(drums, later Visual Aids, The English) −
changed in 1982 when Longsworth and Mckenna quit to join the Visual
Aids, and were replaced respectively by Lee Marles (guitars, former
Accelerators) and by Ray Martin (a.k.a. Roy Martin), first, and Mark
Armstrong, in late 1983, on drums. Jeff Kelly (bass) and Ray Jones
(percussion) occasionally helped the band during sessions. Despite this
personnel, the band’s success was on the decline. Here is how NME
reviwed one of the band’s last gigs: ‘Motion Pictures have gaps in their
chests where their hearts used to be. The reek of profit margins and
steady careers pervades their music which seems to have been exorcised
of all original identity, leaving only a flabby, anaemic exterior. The
pieces have been photo-fitted together but do not make up an organic
whole. In attempting to streamline and commercialise their sound they’ve
inadvertently thrown the baby out with the bathwater’ (Robert Scott, 19
May 1984).
In
1984 Motion Pictures finally disbanded. Chris Edwards formed Manteau
(with Brian Renwick, Bernie Daracott, Alan Pendergast), Lee Marles
formed the studio band Funkmeister, and in 1985 Steve Emberton joined
Dreamtime (with Paul Skillen).
Some Emberton/Longsworth-penned numbers were to appear on various synth-pop compilations, namely:
- Here to Eternity
- When Time Stood Still
- Daydream Domestic
Other audio material can be found on the band’s myspace page here .
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