Artist description "Cold Heroes" is the fiercely original follow up to the explosive self-titled debut (The Motion, SLA002) from Chicago's The Motion. Unrelenting in vision and promise, "Cold Heroes" challenges the notion of what elements signify hard rock and roll "wrenching from it the essence of what constitutes ‘the good’ in rock music...The Motion continues to amaze with a stripped down simplicity many bands would fear." -www.emptybottle.com The Motion is unmistakably heavy and forceful, but permeates a fragility and awareness not typically associated with the genre; songs about gender, class, and cognition find melodies as catchy and throaty as Nirvana or Archers of Loaf fragmenting into shivering falsetto. At its core, "Cold Heroes"(produced by the Motion with former Lustre King drummer Jay Dandurand) employs three instruments paradoxically colliding in unison: the dense pummeling of drums, like animals rattling their cages, deep fuzzy bass lines straddling the bottom before erupting into resplendent melodies, and chunks of guitar cascading into emotive feedback, striving to take flight. The Motion formed in Chicago in 1999. The following year saw the release of their first record, and their first tour. They have since played frequently in the Chicago area as well as on the east coast, sharing the stage with such bands as The Fireshow, Explosions in the Sky, We Ragazzi, Hot, Hot, Heat, and The Pattern. "Though it hails from Chicago, the Motion rocks as if it's from Detroit in the early '70s, updating the grand tradition of Motor City madmen such as the MC5, the Stooges...with a hint of modern stoner rock...and fans of Queens of the Stone Age will find plenty of common ground." -Jim DeRogatis, Chicago Sun-Times

Music Style avant rock

Musical Influences Dinosaur jr., The Clash, Guns 'n Roses,

Similar Artists Queens of the Stone Age

Artist History The Motion are a Chicago band who have been playing together since 1999.

Group Members Brent Larson: Guitar/vocals Jonny Motion: Fender Bass Jeff Massey: Drums/vocals

Albums The Motion (2000), Cold Heroes (2002)

Press Reviews “...The Motion mixes heretofore disparate rock styles: the heavy, fuzzed-out riffing of Fu Manchu, the Neil Young-inspired guitar heroism of Dinosaur Jr. (or, more recently, Built To Spill live), the psychedelia of Jefferson Airplane, the populist political motives of the MC5, the leaden quality of stoner metal…the potential for greatness heard on The Motion is pretty impressive. Keep an eye on the Motion — they just may invent a whole new subgenre.” - Cheryl Botchick, CMJ New Music Report

Additional Info 1800 W. Division St. Chicago, IL 60622

Location Chicago, IL - USA

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