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The Motels - Little Robbers [17]

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Title: The Motels - Little Robbers
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1983, New Wave, Pop Rock, Berkeley, California 10/26
Matrix #: ST-12288 (Capitol, US; label ST-2-12288)
Condition: EX (LM) | Members: Martha D (51' - ) | Producer: Val Garay
Cultural Facts: [17]

  1. An Air Force Wife at 15: Martha Davis got pregnant at 15, dropped out of high school and married her 17-year-old boyfriend, who joined the Air Force. She followed him to a base in Tampa, Florida, had two daughters before 18, then wrote him a letter saying she was going home to Berkeley.
  2. Named on Santa Monica Boulevard: The band started in Berkeley as the Warfield Foxes. Driving down Santa Monica Boulevard to their first Los Angeles show at Barney's Beanery, guitarist Dean Chamberlain looked at all the motor inns and suggested The Motels.
  3. Signed on Mother's Day: Davis was a single mom who brought her daughters to rehearsals. The reformed Motels finally signed with Capitol Records on May 13, 1979, which happened to be Mother's Day. Little Robbers went gold four years later on the strength of Suddenly Last Summer.

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