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Motograter is an American nu metal band. They are best known for their homemade instrument the "motograter" - designed with industrial cable and guitar pieces that creates a very deep bass sound. The "motograter" instrument originally took place of the original bass guitar but now accompanies it. The band is also known for painting themselves in a tribal style body paint for concerts.
History
Motograter was founded in 1995 by Bruce Butler aka Grater playing the Motograter, Crispy on drums, Smur on percussion, and Zak on vocals.
In 2000 during the recording of their first album, Indy, they added Eric Gonzales who handled electronics and samples.
In 2001 they added guitarist Neil Godfrey.
2002 saw the departure of Godfrey, Gonzales, and Zak. They found a new guitarist is Matt "Nuke" Nunes, and a new vocalist in Ivan "Ghost" Moody.
In 2003 they released their first major label album entitled Motograter. Before the album was even released, they added second guitar JR, and Zak re-joined the band handling electronics/samples and also providing back-up vocals, making the band a 7-piece.
That summer, Nuke left the band and they remained a 6-piece for a little while but eventually replaced Nuke with Ty Fury.
In the summer of 2004 Ty Fury would be replaced with Aaron aka "A-Bomb", and also announced that they had begun work on a new album.
Later on, Zak would leave the band again. The band chose not to replace him.
In the fall of 2004, the band toured without Bruce and Smur, leaving drummer Crispy as the only constant original member. In place of using the Motograter, they were accompanied by bassist Johnny Nailz. It was emphasized that this line-up was only for this tour but it was unclear whether or not Smur and Bruce had left for good or not.
In 2005 they announced their hiatus. They played a re-union show in 2006 in which the lineup was Ivan on vocals, Nuke and JR on guitar, Bruce on the motograter, and Crispy on the drums.
In 2009, it was announced that the band was "back" with a "new breed" line-up. The new lineup also included a bass player, playing alongside the motograter. The lineup was announced as Nuke on guitar, Tyler on guitar, Angel on vocals, Mylon on bass, Twitch on drums, and Bruce on the motograter...however the touring lineup seems to place a guy by the name of Mark on the Motograter, leaving Motograter with no original/consistent members.
The "new breed" sound is more in the direction of extreme metal and away from the tribal/aggro-rock of the original Motograter. The band's current recordings also do not include percussion or eletronics/samples which were integral parts of the original sound.
Discography
Album(s)
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Demo 1998
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Hugh Chardon EP
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Indy
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Motograter
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Singles
| Year | Song | US Hot 100 | U.S. Modern Rock | U.S. Mainstream Rock | Album |
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| 2003 | "Suffocate" | - | - | 23 | Motograter |
| 2003 | "Down" | - | - | 29 | Motograter |
| 2004 | "No Name" | - | - | - | Motograter |
Other songs
"Failure" (Performed in 2004)