The Motels

GENRE: New Wave, Alt Rock

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In 1971, a young Martha Davis joined The Warfield Foxes, a band from Berkeley California.  In 1975 they moved to Los Angeles and changed the band name to The Motels.

The new name was inspired on the way to the band’s first show at Barney’s Beanery. Guitarist Dean Chamberlain noted the motor inns as they drove down Santa Monica Boulevard and suggested “What about The Motels?” 

The band broke up then reformed in 1978 with guitarist Jeff Jourard who brought in his brother Marty on keyboards and saxophone. Michael Goodroe on bass and Brian Glascock on drums rounded out the quintet. This lineup played around L.A. for six months before signing with Capitol Records on May 13, 1979—Mother’s Day.

The Motels released five albums on Capitol Records between 1979 and 1985, two of them earning gold record status and generating two Top Ten singles, “Only the Lonely” and “Suddenly Last Summer.”  When the band broke up in 1987 Martha released Policy, a solo album that charted in Australia. 

After leaving Capitol Davis spent years working in different musical genres with multitudes of players. Recently it became apparent that one particular configuration generated the same feeling as the original band concept. 

The new lineup includes guitarist Clint Walsh, drummer Eric Gardner bassist Nic Johns and as of 2011, original member Marty Jourard.  Apocalypso, a previously unreleased version of 1982’s All Four One was released in 2011 on Omnivore Records, thirty years to the day after the intended original date.

In Spring of 2018 the Motels will release their new record The Last Few Beautiful Days.

Motels Discography

The Motels 1979

Careful 1980

All Four One 1982

Little Robbers 1984

Shock 1985

Apocalypso 2011

The Last Few Beautiful Days 2018

DJ Omar Perez

Raised in the thriving musical subcultures of Washington, D.C.  DJ Omar Perez was exposed to the diversity of Punk, Goth, New Wave, Heavy Metal and Go-Go from an early age.  This inspired his multivariate approach to DJing. An asset that has made him an in demand DJ for touring artists like The Cult, OMD, Interpol, Grace Jones, Pet Shop Boys, Duran Duran, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Killers, LCD Soundsystem, Glass Animals, Cold Cave, Twin Tribes, Bananarama, Molchat Doma, Lana Del Rey and many others.

His 30-year career in the Bay Area music scene has produced some of the most musically diverse and inclusive dance parties like Popscene, Leisure & Sixxteen.

He is currently the resident DJ for Oakland’s Mosswood Meltdown, Substance Fest SF, John Waters' Annual San Francisco Christmas show, and Popscene, the club he co-founded 30 years ago.

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