current_members years_active label article_title background genre origin name
patrick damian costin matt balfe -lrb- ` patch ' -rrb- robertson dave ong 1998 -- 2005 sputnik/festival mushroom motor ace
 group_or_band alternative rock post-grunge melbourne , australia motor ace
motor ace

motor ace were an australian alternative rock band .
formed in melbourne around 1998 out of the remains of another band named snowblind , their members were patrick -lrb- ` patch ' -rrb- robertson -lrb- vocals/guitar -rrb- , damian birchall costin -lrb- drums -rrb- , matt balfe -lrb- bass -rrb- , and dave ong -lrb- guitar -rrb- .
