Motivation was a short-lived band formed in Manchester, England by bassist and probably leader[1] Steve Garvey, guitarist Dave Rowbotham, drummer Snuff and vocalist Dave Price.
The first two had some trajectory in the Manchester musical scene at the time: Garvey was famous for being the bassist of the punk band Buzzcocks, although he was involved in two new wave groups at the time, The Teardrops and Bok Bok, and Rowbotham was in the early line-up of post-punk band The Durutti Column, sharing the guitarist role with Vini Reilly, and after departing, he alongside other ex-members of the band formed The Mothmen, in which he was still involved at the time Motivation formed.
[3] Andy Hieke and Colin Robinson from Night Visitors were their sound engineers.
At this time the line-up consisted of Dave Price (vocals), Michael Nehra (guitars), Phil Garmyn (bass), David Bravo (keyboards)[6] and John Morelli (drums).
In 1991, Rowbotham, who passed in the 1980s as a session musician for Factory Records, was killed by an axe murderer in his flat.