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Motograter Is An American Nu Metal Band. They Are Known For Their Homemade "motograter" Instrument - Designed With Industrial Cable And Guitar Pieces - As A Substitute For The Traditional Bass Guitar. The Band Is Also Known For Painting Themselves Before Concerts. History Motograter Was Founded In 1995 By Bruce Butler Aka Grater. The Band Was Originally A Tribal Group That Experimented With Hardcore Screams And Sampling. In 1999 They Became More Of A Rock Styled Band And Began To Use Guitar Samples Before Adding A Proper Guitarist. They Released Two Independent EPs Titled Hugh Chardon 1999 And Indy 2000 With Their Original Vocalist Zak The Waz . He Was Later Replaced By Ivan Moody And The Band Signed With Elektra Records In 2002. The Band Released Their Self-Titled Debut Album Motograter On June 24 2003 Just Shortly Before Their First Major Tour. Motograter's Second Stage Slot At Ozzfest 2003 Would Ultimately Lead To The Band's Struggles With Their Label. Like Every Other Band On The Second Stage Classified As Nu Metal Others Included Twisted Method Grade 8 Depswa Endo And Unloco Motograter's Record Sales Did Not Improve As Much As Their Record Company Had Hoped. After The Tour Motograter's Camp Didn't Say Much Regarding Their Future. Dates Were Announced For A Tour In January 2004 But It Received No Promotion Or Tour Support From Elektra. The Tour Was Eventually Canceled But The Group Hinted At Elektra Being Interested In Both A Second Album And A European Tour. Nothing Materialized And There Were No Plans In The Works For The Band. Following A Headlining Tour That Was Poorly Advertised Motograter Did A Series Of Dates With Kittie. They Followed This Up With An Extensive Self-Financed Tour With Dope That Saw The Band Abandon Their Trademark Body Paint. The Band Announced In May 2005 That They Were On Hiatus To Start Some Side-Projects. Motograter Played A One-Time Reunion Show At The Delicious Rox Festival In Missouri On September 30 2006. The Lineup Featured Ivan JR Matt Bruce And Crispy. According To A Video Posted On Youtube Titled "Are You Curious?" Motograter May Return In 2009 With A New Lineup Fronted By
Michael "Angel" Woodruff Formerly Of Relevent. In Early December 2008 The Band Made A New Myspace Account Promoting A New Line Up As "The New Breed" Confirming "Angel" Being The New Frontman. New Projects
Vocalist Ivan Moody And Drummer Chris Binns Formed A Side-Project Named Ghost Machine In 2005. At Present They Have Released Two Albums In The Self-Titled Ghost Machine 2005 And Hypersensitive 2006 .
Ivan Moody Is Also A Member Of Five Finger Death Punch Whose Debut Album The Way Of The Fist Was Released In 2007.
Guitarist JR Forms A New Band Dubbed MUGGSHOT In 2007 And Is Currently Recording With Curiosity Kills.
Ex Vocalist Zak Has Formed A New Thrash Metal Band Called Southern Front In Austin TX. They Are Recording And Mixing Their Demo And Plan To Record A Debut Album In 2008.
Joey Smur & Crispy Started A Noize Project In Late 2007 Dubbed "The Pesky Brothers". Members
Angel Mike Woodruff - Vocals 2008-Present Nuke Matt Nunes - Lead Guitar 2003 2006-Present JR - Rhythm Guitar 2003-Present Crispy Chris Binns - Drums 1998-Present Grater Bruce Butler - Motograter/Keyboards 1997-Present Smur Joey Krzywonski - Percussion 1997-Present Former Members
Zak Ward - Lead Vocals 1995-2002 Backing Vocals/Samples/Electronics 2003-2004 Briefly Left Before Returning As Backing Vocalist/sampler Zak Has A New Band Called Southern Front As Of January 2007.
Eric Gonzales - Electronics 1995-2002 Eric Went On To Join The Band "Angree Amputees" Based In SF CA.
Neil Godfrey - Guitar 1998-1999 Ultraspank Lo-Pro
Ty Fury - Lead Guitar 2003-2004 Fomofuiab Murder Of Crows Dirty Little Rabbits
A-Bomb - Lead Guitar Backing Vocals 2004-2005 Synthetic Delusion Murder Of Crows Life In Electric
Ghost Ivan L. Moody - Vocals 2003-2006 Johnny Nailz - Bass 2004 Touring Bassist For One Tour Other Songs "Failure" Performed In 2004 read less