Their first recorded release came in the form of a seven inch released in 1999, but the band were still in a sort of flux, without a truly fixed line-up to their name. By 1998 they’d played their first show, and big things were still to come. Fortunately, they found a rhythm section willing to tour with them and nicked the name Motion City Soundtrack off a name Justin’s brother was using for one of his musical projects. So Cain and Pierre knew that in order to spread the word about their band they’d have to tour and tour hard. Weirdly enough for a city with a rock and roll pedigree to put most of the world’s countries to shame, there were barely any venues for a new band to perform in. The band were originally a quartet formed with Cain on the lead guitar and Pierre on lead vocals but their rhythm section didn’t last until the end of the year, this wasn’t the only reason that the nascent Motion City Soundtrack couldn’t play shows, however. They were Joshua Cain’s Saddest Girl Story and Justin Pierre’s Slide Coaster, and soon after those bands feel through, Cain got in touch with Pierre with the intention of forming a new band together. Like many other bands, the genesis of Motion City Soundtrack began with two other local bands disbanding. Their brand of punky pop-rock (or poppy punk-rock, delete as applicable) was never going to set the charts alight and make them the biggest band in the world but it did make them an absolutely adored cult band, and that suits them like nothing else they could be. Motion City Soundtrack’s story is an absolutely heartening tale of sticking to one’s guns in the face of trends, fashion and bandwagons.
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