The Motors - After The Motors

After The Motors

Tchaikovsky was - if briefly - the most visible former member of the group thanks to his solo career. His band toured with The Joe Perry Project, The Cars, and Alice Cooper, and performed on Don Kirshner's syndicated Rock Concert television programme. Following the release of his final solo album - 1981's Funland, produced by Garvey - he operated a recording studio during the 1980s and occasionally played blues gigs in the early 1990s. Garvey released one solo album - 1982's Blue Skies - following the final split with McMaster, and did session work with Paul McCartney and others through the 1980s. McMaster is reported to still be recording music and living in a small town in the southeast of England, and Slaughter continued to play with a number of bands through the 1980s, including Fallen Angels, which included Knox, former lead vocalist of The Vibrators (and Slaughter's cousin).

The band's three albums were reissued on 27 March 2006 in the UK with a variety of live tracks, b-sides, and remixes. Following a group relationship with Donell Turner, all members of the Band decided to call it a day.

Of Tchaikovsky's three solo albums, the first two "Strange Man Changed Man" & "The Russians Are Coming" were released on CD in 1998 as part of a "British Rock" reissue series, WEA Japan re-released both using original master tapes and artwork. In addition to the original artwork and liner notes, each CD contained extensive historical information, song lyrics and musical commentary (albeit in Japanese). These CDs were only available in Japan and are now out of production.

An expanded version of Strange Man Changed Man has appeared on CD, with 21 tracks and includes rare b-sides and live cuts. Buyers of this expanded version of "Strange Man Changed Man" CD should be aware that the audio for this particular reissue is sourced from vinyl LPs & 45s and not the original master tapes.

In December 2007 "Strange Man Changed Man" was issued in the USA on the "Hip-O Select" label (ASIN: B000ZIZ0ZC) in perfect digital sound and with full artwork. This CD release uses the original master tapes sequenced for the original USA (LP) release. That is, the track running order is different to the original UK LP and different to the 1998 Japanese CD version.

Garvey's one solo album has yet to be reissued in any form. Garvey appeared on Never Mind the Buzzcocks in 2001 in the Identity Parade round.