FEATURED ALBUM: Motorpsycho - Heavy Metal Fruit

[JKL2000]

It's interesting with this band's extensive recorded history that they receive such an anemic response when mentioned on PE. It may have something to do with potentially a "forgettable" nature of their music. I enjoy many of their last 5-6 albums, but I find myself having to play them to remind myself what it sounds like. Each time I do, I become "a fan again".

The name of the band has always been a turn-off for me, and judging from the songs posted here it sounds like what I always suspected (I'd never listened to the band before but always heard good things). I'm not a fan of chugging rock, and that's what this sounds like to me. The psych bits aren't enough to make it psych, for me.

Of course, the band may have more variety than I'm guessing.

[polmico]

The name of the band has always been a turn-off for me, and judging from the songs posted here it sounds like what I always suspected (I'd never listened to the band before but always heard good things). I'm not a fan of chugging rock, and that's what this sounds like to me. The psych bits aren't enough to make it psych, for me.

Of course, the band may have more variety than I'm guessing.

The band is impossible to label.

As SS notes, their influences are often very evident. But they careen around styles enough, and Ryan and Saether are good enough song writers, and they're all very good musicians (Ryan, in particular, is one of my favorite guitarists) to make it all very interesting.

Here's Motorpsycho creating a perfect little pop song:


Here they are in full Norwegian folk prog epic glory (complete with bass pedals and caped keyboarder):




Full southern rock mode?


None of this, of course, is necessarily convincing, so I'm probably just eating bandwidth.

Their name, for what it's worth, comes from a Russ Meyer movie. I always assumed Meyer got the name from the Bob Dylan tune. Dylan references Psycho in the lyrics, so blame Hitchcock if you don't like the band's name.

[polmico]

And Yeah, two years ago they apparently got H.P. Lovecraft II - with "Spin, Spin, Spin" on it.

Cool viddy, too: