Mötochrist was formed in 1998 in Los Angeles by Danny Nordahl (bass guitar and lead vocals) and Marc Diamond (lead guitar); other bandmembers include Ricky Vodka (guitar and backing vocals) and Chad Stewart (drums).
Danny Nordahl, Marc Diamond and Chad Stewart each have Wikipedia articles actually, all mentioning Mötochrist; and all three have been in numerous rock bands over the years.
The two songs of theirs that I have appear on terrific hard rock/punk rock compilation albums by Dr. Wu Records: “Motochrist” on Cadillac Compilation Vol. I (1998) and “We Came, We Saw, We Drank” on Dr. Wu Records Compilation Vol. 2-000 (2000). Both Mötochrist songs are stomping punk rock classics, with suitably dark guitar pyrotechnics on what is basically their title song, and a welcome sense of fun on the latter song.
The Cadillac Compilation closes with a slow, thoughtful song by Ricky Vodka and Gage called “Drunks Prayer”, where the “drunk” is praying that the devil doesn’t get to him first. Coming at the end of one hard-driving punk rock song after another, it is an excellent coda to the compilation album.
(October 2014)
