This New Wave Band Had 4 HITS in the EARLY 80s...Then They VANISHED for 22 Years | Professor of Rock

Coming up an interview with a mysterious new wave band name the Motels who haunted the first half of the 80s with 4 hits including the 1983 #1 hit that is so exotic, so strange it defies meaning. Suddenly Last Summer. The year before that they had another huge hit called Only the Lonely and both songs are truly haunting. I’ve actually waited for years to find out the stories behind their hits and we demystify them next with 2 original members including the singer Martha Davis and we find out why this iconic group disappeared from music for 22 years. Next on Professor of Rock. Thank you to this Episodes Sponsor, Zenni GET ZENNI Glasses HERE: https://imp.i279709.net/vn5gLd ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive Producer Brandon Fugal Honorary Producers Elizabeth Purvis, EmBee, Kevin riley, Paul Moore II, Tee Atwell, CharleyAnne, Susan Goudreau, and Jaimee Hammack ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out my Hand Picked Selection Below Professor's Store Van Halen OU812 Vinyl Album https://amzn.to/3tLsII2 The 80s Collection https://amzn.to/3mAekOq 100 Best Selling Albums https://amzn.to/3h3qZX9 Ultimate History of 80s Teen Movie https://amzn.to/3ifjdKQ 80s to 90s VHS Video Cover Art https://amzn.to/2QXzmIX Totally Awesome 80s A Lexicon https://amzn.to/3h4ilrk Best In Ear Headphones (I Use These Every Day) https://amzn.to/2ZcTlIl ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check Out The Professor of Rock Merch Store -http://bit.ly/ProfessorMerch ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check Out Patron Benefits http://bit.ly/ProfessorofRockVIPFan Help out the Channel by purchasing your albums through our links! As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you, thank you for your support. Click here for Premium Content: https://bit.ly/SignUpForPremiumContent https://bit.ly/Facebook_Professor_of_... https://bit.ly/Instagram_Professor_of... #classicrock #80smusic #vinylstory #newwave Hey music junkies, Professor of Rock, always here to celebrate the greatest artists and the greatest songs of you all time. if you remember actually playing board games like Life, Battleship, or trivial pursuit with your family you’ll dig this channel of nostalgia. Make sure to subscribe below now to be a part of this music community Click the bell so you don’t miss our latest. and click on our Patreon link for even more content. It’s time for another edition of our show revelations where featured artists share rare stories behind their greatest songs and albums. Insight you won’t find anywhere else. It’s time for another edition of our Show Revelations where artists and bands take us for a deep dive into their greatest songs and albums. Facts and behind-the-scenes stories you won’t find anywhere else. Today is one I waited a long time to sit down with. First of all, When I was a young kid about 7 years old I heard this band on the radio. They had 2 songs that were played all of the time and these 2 songs were so haunting, so evocative and mysterious that I was pulled in by their stirring strangeness, by their otherworldly charm. They were a band that matched their name. Dark, Vampy, Mystical, transient, and cryptic… The Motels. They were a New Wave institution. led by the esoteric vocals of lead singer Martha Davis This band seemed to come out of nowhere. From the underground, they attacked the charts first with their #9 smash Only the Lonely and then hit #1 a year later on the rock charts and sped up the pop charts with their perplexing new wave hit Suddenly Last Summer which is today’s focus. This band had four hits.. the 2 I just mentioned and then Remember the Nights and Shame but they had at least four other songs that were radio favorites like Take the L, Shock, and Total Control. I remember being completely mesmerized by their music, especially the truly spooky song Celia where Martha did the unthinkable for a female singer and drop the F-bomb about a jealous boyfriend who is so far gone he’s about to come unglued and cut his beautiful girlfriend's face. This was not your fun 80s pop princess, this was a singer with grit and realness. Martha Davis pulled you in as a listener and showed you the whole story no holds barred. I was always transfixed by her female Doors meets Seedy Los Angeles vamp that made them one of the most underappreciated and misunderstood bands of the time. Then after the mid-80s this band pretty much vanished from radio… Up next Martha Davis and original band member Mary Jourard will demystify this band and their biggest hit.