete The Motive again ignored convention, as Add explains; I knew a drummer from a previous band, hes a cool guy with a unique style so he was the obvious choice
That man was Chris Green and The Motive were born.
The band quickly got to work developing a set of short, sharp songs delivered with razor-edged riffs bringing the band comparisons with early Buzzcocks and the Stooges at one end of the spectrum and The Rakes and Ordinary Boys being cited as current reference points.
Last year saw the band develop a steadily growing fanbase across the Midlands with gigs at Birminghams Artsfest, JBs in Dudley, the Varsity in Wolverhampton and Birminghams Academy 2, among the highlights, along with coverage on Kerrang 105.2 and the BBC TVs new interactive service.
This year the band are set to release a second demo CD, called Pay Attention which sets a new standard for the band as the growing interest from fans, promoters and record companies alike is already proving. With a harder, tighter sound that is the result of the bands dedication and determination fused with their own growing reputation for unmatched adrenalin fuelled live performances.
Get used to it The Motive are coming through get on board or get out of their way. Its gonna be a hell of a ride!
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hey add been a while thought id drop in say hello hopefully be able to get up on the 27th depends what time i gotta work the next day but im hopefully they can let me start a bit later
just droppping a line dear adam, to say , meery christmas , and happy new year and plus you better be write some amazing songs to top last years (y) xxx
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Connect Four: 9½ Bleeps is at the Island Bar in Bham on the 13th November. This month, the live sets are provided by Codette, Crash Repeat, Tsubo Soul and Goteki with Moro spinning the tunes.
im good, getting on really great with my course at stafford, busy though, and i dont get my photography tester until almost christmas, atm its photoshop study =D
The Motive will be playing the near legendary 444club @ The Rainbow in Digbeth on Friday night (12th Sept) - 4 bands, 4 quid, DJ's 'til 4am.
Oh and then we've got an early start next day - playing a free Saturday lunchtime gig as part of 'Artsfest' in Birmingham city centre - at the Yardbird in Paradise Forum at 12:00 midday to be precise.
Hey lads, you sounded great on BBC WM, in spite of the dash to Selly Oak. Can't believe you mentioned the place-that-shall-not-be-named though! See you on 13th at erm... lunchtime, and at The Sunflower later too. Annie x
