Motograter was founded in San Antonio, Texas in 1995 by Bruce "Grater" Butler playing the Motograter, Joey "Smur" Krzywonski on percussion, Chris "Crispy" Binns on drums, and Zak "The Waz" Ward 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 in Matt "Nuke" Nunes, and a new vocalist in Ivan "Ghost" Moody.
In 2003 they released their first major label album entitled Motograter. It was the first Album to feature real guitars instead of samples. Before the album was even released, they added second guitarist 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 the band 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 Motograter announced their hiatus to give time for side projects. However, the band played a one time re-union show in 2006 at the Delicious Rox Festival in which Ivan made it perfectly clear to fans and band members alike that he was finished with Motograter. Nuke and JR returned on guitar, along with Bruce on the Motograter with Crispy rounding out the rest of the lineup. After this show it was unclear what the rest of the members would choose to do.
In 2009, it was announced that the band was "back" with a "new breed" line-up based out of Santa Barbara, California. This lineup also included a bass player, playing alongside the motograter. The lineup was announced as Angel on vocals, Nuke on guitar, Tyler Hole on guitar, Mylon Guy on bass, Twitch on drums, and Bruce on the motograter.
The lineup played one show in Las Vegas, NV under the name "Out Of Curiosity" to test the new material on a live unbiased crowd before deciding to adopt the Motograter name. The set did not feature the Motograter.Before any touring commenced Bruce left and was replaced with Mark Nosler, 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 demos do include electronics, however do not feature percussion which was an integral part of the original Motograter sound. The use of a traditional bass also adds a different feel, giving the band an even more full low end sound.
Motograter announced that they would be joining Mushroomhead in the fall of 2011 on a tour, called The Slaughterhouse Roadshow and featured Psychostick, Blue Felix, Ventana and Tenefly Viper. One week before the first day of the tour, Motograter posted to their Facebook page that they had disbanded, and would therefore not participate in the tour. Many rumors have been circling on the reasons for the disbanding, however it is unclear as to what really happened.
The band apparently removed Nuke from all administration privileges on their Facebook page, but he has released a statement on his personal page stating that:
”In regards to recent events involving former members of my band, I would like to say that those members are of no consequence to the ultimate outcome of Motograter and the music produced under that name... Unfortunately, those former members decided to step out of the project at a crucial time and sabotage their careers and an inevitably successful tour, but the music will continue and Motograter will morph into something bigger and better, as we have always proven to do. Much love to our loyal fans and keep an ear open for what is next.”
“Nuke decided he was going to fire members for no reason. My fellow band members and I had enough of his controlling ways and quit in support of our brothers.”
In February 2014, Motograter reunited under another new lineup, including returning members Angel on vocals, Nuke on guitar and Mylon Guy on bass. The line up was rounded out by new members Noah "Shark" Robertson on drums, Kery "Venom" Glennon on guitar, Lane Steele on percussion and Michael Stewart on the motograter. Originally J.R. Schwartz was announced as a returning member, but didn't make it to the band's rehearsals. The band played their first show in two years on February 8, 2014 in Santa Ana, CA, after which Lane Steele was let go. The band will not comment on the reason. The band stated on stage that they will be releasing a new album this year.
FIGHT
Motograter Lyrics
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To try to destroy all meaning of this life
Ripping from our man, killing while you can
Murderer of this land
Breeding to destroy, concepts that deploy fear in our eyes
They don't ever live to die
Only live to fight, fight, fight!
Why do they play with strands of life today?
Fighting for your life, killing while you die, your life's in their hands
Breeding to destroy, concepts that deploy fear in our eyes
They don't ever live to die
Only live to fight, fight, fight!
They don't ever live to die
Why are we dying from within?
The lie.
We've been fed this cancer all our lives
Right out of the can, injected again, your life's in my hands
Breeding to destroy, concepts that deploy fear in our eyes
They don't ever live to die
Only live to fight, fight, fight!
They don't ever live to die
Only live to fight, fight, fight!
The lyrics for Motograter’s song “Fight” convey a message of defiance towards those who seek to control and manipulate life. The lines “Why is a scientist in a lab? To try to destroy all meaning of this life” suggest a criticism of those who play with the building blocks of life, with little regard for the consequences. The lyrics then go on to describe these scientists as murderers who are breeding to destroy and who only live to fight.
The concept of cloning is also addressed in the lyrics with lines such as “To build clones from human DNA” while the question “Why are we dying from within?” suggests that the singer believes that we are being fed a lie that is slowly killing us. The song ends with a call to fight against those who seek to manipulate life, with the repeated line “They don't ever live to die, only live to fight, fight, fight!”
This song could be seen as commenting on the dangers of scientific experimentation and playing God, with the belief that it could have disastrous consequences for both individuals and society as a whole. The lyrics may also be read as an appeal for individuals to take control of their own lives and not be manipulated or exploited by those in positions of power.
Line by Line Meaning
Why is a scientist in a lab?
Scientists experiment in labs to destroy the meaning of life.
Ripping from our man, killing while you can
Destroying the essence of humanity by killing whenever possible.
Murderer of this land
Personified destruction of the environment.
Breeding to destroy, concepts that deploy fear in our eyes
Producing ideas that cause fear and anxiety in people, with the intention of destroying them.
They don't ever live to die
Their life's objective is to fight and destroy.
Only live to fight, fight, fight!
Their sole purpose in life is to fight and cause destruction.
Why do they play with strands of life today?
Asking why scientists manipulate human DNA to create clones.
To build clones from human DNA
Cloning using human DNA is being carried out.
Fighting for your life, killing while you die, your life's in their hands
People are struggling to live as the scientists continue to destroy them.
They don't ever live to die
Their sole objective in life is to create chaos and destruction.
Why are we dying from within?
Questioning the reason for internal, emotional death.
The lie.
The root cause is a lie fed to us since birth.
We've been fed this cancer all our lives
We have been continuously exposed to the source of our internal death.
Right out of the can, injected again, your life's in my hands
The source of the cancer is being injected and controlled.
Only live to fight, fight, fight!
Their one and only goal is to create chaos and destruction.
They don't ever live to die
Their life's purpose is to fight and destroy.
Only live to fight, fight, fight!
The only thing they live for is to engage in conflict and cause destruction.
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Jabbar Muhammad
This whole album is freaking amazing 🤘🤘🤘🤘
Justin&Minami31 J&M
This song is give me hyped up I really want to fight tetsuya for trying to steal my girlfriend form Japan
Jabbar Muhammad
a little long but the song is awesome
Extreme Charisma
FIGHT!!!! FIGHT!!!!! FIGHT!!!!!!
Extreme Charisma
THIS IS WAR!!!!!!!
Jabbar Muhammad
Ultimate mosh pit song so cool
ToyDox
um..im pretty sure the song is done by 3:00
Michael Hart
sounds like white noise to me
Tenacious Lee
It's from the album back when albums had secrets songs after a long annoying outro but in this case there was no outro song
ToyDox
@Eye Ate Meat lel, u ok lad? or are u one of them angsty teens coming here to pretend they know what metal is and feel all badass