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Biography
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The Motor Totemist Guild
Effective period / Period of releases: 1989
Members: James Grigsby, Rich West, Lynn Johnston, Emily Hay, Becky Heninger, David Kerman, Eric Strauss, Ken Ando, Christine Clements (2), Jerry Wheeler, Eric Johnson-Tamai, Motoko Honda, Thomas Dodge
Motor Totemist Guild is an American rock band, formed in 1980 in Orange County, California by band leader James Grigsby. Described as an avant-prog, avant-rock and chamber rock band, Motor Totemist Guild was noted for its songs that worked into epic durations and rich instrumentation but also forayed into free improvisation, sound collage, and other avant-garde techniques.