***"Relying exclusively on his own cunning and brawn, Maestro Paul Caporino has led Masters Of The Obvious for a hair over 40 years now. While the full-band M.O.T.O. brand has cemented a formidable rep in the last two decades, well-versed fans yearn for the primitive sound of Paul’s bedroom hit-clinic cassettes. Those collections so eloquently kissed with hiss, containing bundles of hooks often too shocking for disc enshrinement. Few, if any, devotees soak themselves in M.O.T.O. minutia on the level of nuthin’s chairperson, so Wall Of Phlegm arrives guaranteed to please— the fruit of serious deliberation and perspiration, yet liable to cause the same upon consumption. How’d it even happen in the first place and why are we only hearing it now? The mystery of this mastery remains secret, but we can verify that the source material came to life in the late 1990s, with Caporino performing all racket with the requisite tossed-off genius that’s wrecked and inspired so many chasers of the crown. Primo Caporino, if you will. There are 21 or 22 tunes dripping down this Wall Of Phlegm and they’re all liable to drop jaws, even if you’ve been lucky enough to cruise a few of ‘em in prior iterations. Only a couple crack 2 minutes, but please don’t hold that against nuthin’ OR Paul…they tried. Prepare to span the globe again like we did last summer 2004, and 1997. M.O.T.O. is risen!"—Mitch Cardwell
LP $22.85
12/01/2023
***No matter who he's on stage or recording with at the moment, PAUL CAPORINO alone has always been M.O.T.O., aka MASTERS OF THE OBVIOUS. He formed the band in 1981 in New Orleans and has been playing an infectious blend of garage, '70s punk and Brill Building worthy pop ever since. M.O.T.O. released more than fifteen cassette albums between 1985 and 1999. Virtually all were fuzzy 4-track recordings with Paul layering guitar, bass and vocals over a crude drum machine. The lyrics are filled with dick jokes, love themes and smart-assed social commentary. The music is lo-fi, hook-laden pop. Ampeg Stud was released in 1995 and was M.O.T.O.'s last 4-track cassette-only album. Paul assembled a top-notch band while in Chicago, and most songs from Ampeg Stud would become longtime fan favorites and set staples. It almost plays like the demos for a greatest hits collection Remastered for vinyl by producer GARRETT HAMMOND from the original tapes for maximum fuzziness. Edition of 500 copies.
LP $14.25
02/05/2016
***No matter who he's on stage or recording with at the moment, PAUL CAPORINO alone has always been M.O.T.O., aka MASTERS OF THE OBVIOUS. He formed the band in 1981 in New Orleans and has been playing an infectious blend of garage, '70s punk and Brill Building worthy pop ever since. M.O.T.O. released more than fifteen cassette albums between 1985 and 1999. Virtually all were fuzzy 4-track recordings with Paul layering guitar, bass and vocals over a crude drum machine. The lyrics are filled with dick jokes, love themes and smart-assed social commentary. The music is lo-fi, hook-laden pop. Motoerectus was released in very limited quantities in 1987. This album represents some of M.O.T.O.'s last 4-track recordings before relocating to Boston. Although it's still showing much of the New Orleans / early years goofiness, there are a handful of tracks hinting at the slightly more serious pop sensibilities to come with M.O.T.O.'s '90s and beyond releases. Remastered for vinyl by producer GARRETT HAMMOND from the original tapes for maximum fuzziness. Edition of 500 copies.
LP $14.25
02/05/2016
***Well this is it. Another masterpiece from the master of the obvious PAUL CAPORINO. Pack Your Troubles in Dreams was M.O.T.O.´s first nation themed release and it is now available for the first time on vinyl. Recorded in Australia with members of COSMIC PSYCHOS and THE SPAZZYS. (many Cooper's Black & Tans were consumed during the making of this musical tome). Recorded mostly at Mogadon in Bendigo, and the rest at StaticAttack near Cockatoo. Later mastered by GARRET HAMMOND in Brill Basement studios (USA). Over one year in the making and finally available as a gatefold LP. Here´s what Jay Mazeffect from Blow Up That Radio had to say about this album: "Pack Your Troubles In Dreams is a more raw sounding effort, hearkening back to the many cassette and cd-r releases that M.O.T.O. had put out for so many years (’Ampeg Stud,’ ‘Terramoto,’ and ‘Rock, Roll, And Dismember’ to name a few). It's not quite lo-fi, but it's thrown the sheen applied to ‘No Way Street’ out the window and just tears through these 18 songs with a reckless abandon of a man more concerned with rocking then worrying about the needles going into the red. M.O.T.O. is proof positive that rock and roll doesn't need to be pondered over, forced, or even high brow. It just has to shake your metaphorical ass. This album does that in spades. Rating: 10. Been playing this nonstop since I got it.” Imported from Finland.
LP $17.75
10/29/2013
***Hard-On Rock´n Roll! New Orleans based garage punk / power pop legends M.O.T.O. are back with their tenth full length album. The Record is co-released by Airiston Punk-Levyt, Blast of Silence Records and Svart Records—all hailing from Turku, Finland. The songs on this album were recorded in studio "Dwyers" earlier this year while the primus motor of the band, PAUL CAPORINO, visited Finland (early January 2012). The album was later mixed and mastered by Caporino’s trusted man, GARRET HAMMOND (Kill MOTO, Raw Power, etc), in Downers Grove, IL, USA. This time Paul Caporino brings you wore-down catchy and up-tempo tunes with a lo-fi, under produced sound guaranteed to rock your socks off! Visitors in this album consist from the cream of the alternative scene in Finland: Niila Kunnari (Boredom Boys, God Given Ass, The Heartburns) on drums, Kerttu Vauras (Khatarina, Kovaa Rasvaa) on guest vocals in "Big Emotional Life" and Mikko Luukko (Sweatmaster) on guitar—just to name a few. After 30 years Caporino still delivers and M.O.T.O. is very much alive and kicking! They don't regard him as the "Beatles of punk rock" for nothing! The most important genre release of 2012 so far?
LP $16.35
10/09/2012
CD $14.50
10/09/2012
***Recorded near the start of PAUL CAPORINO’s 2011-2012 European tour. Live at Klubi (Ilta) in Turku, Finland on September 16, 2011 with a drummer who won't play Slade! Hand numbered edition of 144 copies.
MC $8.05
09/04/2012
***No Way Street is the last album PAUL CAPORINO recorded with his usual Chicago, full band line-up before moving back to New Orleans. It sat in limbo for a couple years before Blast of Silence and Svart got involved, but we're happy it's available for public consumption now. Finnish only release. “Finally on wax! From the composing pen of a songwriting genius that is Paul Caporino, comes yet another bunch of timelessly catchy, uptempo, pieces of sheer brilliance. This is lo-fi garage punk like it´s supposed to be done! Including the hit singles such as ”No Way Street,” ”Countdown To Menopause,” ”Catamaran” and ”Thong Fever,” this album wont let you down.”
LP $15.75
09/04/2012
***No matter who he's on stage or recording with at the moment, PAUL CAPORINO alone has always been New Orleans based legends M.O.T.O., aka MASTERS OF THE OBVIOUS. He formed the band in 1981, and has been playing an infectious blend of garage, '70s punk rock and Brill Building worthy pop ever since. When the band didn't record or play as much as Paul would have liked those first few years, he turned to his 4-track. He put down all vocals, guitar and bass tracks over a toy, Mattel Synsonics drum machine. Initially, these recordings were only planned as demos of new songs, but Paul was so satisfied with the results, he decided to release them to the public. M.O.T.O. would go on to release more than fifteen cassette albums from 1985-1999. Each one filled with an abundance of dick jokes and social commentary alike. They were met with rave reviews from indie 'zines, which helped Paul build a rabid, worldwide fan base. BOLT! was released as the second M.O.T.O. cassette. The tracks were recorded on Lent in 1986, and the final edit was "The Best of Lent Tapes" or simply BOLT! The lead off track "Dick About It" is a fan favorite and is still played regularly in live sets to this day. A vinyl pressing of BOLT! was released in Germany as a very limited vinyl pressing in the mid-'90s, but that's been tough to find since. When we decided to put BOLT! back in print 27 years...
LP $14.00
07/03/2012
***No matter who he's on stage or recording with at the moment, PAUL CAPORINO alone has always been New Orleans based legends M.O.T.O., aka MASTERS OF THE OBVIOUS. He formed the band in 1981, and has been playing an infectious blend of garage, '70s punk rock and Brill Building worthy pop ever since. M.O.T.O. released more than fifteen cassette albums from 1985-1999. Virtually all were fuzzy 4-track cassette recordings with Paul layering guitar, bass and vocals over a crude drum machine. The lyrics are filled with dick jokes, love themes and social commentary. The music is lo-fi, hook laden pop...well, except for fun, yet warped distractions like "Cancer In My Dick" and "Transformoto," like on this album. E Pluribus M.O.T.O. was originally released in 1993, while Paul was living in Chicago. It was one of the first cassettes of what would be a very productive period for M.O.T.O. in the '90s. A slightly abbreviated version (due to time restrictions) was released as an obscenely small vinyl pressing by a German label in the mid '90s. Copies of that vinyl have been known to fetch over $100! Rerun is pleased to bring you a special 19th Anniversary Edition reissue of E PLuribus M.O.T.O.! We've even been able to add a couple tracks the German vinyl from the '90s didn't have, and it's been remastered by M.O.T.O.'s head producer Garret Hammond from Paul's original master tapes for maximum fuzziness! Pressed on thick black vinyl, in an edition of 500 copies.
LP $14.00
07/03/2012