Motor Sister

The brainchild of <a href="spotify:artist:3JysSUOyfVs1UQ0UaESheP">Anthrax</a> guitarist <a href="spotify:artist:1BYa5XlAsWCj5ACqGDnLHT">Scott Ian</a>, Motor Sister is an all-star hard rock collective built for the sole purpose of celebrating and playing the songs of Los Angeles-based groove/blues-rockers <a href="spotify:artist:0ruXXBO6Qj95LBAv1JND6D">Mother Superior</a>, who broke up in the early 2000s after releasing eight studio albums and moonlighting as <a href="spotify:artist:6Jm8KViMNCuYjzrO1hJkcT">Henry Rollins</a> backing band. Debuting in 2015 with the <a href="spotify:artist:0ruXXBO6Qj95LBAv1JND6D">Mother Superior</a> set Ride, the band delivered a collection of original songs on their 2022 sophomore effort, Get Off.

<a href="spotify:artist:1BYa5XlAsWCj5ACqGDnLHT">Ian</a>, a longtime fan, wanted to see a reunion of the defunct outfit for his 50th birthday, and he also wanted to be a part of it. With the help of his wife, vocalist Pearl Aday, who had been working musically with <a href="spotify:artist:0ruXXBO6Qj95LBAv1JND6D">Mother Superior</a> frontman Jim Wilson for years, <a href="spotify:artist:1BYa5XlAsWCj5ACqGDnLHT">Ian</a> got his wish, and was soon joined by Wilson, Aday, and friends <a href="spotify:artist:3srOLMh3PQLdeUUfpQuXqW">Joey Vera</a> (<a href="spotify:artist:4S6URhg3PMKnCv9clR4ejE">Fates Warning</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4ug41UGuMZzlV2hJOrOqHN">Armored Saint</a>) and John Tempesta (<a href="spotify:artist:0CF71zaDOJWCynIkW9bSK8">White Zombie</a>) at his rehearsal space to run through some songs. The newly minted Motor Sister, named for <a href="spotify:artist:0ruXXBO6Qj95LBAv1JND6D">MS</a> track "Little Motor Sister," made its debut at <a href="spotify:artist:1BYa5XlAsWCj5ACqGDnLHT">Ian</a>'s 50th birthday party, and the group got along so well that they began talking about putting an album together. The resulting Ride, which features 12 new takes on <a href="spotify:artist:0ruXXBO6Qj95LBAv1JND6D">Mother Superior</a> standards like "Devil Wind," "Beg Borrow Steal," and "A Hole," was issued on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Metal+Blade%22">Metal Blade</a> in March 2015. For the next several years, Motor Sister operated as a live entity when the bandmember's schedules permitted it. The stars eventually re-aligned, resulting in the release of 2022's Get Off. Recorded live in the studio, the LP featured 11 original songs, along with a cover of <a href="spotify:artist:0ruXXBO6Qj95LBAv1JND6D">Mother Superior</a>'s "Rolling Boy Blues." ~ James Christopher Monger