Motown Rage

Motown Rage
Origin	Detroit, Michigan
Genres	Rap rock
Years active	2002-present
Labels	Jab Hatchet House
Associated acts	Insane Clown Posse, Devil's Brigade
Members
Razor Ray 2Def Sadistic Frank Hannah

Motown Rage is an American rap metal band from Detroit, Michigan. They have released two albums. They were signed to Psychopathic Records sublabel Hatchet House from 2007 until 2009.

History

Formation

Razor Ray and 2Def began in the band Harms Way.^[1] The group toured nation-wide with several bands including Kid Rock, Insane Clown Posse, and Pantera.^[1] After going through several member changes, Ray and 2Def were the only remaining members of the group.^[1] In 2000, they were asked to back up Insane Clown Posse on their Bizaar/Bizzar tour. Ray and 2Def accepted and played guitar and bass with the duo throughout their tour.^[1] After the tour, Ray and 2Def decided to create another band that would perform a genre they called "Rap and Roll" or "Gangster Metal"."^[1]

After touring with the group Mob Mentality, Ray and 2Def approached MC Sadistic to provide lead vocals for their new band.^[1] They chose Sadistic because he had an understanding of the hip hop scene from touring with multiple hip hop groups such as Insane Clown Posse, Mystikal, Onyx, Das Efx, Eminem, and House of Krazees.^[1] After ageeing to join the group, the trio recruited Burn-1 as the fourth member and called their band Motown Rage after their home town of Detroit.^[1] On June 3, 2005, they released their self-titled debut album under Jab Records.^[2]

Hatchet House

At the 2007 Gathering of the Juggalos, Motown Rage was announced to have signed with Hatchet House.^[3] In the following months, the group toured with Insane Clown Posse, Boondox, and Necro on the Hallowicked Tour.^[4] On April 3, 2009, Motown Rage released their second album, With Us or Against Us.^[5] Later that year, on October 16, the group announced that Frank "Foot" Hannah had joined the group as their new drummer.^[6]

In 2009 it was announced that Motown Rage was no longer on Hatchet House according to their blog on myspace.

Band members

• Sadistic "James Johnson" - lead vocals
• Ray "Razor Ray" Reyes - guitar, backing vocals,
• Steve "2 Def" Berger - bass
• Frank "Foot" Hannah - drummer

Discography

• Motown Rage (2005)
• With Us Or Against Us (2009)
• Untitled (2011)

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} "Motown Rage". http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/motownrage. Retrieved October 17, 2009. 
2. ^ "Motown Rage". Macrovision Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1143667. Retrieved October 17, 2009. 
3. ^ Insane Clown Posse (presenters) (2008-07-13) (internet news). Weekly Freekly Weekly- 13th July 2007 GOTJ Edition. Detroit, Michigan: Psychopathic Records. Event occurs at 7:08. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7880991194638630750&ei=nWysSIDdGIiOrwL7gsUQ&q=Weekly+Freekly+Weekly+July+2007&hl=en. Retrieved 2008-08-20. 
4. ^ Sadistic (November 13, 2007). "Hallowicked tour". Myspace Blog. Mysapce.com. http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=34330296&blogId=328152196. Retrieved October 17, 2009. 
5. ^ Sadistic (March 3, 2009). "Motown Rage release date, CD release show and more". Myspace Blog. Mysapce.com. http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=34330296&blogId=474269991. Retrieved October 17, 2009. 
6. ^ Sadistic (October 16, 2009). "New drummer update". Myspace Blog. Mysapce.com. http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=34330296&blogId=514620561. Retrieved October 17, 2009. 

External links

• Motown Rage on Myspace