Leader Of A Down Release A Video For Holloway Motel.
Leader Of A Down release a video for Holloway Motel via Cleopatra Records.
Holloway Motel is inspired by the motel of the same name that is situated on the West Hollywood stretch of route 66, almost opposite the iconic bar Barneys Beanery, which was the regular drinking haunt of legends such as Jim Morrison. It was at the Holloway Motel lat beass player Tim Atkinson and original Leader of Down drummer Steve Clarke used to stay whilst visiting Lemmy for the recording of Paradise turned into Dust which was the first single from debut album Cascade into Chaos.
Tim Atkinson (Leader of Down Bass player) We used to stay there for weeks on end, and it really became somewhat of a second home during that period, and it was just a few steps across the road to Barneys Beanery where we normally ended up at the end of most days. It seemed only natural to write a song about Holloway Motel as the place really holds a special place in my heart and many good times were had there. It was only a short walk up to The Rainbow to see Lemmy, and I always remember when Phil Campbell came over to visit us in our room, and we had really forgotten what a state that our room has got into as we had been there for so long. By that point it looked like a scene from the old BBC series Tenko, which was based in a prisoner of war camp but it was a great place and will always live long in my memory and it is a terrible shame that is hasnt reopened yet after the pandemic.
Holloway Motel is lifted from Leader of Downs acclaimed second album The Screwtape Letters. Since its release in April the album entered the Amazon Heavy Rock Charts Top 10 and has achieved rave reviews from the press and public alike.
