Back with a new installment of our video of the week featuring a 1979 performance by The Motels for the German TV music show Musikladen.
While the roots of The Motels can be traced back to 1971 Los Angeles, the new wave band most of us came to know in the early 1980s was formed in 1978. The band is best known in the United States for "Only The Lonely" and "Suddenly, Last Summer", both of which peaked at #9 on the Billboard charts in 1982 and 1983. "Total Control" - our featured video - is considered by many to be The Motels' signature song and it reached #7 on the Australian charts in 1979.
In 1987, lead singer Martha Davis dissolved the band to pursue a solo career. She later reformed the band as The Motels featuring Martha Davis in 1998 and has toured with various lineups ever since. In 2005, they released a independent CD titled "So The Story Goes" with plans to issue a new CD this summer.
And what became of the original 1978 lineup? Well, In 2004 VH-1's Band's Reunited TV show brought the original lineup back together of a one time only concert.
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