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  • “The Motels” Perform Live At German TV Show “Musikladen” in 1979

    The Motels are a classic New Wave band from Los Angeles that started in 1975. They had various line

  • THE MOTELS - 'Shock' demos

    Head over to the New Wave Outpost message board to grab three rare demos from The Motels, recorded

    • Biography The Motels

    The Motels
    The Motels were a New Wave music band from the Los Angeles area best known for "Only the Lonely" and "Suddenly, Last Summer", each of which peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1982 and 1983, respectively. "Total Control" (The Motels' signature song) reached number 7 on the Australian charts in 1979.Martha Davis, the lead singer, reformed a version of the band called The Motels featuring Martha Davis, in 1998; as of 2008 she continues to appear under that name with various line-ups. First incarnation The first incarnation of The Motels formed in Berkeley, California, in 1971.Davis, Martha. "[LINK: http://marthadavis.com/themotels.html] Martha Davis Bio," MarthaDavis.com, official website. Retrieved 24 April 2007. Lisa Brenneis (bass) coaxed Dean Chamberlain (lead guitar), Chuck Wada (rhythm guitar) and Martha Davis (vocals, guitar) into forming a band (then called The Warfield Foxes

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