Motograter Have Reunited. Wait… Who are Motograter?

When the nuclear apocalypse comes the nu-metal bands will still crawl around the earth like cockroaches. And, just as predicted, the nu-metal revival / nuclear apocalypse is upon us: Motograter are the latest rap metal band to reunite.

Wait… who? I honestly have no recollection of this band other than seeing their name pop up on early ’00s metal news websites. Thankfully Metal Insider has got us covered with a nifty synopsis of their career:

Forming in the mid-90s, the nu-metal band split the difference between Mudvayne and Slipknot on their one major label album, which was released in 2003 on Slipknot’s label No Name via Elektra. Aside from the fact that they wore body paint while playing, the most noteworthy thing about the band was that in their initial run, instead of a bass, they used a “motograter,” or a custom-made instrument that was made of industrial cable and guitar parts that sounded bass-like. Also, the band’s sole full length featured vocalist Ivan Moody, who went on to join Five Finger Death Punch after the band went on hiatus in 2005.

Motograter broke up in 2006, a year after their hiatus, before reforming in 2008 with an entirely different lineup. That lineup broke up in 2011.

So apparently we’ve got this band to thank for the grace that is Five Finger Death Punch. Swell! Although FFDP dude isn’t participating in the reunion.

If you’re still like “Who the fuck??” try these tunes on for size to see if they ring a bell:

Yeah, I still have no idea either, although that last track sounds super Five Finger Death Punch-y. I guess Moody realized in 2006 that faux metalcore was going to be the next hip thing to sell to Middle America and the rest is history.