One Thousand Motels


One Thousand Motels is a collaboration duo of Rat Scabies and Chris Constantinou.

History

The bassist/multi-instrumentalist Chris Constantinou and drum legend Rat Scabies collaborated for some years as core members of The Mutants rock supergroup. When making the fourth Mutants album, Rat noticed also some other demos Chris was working on and this turned into the project One Thousand Motels, involving only the two of them.
Their music is characterized by Vive Le Rock as "upbeat rock songs with a twist in the lyrical tail" and by Midlands Rock as "a match seemingly made in rock ‘n’ roll heaven ". In 2020, they released the album 2% out of Sync, described in reviews as forging new ground. The album was co-produced and mixed by Nicholas de Carlo
The second album Get In Where You Fit In was released in April 2021, with Sean Wheeler as vocalist. At its creation also participated American musicians like guitarist Hal Lindes, Marc Franklin and Arthur Edmaiston from Memphis on Horns and Jonathan Moore with the First Street Choir from Mississippi. The musicians from London are the percussionist Preston Heyman, on harmonica Steve 'West' Weston, on slide guitar Dave Ahern, The Specials Brass Section & Su Robinson and pianist Diz Watson. The album was noticed for its blend of gospel, soul, funk, blues, and rock with Deep South nuances.

Discography

  • 2% out of Sync
  • ''Get In Where You Fit In''