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For Martha Davis, the most important thing has always been the songs she writes. Martha began writing songs at the age of 15. Born and raised in Berkeley, CA., she moved to Los Angeles in the early ‘70s, along with the first incarnation of The Motels. The band reformed in 1978 and was immediately signed to Capitol in 1979.

The Motels recorded six records for Capitol. Their self titled debut was greeted with
positive critical reviews in 1979, and exploded in Australia on the strength of the #2 Pop
single, ‘Total Control’ (which was later covered by Tina Turner for the We Are The
World album). In 1981 their sophomore effort, Careful, went Top 50. Then, in 1982, the
Motels released All Four One…the smash single ‘Only The Lonely’ rocketed into the
Top 10, immediately propelled the album to gold status and truly broke The Motels in the
United States. The group dominated the music scene and was voted Best Performance for
‘Only The Lonely’ at the 1982 American Music Awards.

1983’s Little Robbers album went gold on the Top 10 single ‘Suddenly Last Summer’
and the second Top 40 hit ‘Remember The Nights’. In 1985 the Shock album yielded the
Top 20 hit, ‘Shame’, and 1987 saw the release of Martha’s first solo effort, Policy.
In 1988, Martha took a sabbatical from the music scene….prompting the question
“Where have you been?” “Looking for my sense of humor” she says “I seemed to have
lost it somewhere around 1984. It’s not a business that one should be in without a sense
of humor”. Though constantly writing, Martha left center stage to work on various
collaborations with artists including Ivan Neville, Arthur Barrow (Frank Zappa), Jeff
Daniel, Kiki Dee, Richard Feldman, written songs for a new musical for the Civic Light
Opera, and a new musical of her own entitled Rebecca, and is now involved in producing
a children’s music project. Additionally, Martha is back on the scene with her newly
formed band and plays regularly to packed houses.

Capitol has just reissued an expanded and remastered edition of the legendary All Four
One album, which contains previously unreleased bonus tracks. In the Fall of 2000, look
for The Motels Anthology, a first ever double disk of rarities, b-sides, soundtrack cuts as
well as live performances. Additionally, Martha Davis recently concluded a publishing
deal with DreamWorks SKG, and has just finished writing a children’s album.

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