| Chris Cox Update |
September 14, 2009 |
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Well, Chris has been hospitalized since the 26th of Aug. He suffered serious injuries to include a Stroke and multiple fractres to his left leg. The Stroke was caused by a tear in an artery in his neck that was clotting. He has been treated with medication to prevent further clotting. He has also undergone surgery to repair the left leg. He is currently going through physical and speech therapy. Drs are predicting that he may be moved to the J Paul Sticht Center for inpatient physical rehab by the middle of the week.There has also been some more event scheduled for the "Rock For Cox Benefit" please be sure to check the schedule by clicking on the "Dates" tab above.
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| Rock for Cox Benefit |
September 04, 2009 |
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For those of you that are not aware, Chris Cox was in an accident and has since been hospitalized. He suffered multiple compound fractures to his left leg and is awaiting surgery to correct it. He also has suffered a couple strokes and is currently hospitalized and recovering from those.As many of you may know, Chris is self employed. He earns his living between carpentry and gigging with the Chris Cox Band, Motorjunkie, and as a solo artist. Being that he is hospitalized, he is unable to generate any income. We are hoping to raise some funds to cover his daily living expenses and hospital bills that will not be covered by insurance. There are a couple events this month in Fayetteville. First will be on the 19th at Hadez (formerly FUBAR) on Raeford Road. Second will be Sept 25th at The Rock Shop. This will be a long line up of local bands and items donated by local vendors will be raffled. A poker run is also being organized and once a date is confirmed I will post more about it.Flowers and cards can be sent to Chris, he is currently in room 454 in the Ardmore Tower at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Finally, keep an eye on our calendar here for updates on Rock for Cox benefit events. Your participation and donations will be greatly appreciated.
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| Back at it..... |
July 05, 2009 |
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Motorjunkie played the Freedom Bike Festival on the 3rd. The show went really well. Even with Chris battling Laryngitis,the band still ended up putting on a crowd pleasing performance. Thanks to all of you that showed up for your continued support after this long break. Please make sure you review our calender, hope to see you all out again.
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| Whole again..... |
June 01, 2009 |
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Billy has returned and the band is once again complete. The guys will be back on a regular practice schedule starting June 2nd. Their first performance of the summer will be July 3rd on the Freedom Bike Fest stage at The Dog House in Fayetteville at 7:30 p.m. DONT MISS THIS SHOW!!! Check the schedule frequently for new show dates.
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| MJ/Gautier Racing |
May 30, 2009 |
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The Motorjunkie/Gautier Racing #38 car will be on the track tonight at the Fayetteville Motor Speedway. Grandstand tickets are $12 with a $2 Military discount. Children 12 and under are free. Please make it out and support this race team.
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| Getting Close |
May 19, 2009 |
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7 more days until Billy returns to Fayetteville. Check the dates listed, we will be back on the scene in July. Mark you Calenders!
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| Thank you |
January 22, 2009 |
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The show on the 17th ended up being a blast. Both bands put on an awesome performance. Billy went back to school on Monday and will be gone for about 5 more months. We expect to be back playing shows strong in July. Check back here often for show dates. Thank you all very much for coming out and supporting us. You made the 17th a successful show for us and we cant thank you enough.
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| Time for a fix.... |
January 12, 2009 |
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The time has come for a MJ fix. Billy will be in town for the weekend and we figure it would be a great opportunity for us to put on a show. The show will be at FUBAR on Raeford Rd in Fayetteville this Saturdady, the 17th. Doors at 8,there will also be a 50/50 drawing and two $50 gift certificates will be raffled by "Slumber Parties by Sonja". This will be the only show until sometime in July of this year. DONT MISS IT!!! See you there.
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| Happy Holidays |
December 14, 2008 |
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Motorjunkie would like to wish you and your families a happy holiday season. Being that it is a giving time of year, we will be releasing "The Accused" for you on Christmas Day.
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| "The Wagon" |
October 31, 2008 |
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The re-recorded version of "The Wagon" has been posted on the Myspace page. Just click the Myspace link above to go check it out. Be sure and leave a comment and let us know what you think of it.
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| January 17th |
October 09, 2008 |
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As a lot of you already know, our guitarist has been attending a school in Texas since July. Well Billy will be back for a one time show at FUBAR in Fayetteville on January 17th. This will be the only chance to see Motorjunkie until April so don't miss out.
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| The Wagon |
October 09, 2008 |
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Watch for the re-release of the MJ original The Wagon. It will be released on the 31st of Oct. Be sure to follow the link to the myspace page to hear it.
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| "MY RIG" |
August 23, 2008 |
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The previously released "My Rig" has been rerecorded. Click on the Myspace link on the home page to check it out. Be sure and let us know what you think of it.
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| A forced break |
June 27, 2008 |
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Motorjunkie has been forced into taking a break from performing live.As many of you are aware, our guitarist is an active duty service member. Unfortunately for us Billy has been given orders to attend a school that he is not able to decline. This school will last approx. 10 months. Although Billy will be in Texas, production of the new album will begin during this time frame.This is not the first time that Motorjunkie, and our fans, have been in this situation. We made it through the last time, and this time we have a solid line up locked in and we all feel confident that we will be able to pull through. This has truly been a shock to us all.We appreciate your continued support and patience. Keep checking the bands web page and the myspace page for news and possibly new tracks from the upcoming album.
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| BIG THANKS |
June 20, 2008 |
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We want to thank all of you that have been voting for us to play the Raleigh Downtown Live event with Puddle of Mudd. Please continue to vote daily so we can stay up front in the running for this opprotunity.
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| An Expanding Business |
June 07, 2008 |
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As Motorjunkie continues to grow as a band we also need to grow as a business. I am looking for a merchandise sales person. I need a reliable person that is willing to attend all of Motorjunkies events that has some people skills and can be trusted. If you are interested in being a part of this great organization please send me a message with your contact information, here, or at the e-mail address below, and I will set up an interview.Thanks,Joshmanager@motorjunkie.com
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| A New Beginning |
June 02, 2008 |
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After a long process of trying to find "the one", we are proud to announce that Gary Fisher will be the bass player for MJ. Gary has demonstrated the technical, professional, and personal traits and abilities, along with the showmanship, that we have been looking for in a bass player. Keep checking back here for an updated bio.
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| A Great Day |
May 04, 2008 |
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We want to thank Cape Fear Harley Davidson for having us out yesterday. The whole event turned out to be a great success. We really enjoyed playing for everybody and working with the Illconduct stunt team. Hopefully we will be able to work with those guys again in the future. Thanks to all the people than came to see us and to those of you that saw the band for the first time we hope to see you at our next show.
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| Our Stage |
March 21, 2008 |
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I have entered "Dyin' Slow" into the contest on Ourstage.com. Help us out by going to the link below and playing our song and voting on it.http://www.ourstage.com/entry/IGELYFNEQDCA-dyin-slow
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| Too Much Power? |
March 17, 2008 |
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So we went down to Savannah Ga and tried to play a show hosted by the local Wingmen MC. Turned out nobody gave the power company any warning that we were coming. About 4 songs into the set and the power grid for the area went down for the evening. We waited it out, hoping that the power would be restored, but it didn't happen. A special thanks to the Savannah Wingmen for their hospitality, the assistance with loading in and out the equipment, and the invitation for us to come and play. Hopefully we will be able to come down again.
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| Still looking |
March 14, 2008 |
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We are still holding auditions for a new bass player. If you are interested please contact Josh, either by the contact box here or you can e-mail him at manager@motorjunkie.com.
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| Gautier Racing |
March 01, 2008 |
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Today the Motorjunkie crew went out to the Fayetteville Motor Speedway and got to see Gautier Racing #38 Motorjunkie car. All of us signed the car and then they took it in and ran it for the first time. They had a practice today and will have one more next Saturday to work out any bugs before the opening season race on the 15th of March. We would like to thank the Gautier family for their support and hope to see a lot of our fans out at the race track to help support this race team.
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| Drunk Monkey Canceled |
February 12, 2008 |
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Sorry all, the gig at The Drunk Monkey on Topsail Island has been canceled. The venue has closed due to complications with the liquor license. We will be trying to find a venue on Topsail Island to play ASAP.
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| In Search of... |
February 11, 2008 |
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Motorjunkie is now searching for a bass player. Danny has decided to leave the band, he will be around for a while longer, not canceling any gigs. If you are interested in auditioning please send contact information here or go to www.myspace.com/ugmo0 and leave your contact information there. We will keep you updated.
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| 2 Top 40 Songs! |
January 10, 2008 |
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Hey, just wanted to let you all know that Motorjunkie has two songs that have made it to the top 40 on Garage bands Hard Rock chart. Dying Slow is currently #25 and The Plan just broke into #39. They are still the highest ranking band on the chart from both Carolina's. You can view these charts and read the reviews written by critics from around the world about these songs at: http://www.garageband.com/artist/motorjunkie
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| Unity Fest...our apologies |
December 02, 2007 |
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Motorjunkie was scheduled to play a set today at the Unity Fest at Flowmore Skate park. Due to an injured bass player we will not be able to play this set. We sincerely apologize to all people involved in setting up this event, the bands that we were going to play with, and to all the people that were looking forward to seeing us play. We are hoping for a speedy recovery and to be able to continue with all other scheduled gigs.
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| Still Holding On.... |
November 26, 2007 |
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Dying slow is still holding on to the top 40 chart on Garageband.com. Currently #38 and featured as "Track Of The Week" for this week. Go to www.Garageband.com and select the Hard Rock chart. Although we are #38 on that chart, we are still the highest ranked band in NC. Go see for yourself.
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| #1 in the State |
November 11, 2007 |
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Motorjunkie has reached level 3 in the contest at Garageband.com. "Dying Slow" is now #34 on the Hard Rock chart and has been the highest ranked band in North Carolina for about three months now. The song has moved up and down a couple slots on the chart but hasn't fallen below another NC band for months. You can read the reviews of "Dying Slow" and watch the progress of this song and two others at www.garageband.com/artist/motorjunkie. Thanks to all of you that have already gone to the site and listened to these songs. We owe our ranking to you. At the end of the road for this contest is a slot in the rotation on Yahoo's Launchcast radio.
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| Moving Forward |
August 29, 2007 |
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The show at The Rock Shop went very well. Danny is a great bass player and is an awesome addition to this band. I am working on getting some of the video from that show onto the myspace page, I will let you all know when that becomes a reality.
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| Progress |
August 15, 2007 |
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Motorjunkie has welcomed bassist Danny Nieves to the band. Danny has been working diligently with the band for the past two weeks. Motorjunkie will be performing live for the first time with Danny on August 25th at The Rock Shop in Fayetteville.
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| Change |
August 01, 2007 |
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A time has come for change with the performing members of Motorjunkie. Michael Cooper has decided to leave Motorjunkie. Michael has been MJ's bass player for three years now and it is a great loss to the band. We all wish him the best as he strives to take his music in another direction.
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| Garage Band |
July 14, 2007 |
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I have created an account with Garage Band. I added Dying Slow to the contest. You can go check the status and read reviews written about the song at www.garageband.com/artist/motorjunkie. You can also purchase our newest album, "The Plan" on this site. Other merchandise may be available soon .
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| Back to normal |
July 14, 2007 |
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Well, Marty has been practicing with the band and everything has gone well. The whole band will be back for the regular show on the 20th at The Rock Shop.
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| Its coming around |
July 04, 2007 |
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Marty is recovering quickly. A big thanks goes out to Brian Dougherty for filling in for us. Right now it looks like Marty will be back sooner than I anticipated, we might get to see him as early as the show on the 20th at the Rock Shop.
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| A Tragic Event |
June 19, 2007 |
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Marty Zellers was involved in a car accident on his way to the beach this weekend to play at Margaritas. He injured his back and is not going to be able to play for a while. During his rehab/therapy we have decided to play the next two shows acoustic, we have asked an old friend to fill in for the show on the 30th. We will not be booking any other shows until Marty has recovered and is back behind the drums.
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| Its out there! |
April 08, 2007 |
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The CD release party went well. Thanks goes out to The Rock Shop for hosting the event and to Inuendo and Falling In Two for playing with us. I would like to send out a special thanks to Calen and Candice for all of their hard work and support.
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| Online CD sales |
March 26, 2007 |
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You can now go online to www.cdbaby.com or to www.digstation.com and download "The Plan", our newest cd.
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| CD RELEASE PARTY |
March 17, 2007 |
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Our CD release party will be April 7th at The rock Shop. We will be playing with Inuendo and Falling In Two. We will have new merch and of course the new cd "The Plan" available.
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| Mailorder CDs & Merch |
March 13, 2007 |
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I posted a pic of the new CD cover, and will post pics of the merch that we will have available. All it3ems will be available at our shows and can be ordered here. Contact me here, we will confirm availability of you order and I will give you an address to send a money order to, once the money order is received then I will send the merchandise to you.
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| The Plan |
March 11, 2007 |
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"The Plan" is finished. We have finally completed the new album. We are expecting the first shipment to be in within the next week. This album will be available for purchase at our upcoming shows and I am working on a plan for it to be available via mail order. We are hoping to have new merch available by the end of the week as well. See you soon.MJ
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| Merchandise |
February 17, 2007 |
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Motorjunkie is in the process of getting some more merchandise. I would like to ask all of you for your ideas. What is it that the fans would like? Hoodies, Ballcaps, Beanies, stickers, T-shirts? We want to give you what you want, let me know what that is. Go to the contact section of this page and just type in your ides and hit send. Your help is appreciated.
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| Its Been awhile |
February 08, 2007 |
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Hello, Motorjunkie has been recording for the new cd. We had some set backs, didnt make the January goal (obviously). We have gigged around a little during the process. We are still waiting for the recording to be mastered and for the cds to cut. In the mean time we will be out gigging hard. It is my goal to play at least 3 gigs a month. Keep checking here for new dates. See you soon.
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| Its in the making! |
October 05, 2006 |
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It has been promised for a long time. There have been many obstacles. Finally, we are recording our next album. We expect for it to be ready for release by mid January.
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June 01, 2006 |
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Motorjunkie entered a battle of the bands contest hosted by Bodog Music. Debuting at #89 in the Atlanta region and #101 over all. Motorjunkie quickly moved to the #3 spot and #20 over all within 48 hours. 24 hours later the heavy metal quartet moved to #1 in the region and #11 over all. With that spot held for two days they were invited to play the first round of the Bodog Battle of the Bands beginning September 23, 2006 with a final over all rating of #9. If able to continue, the band will have the opportunity to compete in L.A. at the end of the year for a $1 million record deal.
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May 25, 2006 |
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Wow..where to begin. We disappeared on everyone for a while to recover from the departure of our founding member and brother Wrench. He had an opportunity that he just couldn't pass up and is out of the country for a year or so making some good cash. We sure miss him. On the bright side, we found a kick-ass skin pounder to fill his big shoes. Marty Zellers is injecting his metal influences into the rhythm section to add a little spice to the mix. I know we promised everyone that we would be giving you a new CD by now, and I assure you that we are working on it. We have it all written, and just waiting to get into the studio. Keep your ears open for us as we will be hitting the scene as posted, so get ready for a kick ass year with us. Hope to see all of you out at the shows. Thanks to all of you that have been there and continue to support us. You guys(and girls)are the best.
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October 27, 2005 |
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We are back on the scene with Mike Cooper as the new bass player.
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October 27, 2005 |
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We are done writing new material for the next CD and will begin recording shortly.
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