Releases
Tommy Tee (1962 - 2008)
Everyone at Second Motion would like to send our deepest thoughts and prayers to our friends in the band New Model Army
over the sudden and shocking loss of their long-time manager and friend, Tommy Tee. We worked closely with Tommy over the last 5+ years,
and he will be deeply missed. We are without words to express our sorrow.
Tommy embedded everything that Second Motion is all about, as singer Justin Sullivan so eloquently states in a statement released by the band.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to Tommy's family and three kids.
Statement from New Model Army:
With great sadness, we have to announce that our friend and manager, Tommy Tee suffered a sudden and completely unexpected medical
emergency (a thoracic aortic dissection) and died on the evening of 23rd December. We are all in a state of shock and our thoughts
and prayers are especially with Jube, his wife and their three children, Ben, Thomas and Charley. There have been many eulogies
already written on the Noticeboard and we welcome all contributions as we intend to put them in a book and pass them onto his
family.
Not only was Tommy our Manager but he also ran ALL the practical aspects of our band. He was solely responsible for our label,
Attack Attack Records, our publishing, merchandising, website, financial planning. He was also our tour manager and when required,
lighting designer, merchandiser and driver. So in the next few weeks and months there will inevitably be some disruption in the
management of our affairs. We have temporarily postponed the recording of the new album, which was due to start on January 2nd.
However the Red Sky Coven German tour in January will be going ahead and hopefully so will NMA's trip to Australia/NZ in February
(details very soon).
Tommy Joined Us First As A Driver In The Summer Of 1982. Partly Because Of His Boundless Energy And Ability To Organise But Especially Because Of His Love Of The Road,
He Quickly Became Our Tour Manager And Shared All The Adventures Of Our Early Years. He Left In 1990 To Manage The Almighty But Returned In 1996 At A Time When We Had
Lost Our Direction. He Not Only Became Our Full-Time Manager But Also, Seeing The Direction That The Music Industry Was Taking, Helped To Restructure New Model Army
Into A Self-Contained Unit, Where We Owned And Controlled All Aspects Of Our Recording, Publishing And Merchandising. Since Then, This Arrangement Has Served Us
Incredibly Well, With Tommy Taking Responsibility For All Our Material And Practical Affairs While Allowing Us To Concentrate On Creativity Of All Kinds. There Are
Very Few Bands In Our Position Of Being Able To Record And Release What We Like When We Like, Maintaining, And In Recent Years Increasing, A Worldwide Following Without
Making A Single Compromise. He Made All This Possible.
He Truly Loved His Work And Was Happy To Go Back To Loading Gear, Being A Driver Or A Merchandiser Or A Lighting Engineer Or Whatever The Situation Required.
Even After All The Years, He Still Loved The Road And Going To New Places (Like Romania Last Month); The More Challenging The Circumstances, The More He Enjoyed
Them. More Than Anything He Was Incredibly Proud Of The Band And Everything That We Did Together.
To Say That He Will Be Missed Would Be A Huge Understatement And At This Moment WeĠre Really Not Sure Where We Go From Here. But Much More Than That WeĠll Miss Him
As A Friend And As Someone Who Has Been A Big Part Of Our Lives And Given Us So Much.
Justin Sullivan - New Model Army
There has been a fund set up by his family for charitable donations (to be divided between Tommy's local Air Ambulance,
the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and The Heart Foundation). Further information will appear here shortly.
http://www.newmodelarmy.org
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009! PREORDER OUR NEWEST RELEASES NOW!!
We are excited to announce the pre-orders of our newest releases from SWERVEDRIVER and ODDS both due out JAN 20th!
Swervedriver
Raise (Extended Version) LIMITED DELUXE EDITION!!
Preorder the RAISE DELUXE EDITION and receive a limited edition poster and signed copy of the CD!!
but you must act fast, supplies are very limited!!
Following their recent reunion and a very successful tour in 2008, after 10 years away Swervedriver are back! As one of the finest bands from the so-called 'shoegaze' scene in teh mid 90's their music is often described as a cross between British ethereal bands such as Ride, Lush and My Bloody Valentine and Motor City rock and roll classics like The Stooges and MC5
In these digi-pak reissues, both their debut "Raise" and the critically acclaimed follow up "Mezcal Head" have been digitally re-mastered for the first time and extended with 4-rare bonus tracks and additional liner notes and photographs by the band.
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Mezcal Head (Extended Version) LIMITED DELUXE EDITION!!
Preorder the RAISE DELUXE EDITION and receive a limited edition poster and signed copy of the CD!!
but you must act fast, supplies are very limited!!
Following their recent reunion and a very successful tour in 2008, after 10 years away Swervedriver are back! As one of the finest bands from the so-called 'shoegaze' scene in teh mid 90's their music is often described as a cross between British ethereal bands such as Ride, Lush and My Bloody Valentine and Motor City rock and roll classics like The Stooges and MC5
In these digi-pak reissues, both their debut "Raise" and the critically acclaimed follow up "Mezcal Head" have been digitally re-mastered for the first time and extended with 4-rare bonus tracks and additional liner notes and photographs by the band.
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Odds
Cheerleader
PREORDER CHEERLEADER AND RECEIVED TWO UNRELEASED B-SIDE MP3's FROM THE ALBUM SESSIONS! EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE ONLY ON SECONDMOTION!
Odds are a Canadian alternative rock band that achieved commercial success in the 1990s. The band's power pop style is frequently compared to that of American contemporaries such as Matthew Sweet, The Gin Blossoms or Toad The Wet Sprocket. (The band is somethimes referred to as The Odds, although they were always credit on album covers as simply "Odds".) Odds formed in 1987 in Vancouver, and consisited of vocalist-guitarist Craig Northey and Steven Drake, bassist Doug Elliott and drummer Paul Brenna. Band members claim the name came when Paul said to Steven (in a one horse town somewhere on the BC coast), "What are the odds of us ever escaping bullshit gigs like this!" The band played up to 4 nights a week as a 1960s and 1970s cover band, Dawn Patrol while playing as Odds on weekends. Their break came after they became disappointed in the Vancouver music scene and commuted to Los Angeles every few weeks to play shows which game them enough exposure to sign with major label Zoo/BMG (also home to Matthew Sweet at the time)
Their debut album Neopolitan was released in 1991 and comprised a controversial hit "Wendy Under The Stars" which featured a chorus I was fucking Wendy under the stars/The night that Elvis died. The band soon found a fan in in the late-great Warren Zevon and were invited to be his band and opening act on his tour for Mr. Bad Example. In 1993, the band released "Bedbugs" which attracted attention for its lead single "Heterosexual Man." The video for the song featured the four band members in drag, with The Kids in the Hall as the stereotypically macho jacks. Brennan left the band in 1994 to join Big Sugar and was replaced by former Bryan Adams drummer Pat Steward.
After more records and flirting with top 40 commercial success, the band amicably broke up in 1999 after releasing a greatest hits/singles compilation in 2000. Northey has since become a songwriter for hire, writing for the lies of Colin James, Rosanne Cash and The Who. In 2004 Northey collaborated with former Gin Blossoms frontman Jesse Valenzuela on the Northey-Valenzuela album and also contributed the theme song to the Canadian sitcom Corner Gas, entitled "Not A Lot Going On." which appears here for the first time on the Odds latest release "Cheerleader" Their first album in almost 10 years.
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New Year's Resolution: 2009 The Year Of The Disciplines
Second Motion Records is proud to announce the signing of Oslo, Norway's The Disciplines. It's pure rock and roll at it's best plain and simple. more info forthcoming about this release in the coming weeks, in the meantime check out this teaser trailer video clip for the song "Yours For The Taking" and one word of advice: TURN IT UP LOUD!
Swervedriver Remastered! Due out on Second Motion Records/Hi Speed Soul on Sept 20th 2009!
Following on from their recent reunion and a very successful US tour in 2008, after 10 years away Swervedriver are back! Their music is often described as a cross between British ethereal bands such as Ride, Lush and My Bloody Valentine, and Motor City rock and roll classics like The Stoogies and MC5
In 1990, Swervedriver were signed to the infamous Creation Records who in turn licensed the bands first two albums "Raise" and "Mezcal Head" to A&M Records. In these deluxe digi-packs both albums have been re-mastered for the 1st time and extended with 4 rare bonus tracks and additional liner notes by the band.
CHECK OUT THE SWERVEDRIVER VIDEO FOR "SON OF MUSTANG FORD" CHECK BACK HERE SOON OR SIGN UP FOR OUR MAILING LIST FOR SPECIAL EXCLUSIVE PREORDER INFORMATION!Vancouver, Canada's Odds to release "Cheerleader" on Jan 20th 2009!
Jan 20th also sees the return of Vancouver's the Odds with their first release in almost 10 years! "Cheerleader" is a return to form as singer Craig Northey "continues to prove himself a bottomless put of clever lyrics and sharp hooks. The quartert's bouncy power-pop sound in intact as is the quirky songwriting" a welcome return! Watch for news shortly about an Odds West Coast uS tour in Feb 2009
CHECK BACK HERE SOON OR SIGN UP FOR OUR MAILING LIST FOR EXCLUSIVE PREORDER INFORMATION!Brian Vander Ark takes up residence in CHICAGO !
Brian is taking up residence in Chicago in January. FOUR Monday's in a row at Schubas!!! A great sounding room and neat little tavern, just the place to come out and enjoy your Mondays!
These shows will have special themes for each night, Jan5th will be Resurrection Live with Brian playing the entire album with stories of writing and recording this CD. Jan 12th will have the same format but dedicated to the Angel, Put Your Face On album and the Jan 19th show will be for the latest Self Titled CD. This should provide each night a unique setlist to say the least! The last night will be Brian and his new band with the songs from all over Brian's career again making it unique compared to the previous nights of this residency
Brian hits the road in 2009
Tour Dates
| Date | Venue | City, State/Prov | Notes |
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| 01.05.2009 | Schubas | Chicago, IL | Brian performs "Resurrection" In it's entirety! |
| 01.09.2009 | Wilbert's | Cleveland, OH | |
| 01.12.2009 | Schubas | Chicago, IL | Brian performs "Angel, Put Your Face On" in it's entirety! |
| 01.19.2009 | Schubas | Chicago, IL | Brian performs "Brian Vander Ark" in it's entirety! |
| 01.23.2009 | University Of Toledo | Toledo, OH | |
| 01.24.2009 | Rockford Fine Arts Auditorium | Rockford, MI | |
| 01.26.2009 | Schubas | Chicago, IL | |
| 01.29.2009 | Club Cafe | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 01.31.2009 | Charlie Foster's | Kalamazoo, MI | |
| 05.01.2009 | Coffee East | Easton, MD | |
| 05.09.2009 | Eddie's Attic | Decatur, GA |