Our Story
It’s 2001, you’re driving home from work, flicking through the radio stations, and Five Star Laundry by Motor Ace is being played on triple j, Triple M and a bunch of other stations in between.
Then, as you walk in the door, the television is blaring and it’s Motor Ace again, with their iconic track Death Defy reaching an even wider audience as the theme song for the beloved Australian television series The Secret Life Of Us. And you probably caught them performing at the ARIAS and across all the various shows on tv at that time too, that was what it was like during the peak of Motor Ace – absolute saturation, and even then people couldn’t get enough….
Within the first month of being on sale, Five Star Laundry, the debut album from the Motor Ace went gold in Australia – a massive feat when considering what it takes for a record to go gold in 2001, with just 7 Australian albums having been certified gold that year.
What followed was an exhaustive touring and promo schedule, which included unbelievable support slots alongside Foo Fighters, Oasis and Blink-182. It was sold out shows every night, and absolute domination on the airwaves; Motor Ace were a staple in consecutive triple j Hottest 100 countdowns, and a mainstay on the ARIA charts. Their timely sophomore album Shoot This was released in 2002 to abundant critical acclaim. It spawned lead single Carry On that held the coveted #1 most played song on Australian airwaves for 8 weeks in a row, and Shoot This, debuting at #1 on the charts and achieving gold sales on release. It was an electrifying whirlwind.
Fast forward almost two decades and Motor Ace’s hordes of fan’s were no longer waiting for that highly anticipated reunion! In March and April of 2019, the band we all love embarked on a national tour to celebrate the 20 year anniversary of the band’s inception, kicking off in Adelaide then moving through Perth, Sydney, Brisbane and finishing up in Melbourne at the renowned venue 170 Russell.
The shows in 2019 lit a fire in the band again and 2020 brought a new run of headline shows and a host of other projects were in the pipeline until a certain pandemic reared it’s head. While it might have slowed things down, the band are still working hard behind the scenes to bring their fans new music and shows when the world gets back to normal!
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