Motocade

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Motocade
Origin Auckland, New Zealand
Genres Rock
Years active2003–present
MembersEden Mulholland
Scott Sutherland
Geordie McCallum
Will Mulholland

Motocade are a New Zealand Rock band formed in Auckland in 2003 by Eden Mulholland (singer/guitarist), Scott Sutherland (bass), Geordie McCallum (guitar/keyboards) and Will Mulholland (drums). In 2007 the music video for the single "My Friends" received high rotation on the New Zealand music channel C4 and Juice TV. [1] In early 2008 the music video for the single "Soap Opera" was in rotation on C4. [2] Motocade's song Octopus was featured in a Home and Away episode where Myles finds out about Roman's Afghanistan secret. Their song Oldest Trick in the Book has also been used in a Home and Away episode.

Contents

In March 2007 the EP "Into the Fall" reached number 9 on the IMNZ Album Chart. [3]

In mid-2010, the band released the song "Holy Moly", which received frequent airplay on ZM and was used as the theme song for Hamish & Andy's Reministmas Special (2010) and Hamish and Andy's Caravan of Courage – Australia vs. New Zealand (2012).

Debut album

Tightrope Highway is Motocade's debut studio album which was released on 20 April 2009. It was recorded at Roundhouse Studios and The Lab.

The group has not released any material since late 2010.

Track listing

  1. Golden Light
  2. Flying Saucer
  3. Kissed in Time
  4. Commandeering
  5. She got deaf
  6. My Friends
  7. Tightrope Highway
  8. Oldest Trick in the Book
  9. Comeback Kid
  10. Octopus
  11. Jekyll And Hyde

Personnel

Discography

Studio albums

DateTitle
2009Tightrope Highway

Extended plays

DateTitleLabel
2005MotocadeIndependent
2007Into the FallIndependent

Singles

YearTitleNZ chart peak
[4]
Album
2009"Oldest Trick in the Book"Tightrope Highway
2010"Holy Moly"40
"—" denotes release that did not chart.

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References

  1. NZMusic
  2. Radioscope C4 Charts Archived 16 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. IMNZ Album Chart
  4. "Discography Motocade". Hung Medien. charts.nz. Retrieved 14 September 2010.