On May 6th, MOTOR SISTER have released their highly anticipated new album “Get Off” through Metal Blade Records. The band has also shared a new music video for “Coming For You” directed and produced by Travis Shinn.
Bassist Joey Vera, comments: “Our first record ‘Ride’ was a collection of songs we re-recorded from the band MOTHER SUPERIOR which was great, but I’m stoked that we had this chance to actually get into a room together and write this batch of all new material. We keep in mind where this band originated from but we get to take it to totally different levels.”
Vocalist/guitarist Jim Wilson adds: “We wanted to make a high energy, kick ass rock & roll record from top to bottom. All killer, no filler.”
Concludes guitarist Scott Ian: ” ‘Get Off’ is the best hard rock record since ‘Appetite For Destruction’.”
Comprised of vocalist/guitarist Jim Wilson (MOTHER SUPERIOR), guitarist Scott Ian (ANTHRAX), bassist Joey Vera (ARMORED SAINT), drummer John Tempesta (WHITE ZOMBIE, THE CULT) and vocalist Pearl Aday (PEARL), MOTOR SISTER was originally formed as a MOTHER SUPERIOR covers band made up of diehard fans – and aided by sharing the same frontman – playing the songs for the love of doing so. Catching the attention of Metal Blade, the label offered to put out a record and the result was “Ride” (2015), a collection of live-in-the-studio takes cherry-picked from MOTHER SUPERIOR’s back catalogue.
Now, they step beyond those parameters, returning with their second album, which is almost entirely brand new material. “The record of covers was already done, so there was no need to do it again,” says Aday. “We’re a bunch of songwriters with so much passion for the same kind of music, it just makes sense that we would make new music together, and it was easy as usual to follow Jim’s lead on this one. He was overflowing with songs and ideas so we all happily jumped right in.”
Adds Wilson: “We definitely wanted to continue with the spirit of my old band and it’s not difficult really because everything MOTHER SUPERIOR did was done with heart and soul and I think soul is an important word. Not necessarily ‘soul music’ but the feeling that comes with it.”
The result is aptly described by Vera as “no bullshit hard rock and roll”, the record containing eleven originals and rounded out with a cover of MOTHER SUPERIOR’s “Rolling Boy Blues”, which has been a live staple.
As with “Ride”, the band entrusted Jay Ruston (ANTHRAX, STEEL PANTHER) with production, and this time headed into LA’s Studio 606. “Get Off” was recorded live in the studio, with all five members in the same room, vocals and leads redone after the basic tracks were laid down, but tracking was interrupted mid-process by Covid-19. This put things on hold, resuming a year later as the band added the finishing touches to the record, but this interruption definitely did not harm the feelings of exuberance and spontaneity that bleed from the speakers.
“Get Off” track listing:
- Can’t Get High Enough
- Coming for You
- Right There, Just Like That
- Sooner or Later
- Excuse Me, Your Life Is Exposed
- Lion’s Den
- 1,000,000 Miles
- Pain
- Bulletproof
- Bruise It or Lose It
- Time’s Up
- Rolling Boy Blues
You can watch the official video for “Coming For You” below:
