No
Motiv
Interview by Sexual Ryan
Photography by Travis Keller
Design by Don Clark
A young band rising out of southern California’s Oxnard
is pushing the limits of independent/punk rock music and kicking
a little ass in the process. Defining themselves with a “hard-work”
ethic, they’ve been touring continuously and spreading
the word of “rock” to the masses for sometime now.
No Motiv is blurring the lines of musical boundaries with their
freshly pressed And The Sadness Prevails... album on Vagrant
Records, proving they are a band to look out for in the future.
Ryan:
Who are you and what do you play?
Patrick: I’m Patrick and I play drums, Jeremy sings and
plays guitar, Roger plays bass and screams, and Max plays guitar
also.
R: What’s Oxnard like?
J: It’s nice and agricultural.
M: There are lots of fields and stuff. It’s sentimental.
Ro: There’s a beach.
J: It’s just home for us.
R: How old are you guys?
P: 22
J: 22
Ro: 19
M: 17
R: Really?
M: Yeah, my dad’s pretty lenient. I am 18 in July.
R: What kind of music would you describe yourselves as?
J: We focus on playing songs that are kind of sad. The lyrics
have always been on the sad side of things. We’re getting
better at making everything come out the way we want it to.
R: Why is No Motiv spelled without an “e” at the end?
J: We came up with the name No Motiv because we didn’t
have anything to call ourselves, so we called it No Motiv. No
motivation to call it anything. The no “e”, I don’t
know why, no reason.
Ro: It looks better without the e.
J: Not only that, but when everybody puts an e at the end of
our name we can have something to complain about.
Ro: I’ve probably misspelled automotive on stuff.
R: (To Pat) How’s Creep Division (band with members of
Sick of It All and Good Riddance along with Pat)? Is it a when
you get the time kind of thing?
P: When they get the time. It’s fun. The kids like it.
I think the songs are good hard-core songs.
R: How’d you get hooked up with that?
P: Chuck from Good Riddance asked me. I said I’d do it.
I had nothing else to do.
R: Do any of you have a job?
J: Yeah. Pat works for the city of Oxnard.
P: I don’t do anything. I sit for 18 hours doing nothing.
M: Jeremy works for corporate Starbucks and I work for an indie
coffee shop and an antique store.
P: Roger’s never had a job but he records bands.
M: For 60 dollars a day.
Ro: 40. I help out local bands that can’t afford a lot
of money.
R: Are there any bands from Oxnard you think might make it?
J: The Whereabouts. They’re trying to get a recording right
now.
M: If you see ‘em live, you’ll understand.
R: Do you have any crazy tour stories?
M: We haven’t found any heads in bags yet.
R: Who gets the ladies on tour?
J: Probably Randy (Roger). We call him Randy, I don’t know
why.
M: It happened on tour. Chuck from Good Riddance called him
Randy because he was new and didn’t know his name.
J: He asked, “Where’s your bass player, Randy?”
and we just started
laughing. It’s been Randy ever since.
R: What’s been the best show so far?
M: We played at Laserstorm.
P: It’s like lasertag and they have shows there.
M: You bring your own PA.
Ro: They use the intercom over the music.
J: “Calling mission 34.” Also the Living Room in Goleta
and Aberdeen, South Dakota. Canada, too. Our van got broken
into and stuff was stolen. The promoter had a box after the
show and people donated money to fix the window. These girls
came up to us after the show and baked us homemade cookies and
told us the best place to get a cheap window.
M: Super nice people.
J: We got heckled at Gilman. Everyone yelled, “You suck!”
P: People told us they’d dance for us if we put them on
the guest list.
R: Any last words?
Ro: Write to us at NoMotiv@yahoo.com.
Ryan:
Who are you and what do you play?