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The Motels

The Motels are an American new wave band from Berkeley, California, that is best known for the singles "Only the Lonely" and "Suddenly Last Summer", each of which peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100, in 1982 and 1983, respectively. In 1980, The Motels song "Total Control" reached No. 7 on the Australian chart (for two weeks),[1] and their song "Danger" reached No. 15 on the French chart.

The Motels

Berkeley, California, United States

1975–1977, 1978–1987, 1998–present

Martha Davis
Nic Johns
Clint Walsh
Eric Gardner
Marty Jourard

Dean Chamberlain
Chuck Wada
Lisa Brenneis
Richard D'Andrea
Robert Newman
Michael Goodroe
Brian Glascock
Jeff Jourard
Tim McGovern
Guy Perry
Scott Thurston
David Platshon
Jason Loree
Erik Lemaire
Adrian Burke
David Van Pattoen
Mic Taras
Angelo Barbera
Kevin Bowen
Michael Barbera
Nick LeMieux
Fritz Lewak
David Sutton
Eric Gardner
Jon Siebels
Felix Mercer
Matthew Brown
Matthew Morgan
Matt Miller
Tig Moore
Brady Wills

Martha Davis, the lead singer, reformed a version of the band called "The Motels featuring Martha Davis" in 1998 and toured under that name with various line-ups of musicians. Since 2013, they have been billed as Martha Davis and The Motels.

1982: Best Performance for "Only the Lonely" at the 1982 American Music Awards[53]

American Music Awards

Independent Music Awards 2012: Apocalypso – Best Re-Issue Album

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HMMA Nomination Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2018 :"Punchline" Alternative www.hmmawards.com

(1979)

Motels

(1980)

Careful

(1982)

All Four One

(1983)

Little Robbers

(1985)

Shock

(2008)

This

(2011)

Apocalypso

(2017)

If Not Now Then When

(2018)

The Last Few Beautiful Days

"The Motels Return With Their "Version 2.0"". . September 2, 1999.

Rolling Stone

"Entertainment Section". . July 16, 2005.

Orange County Register

"Take The El Out Of Motels And It's Mots". . February 1983.

Creem

"The Motels: Martha Davis Feeds Her Family". Creem. December 1980.

"The Motels: Booked Solid". . April 4, 1979.

Los Angeles Times

"No Vacancy". . October 5, 2000.

Orange County Weekly

Valcourt, Keith (2011). . Rocker Magazine. Retrieved June 12, 2015.

"Martha Davis of The Motels: Not Checking Out"

Official website

from the VH1 website

Biography