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Saturday, August 29, 2015

MOTOR SISTER announce first ever UK tour in January

MOTOR SISTER who feature Mother Superior founder, guitarist, and vocalist Jim Wilson fronting the band, with Anthrax's Scott Ian on guitar, Pearl Aday on backing vocals, Joey Vera on bass, and John Tempesta on drums, have announced they will hit the UK for the first time ever in January 2016 to play ten in-your-face shows.

And they can't wait:

Jim Wilson - "Motor Sister in the UK! Get down and get with it!"

Scott Ian - "Motor Sister was born at a crazy party in the jam room at our house, just the five of us rocking our asses off. And now we get to bring that party to the UK!!! It's a privilege my friends! See you soon."

Pearl Aday - "We love the UK. No better place to start bringing Motor Sister to the world. We'll see you there, friends! Cheers, love, rock."

Check out the video for "Beg, Borrow, Steal" online now at metalblade.com/motorsister.

MOTOR SISTER

Tour w/ Jared James Nichols

January 2016

6th MILTON KEYNES - Craufurd Arms

7th LOWESTOFT - Aquarium

8th GRIMSBY - Yardbirds

9th NOTTINGHAM - Rescue Rooms

10th WOLVERHAMPTON - Slade Rooms

12th GLASGOW - Cathouse

13th YORK - Fibbers

14th MANCHESTER - Sound Control

15th SHEFFIELD - Corporation

16th LONDON - Underworld

Support will come from JARED JAMES NICHOLS who recently release his debut album Old Glory And The Wild Revival.

MOTOR SISTER was originally assembled to jam for Scott Ian's fiftieth birthday party. Thanks to Scott's wife Pearl Aday, who has been working on her solo career with Mother Superior front man Jim Wilson for years, all it took was a quick phone call and the stage was literally set for Scott's dream gig.

Enthralled at the idea of making a record of his favorite Mother Superior songs, Ian emailed producer Jay Ruston (Anthrax, Steel Panther) and asked if he thought it was possible to recapture the same spontaneous energy MOTOR SISTER generated at their makeshift gig, and if an album could be recorded quickly.

Ride was released to great acclaim earlier this year on Metal Blade Records and debuted on the Billboard charts after its first week of release. The album cracked the top 10 with the #9 position on the Billboard New Artist (Heatseekers) chart.

"All you really need to know about Ride is that it kicks a massive amount of ass" Revolver Magazine

"The retro rock and roll band that you didn't even know you were missing in your life until right now!" MetalInjection.net

"This is kick ass classic sounding hard rock! Blazing guitars, great vocals and songs! Everything I love most about hard rock music in one killer album." Eddie Trunk

Follow Motor Sister online:

https://www.facebook.com/motorsister

https://twitter.com/MotorSister

Follow the band members online:

https://twitter.com/scott_ian

https://twitter.com/pearladay

https://twitter.com/jimwilson45

https://twitter.com/joey_vera

https://www.facebook.com/JohnnyTempesta

Thursday, January 15, 2015

MOTOR SISTER to Release "Ride" on March 10th on Metal Blade Records

Featuring: Jim Wilson, Scott Ian, Pearl Aday, Joey Vera and John Tempesta

First Single Streaming - Pre-Orders Available Now

Special Brooklyn, NY Show on February 12th

MOTOR SISTER is comprised of a veritable super group; a team of musicians whose collective musical pedigrees speak for themselves. Mother Superior founder, guitarist, and vocalist Jim Wilson fronts the band, with Anthrax's Scott Ian on guitar, Pearl Aday on backing vocals, Joey Vera on bass, and John Tempesta on drums. The group was originally assembled to jam for Scott Ian's fiftieth birthday party. Thanks to Scott's wife Pearl Aday, who has been working on her solo career with Mother Superior front man Jim Wilson for years, all it took was a quick phone call and the stage was literally set for Scott's dream gig. "I wanted to cherry-pick a set list of my favorite Mother Superior songs and get these guys together and have the concert at my house," Ian says of the event that eventually led to an album.

Enthralled at the idea of making a record of his favorite Mother Superior songs, Ian emailed producer Jay Ruston (Anthrax, Steel Panther) and asked if he thought it was possible to recapture the same spontaneous energy MOTOR SISTER generated at their makeshift gig, and if an album could be recorded quickly. "He said, 'Yeah, we can make the record in two days and we can make it sound really good.' So that's what we did," Ian says. "A week and a half later, we made the record in LA over a two day period. We recorded the whole thing live in the studio and the set-up was at my house."

"[Mother Superior] frontman Jim [Wilson] was totally into the idea. Pearl was a huge Mother Superior fan from way back and was in. I asked my good friends Joey Vera (Fates Warning/Armored Saint) and John Tempesta (White Zombie, The Cult) to be a part of it because I knew they were both big fans as well and with no hesitation they said, 'We're in.'"

Wilson, too, was stoked by the opportunity to dust off some songs he hadn't played since his LA rock trio broke up in the early 2000's after releasing eight albums and playing as Henry Rollins' backing band. "I definitely didn't need any arm-twisting," he says. "I was totally flattered and thought it was a great idea. I figured it would be fun and it was a great opportunity for a new chapter to be established in order to move forward."

The recordings from those two days are what became to be known as MOTOR SISTER's Ride. Today, the first single from those sessions, "This Song Reminds Me of You," is available for to stream, along with a featurette video on the formation of the band and the process behind the record, at metalblade.com/motorsister.

Ride will be released March 10th in North America on Metal Blade Records. Pre-orders for the album are available now at http://www.metalblade.com/motorsister.

In support of the project MOTOR SISTER have scheduled a special show on February 12th in Brooklyn, NY at Saint Vitus. Tickets for the show can be purchased HERE.

Ride Track Listing:

1. A Hole

2. This Song Reminds Me of You

3. Beg Borrow Steal

4. Fool Around

5. Get That Girl

6. Head Hanging Low

7. Fork in the Road

8. Little Motor Sister

9. Pretty in the Morning

10. Whore

11. Doghouse

12. Devil Wind