Motel California

 ( 1996 Albums ) 

Motel California is the third album by the American rock band Ugly Kid Joe, and released on October 22, 1996. Motel California was the last full-length studio album until 2015. The group disbanded in January 1997 and reformed 13 years later in January 2010. The album received indifferent reviews and was a commercial failure.

The title is a parody of the Eagles' album, Hotel California. The song "Rage Against the Answering Machine" is a pun on the name of the Los Angeles rock band Rage Against the Machine.

The re-recorded acoustic version of the song "Would You Like to be There" appears as a bonus track from 2012 EP Stairway to Hell.

Music videos for the songs "Bicycle Wheels" and "Sandwich" were previously unreleased for almost a decade. They were finally surfaced on the internet in 2006.

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Production The album was recorded with the Butcher Bros. in Philadelphia.

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Reception AllMusic wrote that Ugly Kid Joe "return to their roots, bashing out grunge metal in their garage and recording it for posterity ... Motel California works a lot better than it should, sounding fiercer and more committed."

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Track listing

All tracks written by Ugly Kid Joe.

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Personnel

• Whitfield Crane – vocals
• Dave Fortman – guitars
• Klaus Eichstadt – guitars
• Cordell Crockett – bass
• Shannon Larkin – drums
• Lemmy Kilmister – guest backing vocals on "Little Red Man"
• Tim Wheater - guest flutist on "12 Cents"

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Charts

+ Chart performance for Motel California !scope="col"	Chart (1996) !scope="col"	Peak position

Categories: 1996 Albums, Ugly Kid Joe Albums

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