Motörhead
Motörhead Live at Red's, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Background information
Origin	London, England
Genre(s)	Heavy metal, speed metal, hard rock, NWOBHM
Years active	1975–present
Label(s)	Sanctuary, SPV, Epic, GWR, Bronze
Associated acts	Hawkwind, Girlschool, The Damned, Ozzy Osbourne, Headgirl, Thin Lizzy, Persian Risk, Fastway, Corrosion of conformity
Website	www.imotorhead.com
Members
Lemmy Phil Campbell Mikkey Dee
Former members
Larry Wallis "Fast" Eddie Clarke Brian Robertson Würzel Lucas Fox Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor Pete Gill Tommy Aldridge

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Bronze Records is an independent English Record label set up in 1971 by Record producer Gerry Bron, and based in Chalk Farm, Hawkwind are a British rock band, one of the earliest Space rock groups Girlschool are a long-running British all-female Heavy metal band originating out of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal scene The Damned are an English band formed in London in 1976 notable for being the first Punk rock band from England to release a single (" New Rose " an John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born December 3 1948) is a British singer Headgirl was a collaboration between Motörhead and Girlschool in 1980, the result being the St Thin Lizzy are an Irish Hard rock band who formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1969 Persian Risk were a heavy metal band from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal era who originated from Cardiff, Wales in 1979 Fastway are a heavy metal band formed by Guitarist, "Fast" Eddie Clarke, formerly of Motörhead, and Bassist, Corrosion of Conformity (also known as COC) is an American heavy metal band from Raleigh, North Carolina formed in 1982 Lemmy (born Ian Fraser Kilmister, December 24 1945) also known as Lemmy Kilmister, Ian Willis or Lemmy von Motörhead Philip Anthony Campbell, born on May 7, 1961 in Pontypridd, Wales, is the Lead guitarist of the British heavy Michael Kiriakos Delaouglou, better known as Mikkey Dee (born 31 October 1963 in Gothenburg Sweden, is a half- Greek half- Swedish Larry Wallis is a Guitarist, Songwriter and producer. He is best known as a member of the Pink Fairies and an early member of Motörhead Edward Clarke (born 5 October 1950, Twickenham, London) better known as "Fast" Eddie Clarke, is a Guitarist Brian "Robbo" Robertson was born on February 12 1956 in Clarkston, Renfrewshire (now part of East Renfrewshire Michael Burston (born October 23, 1949) commonly known by the Stage name Würzel, is an English musician. Lucas Fox is a drummer who was a member of British heavy metal band Motörhead and London Punk rockers Warsaw Pakt Phil Taylor, better known as "Philthy Animal" Taylor, was the Drummer in the British Heavy Metal band, Motörhead Pete Gill (born 9 June 1951 Peter Gill) is a Heavy metal drummer formerly a member of The Glitter Band, Saxon and Motörhead. Tommy Aldridge (born on August 15, 1950, in Pearl, Mississippi) is a veteran heavy metal and Hard rock drummer who The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Lemmy (born Ian Fraser Kilmister, December 24 1945) also known as Lemmy Kilmister, Ian Willis or Lemmy von Motörhead Usually a power trio, Motörhead had particular success in the early 1980s with several successful singles in the UK Top 40 chart. The power trio is a Rock and roll band format popularized in the 1960s The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry The albums Overkill, its follow on, Bomber, Ace of Spades, and particularly No Sleep 'til Hammersmith, cemented Motörhead's reputation as one of Britain's foremost heavy metal groups. Overkill is the second album released by Motörhead, in 1979 and their first for Bronze Records Bomber was the third Motörhead album to be released (although the fourth to be recorded - see On Parole) Ace of Spades is the fourth Album by the British Heavy metal band Motörhead. No Sleep ’til Hammersmith is the first Live album by the English Heavy metal band Motörhead. ^[1] More recent exposure has included providing wrestler Triple H's entrance music, performing live at WrestleMania events, and in 2005 receiving their first Grammy. Paul Michael Levesque better known by his Ring name Triple H, an abbreviation of his former ring name Hunter Hearst Helmsley Music in Professional wrestling serves a variety of purposes The most common uses of Music in Professional wrestling is that of the entrance This article is about the WrestleMania PPV series in general for the first WrestleMania itself see WrestleMania (1985. 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While Motörhead are typically classified as heavy metal, speed metal or thrash metal (and often regarded as a foundational influence on the latter two styles),^[2] Lemmy dislikes such labels, preferring to describe the band's music simply as "rock n' roll". Speed metal is a sub-genre of Heavy metal music originating in the late 1970s and early 1980s that was the direct musical progenitor of Thrash metal. Thrash metal (sometimes referred to simply as thrash) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized by its fast tempo and aggression Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African ^[3] Motörhead's approach has remained the same over the band's career, preferring to play what they enjoy and do best; their appreciation of early rock and roll is reflected in some of their occasional cover songs. Motörhead's lyrics typically cover such topics as war, good versus evil, abuse of power, promiscuous sex, substance abuse, and "life on the road. " The band's distinctive fanged-face logo, Snaggletooth, with its oversized boars' horns, chains, and spikes, was created by artist Joe Petagno in 1977 for the cover of the Motörhead album and has appeared in many variations on covers of ensuing albums. Joe Petagno (born January 1, 1948 -) is an Artist known principally for creating images used on heavy metal album covers for Motörhead is the debut album by the British Heavy metal band Motörhead.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Early years 1.2 Rise to success 1.3 Ace of Spades 1.4 Departures from the band 1.5 Bronze and silver 1.6 Monsters of Rock 1.7 Los Angeles 1.8 Hellraiser 1.9 Sacrifice 1.10 Snake Bite Love 1.11 25 & Alive 1.12 Grammy Award 2 Style 3 Supporters 3.1 Motörheadbangers 3.2 World Wrestling Entertainment 3.3 Tribute bands 3.4 Tribute albums 4 Cover art 5 Discography 6 Filmography 7 Notes 8 Further reading 9 External links

History

Early years

After being sacked from Hawkwind in 1975, supposedly for "doing the wrong drugs",^[4] Lemmy decided to form a new band, originally to be called "Bastard. Hawkwind are a British rock band, one of the earliest Space rock groups " Doug Smith, the band's manager, advised him that, "It's unlikely that we're going to get on Top of the Pops with a name like 'Bastard'. Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, was a long-running British music chart Television programme, made and broadcast " Lemmy concurred and decided to call the band "Motörhead", inspired by the final song he had written for Hawkwind. ^[5] The name of the song "Motorhead" was derived from a slang term for an amphetamine user, the drug being the subject of the song. " Motorhead " is a song written by Lemmy while in Hawkwind; it was his last before leaving the band Amphetamine, and related drugs such as Methamphetamine are a group of drugs that act by increasing levels of Norepinephrine, Serotonin, and Dopamine

Lemmy's stated aim was for the outfit to be, "the dirtiest rock n' roll band in the world" and that, "if Motörhead moved in next to you, your lawn would die. "^[6] The first lineup of the band featured Larry Wallis (ex-Pink Fairies) on electric guitar and Lucas Fox on drums. Larry Wallis is a Guitarist, Songwriter and producer. He is best known as a member of the Pink Fairies and an early member of Motörhead The Pink An electric guitar is a type of Guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current which is made louder Lucas Fox is a drummer who was a member of British heavy metal band Motörhead and London Punk rockers Warsaw Pakt A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells Their first gig was at The Roundhouse, London, on 20 July 1975. The Roundhouse is an arts venue in London, England. The Roundhouse has hosted notable performers Morrissey, The Stranglers, Sonic Youth London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Events 1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. On 19 October, having played ten gigs, they became the supporting act to Blue Öyster Cult at the Hammersmith Odeon. Events 202 BCE - The Battle of Zama results in the defeat of Carthage and Hannibal. Blue Öyster Cult is an American rock band formed in New York in 1967 and still active in 2008 The Hammersmith Apollo is a major entertainments and concert venue located in Hammersmith, London, England. The Roundhouse was to feature Motörhead again on 7 November 1976 with Pink Fairies and on 24 April 1977 with The Damned and The Adverts. Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Pink Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays The Damned are an English band formed in London in 1976 notable for being the first Punk rock band from England to release a single (" New Rose " an The Adverts were an English Punk rock band who formed in 1976 and broke up in late 1979 ^[7] Under contract with United Artists, they recorded sessions at Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, during which Fox became unreliable and was replaced by drummer Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor. This article is about the film studio Previously it was affiliated with a cinema chain bearing its name now owned by Regal Entertainment Group. Rockfield Studios, near Monmouth in Wales and just outside the village of Rockfield, are where many of British rock music’s most successful recordings This is about the Welsh town of Monmouth For other uses see Monmouth (disambiguation. Phil Taylor, better known as "Philthy Animal" Taylor, was the Drummer in the British Heavy Metal band, Motörhead Their record label was not pleased with the recorded material and only released the album On Parole in 1979, when the band had established some success. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music On Parole is the debut recording made by English Heavy metal band Motörhead in 1975 but only released in 1979 after the band had risen ^[8]

Deciding that two lead guitarists were required, the band recruited "Fast" Eddie Clarke, but Wallis quit during the auditions, so the idea was dropped. Edward Clarke (born 5 October 1950, Twickenham, London) better known as "Fast" Eddie Clarke, is a Guitarist The trio of Lemmy – Clarke – Taylor is today regarded as the "classic" Motörhead line-up. The power trio is a Rock and roll band format popularized in the 1960s ^[9]

Initial reactions to the band were unfavourable; they won a poll for "the best worst band in the world" in the music magazine NME. The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a Popular music Magazine in the United Kingdom which has been ^[10] By April 1977, living in squats and with little recognition, Phil and Eddie wanted to give it up, and after some debate, the band agreed to do a farewell show at the Marquee Club in London. The Marquee is a legendary music club first located at 165 Oxford Street, London, England when it opened in 1958 with a range of jazz and Skiffle Lemmy had become acquainted with Ted Carroll from Chiswick Records and asked him to bring a mobile studio to the show to record it for posterity. Chiswick Records was a British record company. Chiswick was the "first true ' indie ' label" to be established in Britain for nearly a decade" Carroll was unable to get the mobile unit to the Marquee Club but showed up backstage after the gig and offered them two days at Escape Studios to record a single. The band took the chance and instead of recording a single did eleven unfinished tracks, Carroll gave them a few more days to finish the vocals and the band completed thirteen tracks for release as an album. ^[11] In June the band toured with Hawkwind and in late July began their 'Beyond the Threshold of Pain' tour. ^[7]

Rise to success

Using eight of the tracks recorded for Chiswick, the band's first official album was the eponymous Motörhead, released in November 1977 it reached #43 in the UK Albums Chart. Lemmy (born Ian Fraser Kilmister, December 24 1945) also known as Lemmy Kilmister, Ian Willis or Lemmy von Motörhead Phil Taylor, better known as "Philthy Animal" Taylor, was the Drummer in the British Heavy Metal band, Motörhead Edward Clarke (born 5 October 1950, Twickenham, London) better known as "Fast" Eddie Clarke, is a Guitarist Motörhead is the debut album by the British Heavy metal band Motörhead. ^[7] By this time, the standard of their performances had improved considerably, and the uncompromising nature of their music was beginning to garner a following from enthusiasts of both metal and punk.

Bronze Records signed the band the following year and gave them time at Wessex Studios in London to record some songs for a single. While the band toured to promote the resulting "Louie Louie" single, Chiswick released the Motörhead album in white vinyl to keep up the momentum. " Louie Louie " is Motörhead 's title track of their third single. On 25 September, the band appeared on the BBC Radio 1 John Peel in session broadcast, which in fact had been recorded on the 18th. Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004 known professionally as John Peel, was an English Disc jockey, radio These tracks appear on the 2005 BBC Live & In-Session album. Sales of the "Louie Louie" single brought the band their first appearance on a BBC Television's Top of the Pops. Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, was a long-running British music chart Television programme, made and broadcast ^[8] It was prerecorded, and broadcast on 25 October 1978. ^[7] This success gave Bronze the confidence to get the band back into the studio to record an album. ^[8] A hint of what the band had recorded for the album came on 9 March 1979 when the band played "Overkill" on Top of the Pops to support the release of the single ahead of the Overkill album, which was released on 24 March. " Overkill " is a song by the heavy metal band Motörhead. Overkill is the second album released by Motörhead, in 1979 and their first for Bronze Records It became Motörhead's first album to break into the UK Top 40 album chart, reaching #24, with the single reaching #39 in the UK Singles Chart. The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry A subsequent single was released in June, taking the song "No Class" from the album for the A-side and an unheard track, "Like A Nightmare", for the B-side. " No Class " is a song by the heavy metal band Motörhead. A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch Vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s It fared worse than both the album and previous single, however, reaching #61 in the charts. These releases were followed by the 'Overkill' tour beginning on March 23. ^[7]

During July and August, except for a break to appear at the Reading Festival, the band were working on their next album, Bomber. Bomber was the third Motörhead album to be released (although the fourth to be recorded - see On Parole) Released on October 27, it reached #12 in the UK Album Chart. On 1 December, it was followed by the "Bomber" single, which reached #34 in the UK Singles Chart. Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican Bomber is a song by the heavy metal band Motörhead. It was released in the UK in 1979 by Bronze Records as a 7" The 'Bomber' tour followed with its spectacular aircraft bomber-shaped lighting rig. A bomber is a Military aircraft designed to attack ground and sea targets primarily by dropping Bombs on them During the 'Bomber' tour, United Artists put together tapes recorded during the Rockfield Studios sessions and released them as On Parole. On 8 May 1980, while the band were on tour in Europe, Bronze released The Golden Years, which sold better than any of their previous releases, reaching #8 in the UK charts. For other uses and meanings of "The Golden Years" see the disambiguation page. The band, however, preferred the title Flying Tonight, referring to the 'Bomber' lighting rig. Later that year Chiswick put together four unused tracks from the Escape Studios sessions and released them as Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers. Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers EP is a 1980 release of a 1977 recording session by the English heavy metal band Motörhead. ^[8]

Ace of Spades

During August and September 1980, the band were at Jackson's Studios in Rickmansworth, recording with producer Vic Maile. High Barnet or Chipping Barnet is a place in the London Borough of Barnet in North London, England. Ace of Spades is the fourth Album by the British Heavy metal band Motörhead. Born in 1943 Vic Maile was a British Record producer. Career After starting his career as sound engineer with Pye Mobile studios for The The "Ace of Spades" single was released on 27 October 1980 as a preview of the Ace of Spades album, which followed on 8 November. " Ace of Spades " is a song by the English heavy metal band Motörhead, released in 1980 as a single and the title track to the album Ace of Spades Ace of Spades is the fourth Album by the British Heavy metal band Motörhead. ^[8] The single reached #15 and the album reached #4 in the UK charts. Bronze celebrated its gold record status by pressing a limited edition of the album in gold vinyl. The term special edition ( deluxe edition and collector's edition are also used is a term generally used as a Marketing incentive for various kinds of products Motörhead made two appearances on Top of the Pops in October that year with "Ace of Spades" and between 22 October and 29 November the band were on their 'Ace Up Your Sleeve' tour, making an appearance as guests on the ITV children's show, Tiswas on 8 November. Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent Tiswas was a Saturday morning children's British TV show which ran from 5 January 1974 to 3 April 1982 ^[7] The 'Arizona desert-style' pictures used on the album sleeve and tour booklet cover were taken during a photo session at a sandpit in Barnet. A quarry is a type of open-pit mine from which rock or Minerals are extracted High Barnet or Chipping Barnet is a place in the London Borough of Barnet in North London, England. ^[12] "Ace of Spades", considered to be the definitive Motörhead anthem,^[13] "put a choke on the English music charts and proved to all that a band could succeed without sacrificing its blunt power and speed. "^[14] The album has been described as "one of the best metal albums by any band, ever, period. "^[15]

The band had more chart hits in the early 1980s with releases such as the St. Valentine's Day Massacre EP, their collaboration with 'apprentices' Girlschool which reached #5; the live version of "Motorhead", which reached #6; and the album it was taken from, No Sleep 'til Hammersmith, which reached #1. St Valentine's Day Massacre is a single credited to motörheadgirlschool recorded by members of Motörhead and Bronze Records labelmates Girlschool are a long-running British all-female Heavy metal band originating out of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal scene " Motorhead (live " is a single by Motörhead, performing their eponymous song live No Sleep ’til Hammersmith is the first Live album by the English Heavy metal band Motörhead. During March 1981, the band had been touring Europe, and in the final week of the month they conducted the 'Short Sharp, Pain In The Neck' tour from which the recordings for No Sleep 'til Hammersmith were made. ^[7]

During April and July, the band were guests of Blizzard of Oz, an early incarnation of Ozzy Osbourne's band, fitting in an appearance on Top of the Pops on July 9 with the live "Motorhead" single. John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born December 3 1948) is a British singer In October the band recorded tracks at BBC's Maida Vale 4 studio for the David Jensen show broadcast on 6 October. Maida Vale is a residential district in West London between St John's Wood and Kilburn. David "Kid" Jensen (born July 4, 1950) 58 is a Canadian -born British Radio DJ. Events 105 BC - Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus The band recommenced their European tour on November 20.

Between 26 January and 28 January 1982, the band recorded some new material at Ramport Studios, with additions recorded in February at Morgan Studios. On April 3 the single, "Iron Fist", which reached #29 in the UK Singles Chart, was released. " Iron Fist " is a song by the heavy metal band Motörhead. The parent album Iron Fist was released on 17 April and rose to #6 in the UK Album Chart. Iron Fist is the fifth Album by the British Heavy metal band Motörhead. They were the last releases to feature the Lemmy, Clarke, Taylor lineup, though the lineup continued to perform in the Iron Fist tour between 17 March and 12 April, and the American tour from 12 May until Clarke's last gig at the New York Palladium on May 14. The Palladium was a concert hall and later a nightclub in New York City. ^[7]

Departures from the band

Clarke left as a consequence of the band recording Stand By Your Man, a cover version of the Tammy Wynette classic, in collaboration with Wendy O. Williams and the Plasmatics. Stand by Your Man is an EP by Lemmy ( Motörhead) and Wendy O In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette ( May 5, 1942 - April 6, 1998) was an American country music singer-songwriter Wendy Orlean Williams ( May 28, 1949 &ndash April 6, 1998) better known as Wendy O The Plasmatics were an American punk band formed by Yale University graduate and radical Anti-artist Rod Swenson with Wendy O Clarke felt that this compromised the band's principles, refused to play on the recording and resigned, later forming his own band, Fastway. Fastway are a heavy metal band formed by Guitarist, "Fast" Eddie Clarke, formerly of Motörhead, and Bassist, Lemmy and Taylor made numerous telephone calls to find a guitarist, including one to Brian Robertson, formerly with Thin Lizzy, who was recording a solo album in Canada. Brian "Robbo" Robertson was born on February 12 1956 in Clarkston, Renfrewshire (now part of East Renfrewshire Thin Lizzy are an Irish Hard rock band who formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1969 In Popular music, a solo album is an Album made by a current or former member of a band. He agreed to help out and complete the tour with them and signed a one-album deal resulting in 1983's Another Perfect Day and the two singles from it, "Shine" and "I Got Mine". Another Perfect Day is the sixth album by the British heavy metal band Motörhead. " Shine " is a song by the heavy metal band Motörhead taken from the Another Perfect Day album and released in 1983 on 7" and 12" " I Got Mine " is a song by the heavy metal band Motörhead. ^[8] In June and July the band played five dates in Japan, and from mid-October until mid-November they toured Europe. From late May until early July, the band conducted the 'Another Perfect Tour', followed by an American tour between July and August, and another European tour in October and November. ^[7] Robertson began to cause friction in the band as a result of his on-stage attire, consisting of shorts and ballet shoes, and, furthermore, with his point blank refusal to play the old standards that every Motörhead audience expected to hear. This led to an amicable agreement that Robertson would leave,^[8][16] playing his last gig with the band at the Berlin Metropol on 11 November. Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare ^[7]

After Robertson's departure in 1983, the band were sent tapes from all over the world from potential guitarists. The group returned to the concept of dual lead guitars by hiring unknowns Würzel and Phil Campbell (ex-Persian Risk). Michael Burston (born October 23, 1949) commonly known by the Stage name Würzel, is an English musician. Philip Anthony Campbell, born on May 7, 1961 in Pontypridd, Wales, is the Lead guitarist of the British heavy Persian Risk were a heavy metal band from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal era who originated from Cardiff, Wales in 1979 ^[8] In February 1984, the Lemmy, Campbell, Würzel and Taylor line-up recorded "Ace of Spades" for the "Bambi" episode in the British television series, The Young Ones. "Bambi" was the seventh episode of British Sitcom The Young Ones. British television broadcasting started in 1936 and now has a collection of free and subscription services over a variety of distribution media through which there are up to 600 channels The Young Ones was a popular British sitcom, first seen in 1982, on BBC2. Scenes of the band playing are interspersed with the characters' antics as they rush to the railway station, in a parody of The Beatles' comedy film A Hard Day's Night. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 A Hard Day's Night is a 1964 British Comedy film written by Alun Owen starring The Beatles — John Lennon, Paul McCartney ^[17] Taylor quit the band after that recording, causing Lemmy to quip "Did I leave them or did they leave me?". Before joining Motörhead, Phil Campbell had met ex-Saxon drummer Pete Gill, and the trio decided to call him to see if he would like to visit London. Saxon are an English heavy metal band formed in 1977 in Barnsley, Yorkshire. Pete Gill (born 9 June 1951 Peter Gill) is a Heavy metal drummer formerly a member of The Glitter Band, Saxon and Motörhead. The try-outs went well and Gill was hired. ^[8]

Bronze and silver

Bronze Records thought the new line-up would not make the grade and decided to 'nail down the lid' on the group with a compilation album. When Lemmy found out, he took over the project, selecting tracks, providing sleeve notes and insisted that Motörhead record four brand new tracks to go at the end of each side of the album. For a bibliographic format for citing liner notes see WikipediaCiting sources/example style Liner notes (also sleeve notes or album notes ^[8] During the sessions between 19 May and 25 May 1984 at Britannia Row Studios, London, the band recorded six tracks for the single's B-side and the album. The single "Killed by Death" was released on 1 September and reached #51 in the UK Singles Chart, the double album No Remorse was released on 15 September and reached silver disc status, attaining the position of #14 in the UK Album charts. " Killed by Death " is a song by the heavy metal band Motörhead. No Remorse is a 1984 Compilation album by Motörhead covering their years under contract with Bronze Records, and with four newly recorded ^[7]

The band were involved in a court case with Bronze over the next two years, believing that their releases were not being promoted properly, and the record company banned them from the recording studio. ^[8] The band looked to more touring for income; Australia and New Zealand in late July to late August, a brief tour of Hungary in September, and the No Remorse 'Death On The Road' tour between October 24 and November 7. Australasia is a Region of Oceania: New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea, and neighbouring Islands in the Pacific On October 26 the band made a live appearance on the British Channel 4 music programme The Tube, performing "Killed By Death", "Steal Your Face" (over which the programme's end-credits were played) and the unbroadcast "Overkill", before going on to their next gig that evening. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began From 19 November to 15 December the band toured America and from 26 December to 30 December performed five shows in Germany. Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of ^[7]

On 5 April 1985, ITV broadcast three songs that were recorded after the band went off air on their earlier appearance on The Tube programme. A week later the band, dressed in tuxedos, played three songs on the live Channel 4 music show ECT (Extra-Celestial Transmission). To celebrate the band's tenth anniversary, two shows were arranged at Hammersmith Odeon on June 28 and June 29, a video of the second show was taken and later released as The Birthday Party. The Hammersmith Apollo is a major entertainments and concert venue located in Hammersmith, London, England. The Birthday Party is a 1985 video by Motörhead. It features the band's 10th anniversary show at the Hammersmith Odeon, London. From early June until early August the band were on their 'It Never Gets Dark' tour of Sweden and Norway, an American tour followed in mid-November until late December. ^[7]

Monsters of Rock

From 26 March to 3 April 1986, the band toured Germany, Holland and Denmark on their 'Easter Metal Blast' and in June, played two dates in Bologna and Milan in Italy. The court case with Bronze was finally settled in the band's favour. The band's management instigated their own label, GWR. GWR Records was a Record label active in the UK from 1986 through to 1991. ^[8] Recording took place in Master Rock Studios, London and the single "Deaf Forever" was released on 5 July as a taster for the Orgasmatron album, which was released on August 9. " Deaf Forever " is a song by the heavy metal band Motörhead. Orgasmatron is an album by a Heavy metal band Motörhead, released in 1986 On the same day as the release of the album, Lemmy and Würzel were interviewed by Andy Kershaw on the BBC Radio 1 Saturday Live show and "Orgasmatron" and "Deaf Forever" were played. Andy Kershaw (born November 9 1959 in Rochdale, Lancashire) is a British broadcaster The single reached #67 and the album reached #21 in the UK charts. On 16 August, the band played at the Monsters of Rock at Castle Donington and was recorded by BBC Radio 1 for a future Friday Rock Show broadcast. Monsters of Rock was an annual rock music festival in England held every August at the Castle Donington racetrack from 1980&ndash1996 (with the odd exception Castle Donington is a large Village almost considered a town with a population of around 7000 in the North West of Leicestershire, close to Derby The performance closed with a flyover by a couple of WW2 German aircraft. Also that day Lemmy was filmed giving his views on spoof metal act 'Bad News' for inclusion in a Peter Richardson Comic Strip film entitled 'More Bad News' since the band featuring Rik Mayall, Peter Richardson, Nigel Planer and Adrian Edmondson were also performing at Donington. Peter Richardson, born 15 October 1951 in Devon, is an English Actor, Comedian, director, and Richard Michael "Rik" Mayall (born 7 March, 1958) is an English Actor, Writer and Comedian. Nigel George Planer (born 22 February 1953 in London) is an English Actor, Novelist and Playwright. Adrian Charles "Ade" Edmondson (born 24 January 1957 is an English Actor, Comedian, director and Writer In September the band conducted their 'Orgasmatron' tour in Great Britain, supported by fledgling act Zodiac Midwarp and the Love Reaction. See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands In October they toured America and in December were in Germany. ^[7]

In 1987, during the filming of Eat the Rich — in which Lemmy was taking a starring role alongside well-known comedy actors such as Robbie Coltrane, Katherine Lucy Bridget Burke, the regulars from The Comic Strip ensemble, and various other musician cameo appearances^[18] — Gill left the band and Taylor returned to appear in the band's cameo as 'In House Club Band' alongside Würzel and Campbell. Eat the Rich is Peter Richardson 's 1987 British comedy from the team behind the popular television series The Comic Strip Presents Robbie Coltrane, OBE (born 30 March 1950) is a Scottish Actor, comedian and author The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians known for their Television series The Comic Strip Presents A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the Performing arts, such as The band wrote "Eat the Rich" especially for the film, its soundtrack featured tracks from Orgasmatron and Würzel's solo single "Bess". " Eat the Rich " is a song by the heavy metal band Motörhead. The band's second album for GWR was Rock 'n' Roll, released on 5 September, after a tight work schedule in the studio. The album Rock 'N' Roll is an album by English Heavy metal band Motörhead and the first appearance of their four-piece line up of While having some popular tracks and using "Eat the Rich" as its second track, the band commented that the album was virtually "nailed together". ^[8]

On 2 July 1988 Motörhead were recorded performing at the Giants of Rock Festival in Hämeenlinna, Finland. Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Hämeenlinna The tracks were released as No Sleep at All on October 15. A single from the album was planned with the band wanting "Traitor" as the A-side, but "Ace of Spades" was chosen instead. " Ace of Spades (live " is a 1988 7" vinyl release of the song by the heavy metal band Motörhead. When the band noticed the change, they refused to allow the single to be distributed to the shops, and it was withdrawn and became available only on the 'No Sleep at All' tour and through the Motörheadbangers fan club. The band again felt unhappy with their career, and a court case with GWR followed, which was not resolved until mid-1990. ^[8]

Los Angeles

With the court case resolved, the band signed to Epic/WTG and spent the last half of 1990 recording a new album and single in Los Angeles. Epic Records is an American Record label. It is owned and operated by Sony Music Entertainment. ^[8] Just prior to the album sessions the band's former manager, Doug Smith, released the recording of the band's tenth anniversary show, much against the bands wishes, having previously told him that they did not want it released, in 1986. In the studio they recorded four songs with the producer, Ed Stasium, before deciding he had to go. When Lemmy listened to one of the mixes of "Going to Brazil", he asked for him to turn up four tracks, and on doing so heard claves and tambourines that Stasium had added without their knowledge. Claves are a Percussion instrument ( Idiophone) consisting of a pair of short (about 20-30 cm thick dowels The tambourine or Marine is a Musical instrument of the percussion family consisting of a frame often of wood or plastic with pairs of small metal jingles Stasium was fired and Pete Solley was hired as producer. The story according to Stasium was that Lemmy's drug and alcohol intake had far exceeded the limitations of Stasium's patience so he quit. ^[19] The single "The One to Sing the Blues" issued on 5 January 1991, was followed by the album 1916 in February. " The One to Sing the Blues " is a song by the heavy metal band Motörhead, which Epic Records released in a number of formats 7"and 12" vinyl 1916 is an Album by Motörhead. It was released on February 26, 1991 on WTG Records. The single, which was issued in 7", cassette, shaped picture disc, 12" and CD single, reached #45 in the UK Singles Chart, the album reached #24 in the UK Album Charts. The overwhelming majority of records manufactured have been of certain sizes (7 10 or 12 inches playback speeds (33⅓ 45 or 78 RPM and appearance (round black discs ^[7]

The band conducted their 'It Serves You Right' tour of Britain in February, the 'Lights Out Over Europe' tour followed, lasting until early April, when the band returned to Britain to play another six venues. In June the band played five dates in Japan and five dates in Australia and New Zealand. Between July and August, they played across the US with Judas Priest and Alice Cooper on the 'Operation Rock 'n' Roll' tour. Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in 1970 in Birmingham. Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier; February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer songwriter and musician whose career spans five The band finished the year with six dates in Germany during December. ^[20]

On 28 March 1992 the band played what would turn out to be Taylor's last gig at Irvine Meadows, Irvine, California. ^[20] The band had been wanting Lemmy to get rid of their manager, Doug Banker, for some time and after an unsolicited visit from Todd Singerman, who insisted he should manage them despite never having managed a band before, the band met with Singerman and decided to take him on board, firing Banker. ^[21] In the midst of this, the band were recording an album at Music Grinder Studios, in the city's east part of Hollywood during the 1992 Los Angeles riots. The Los Angeles riots of 1992, also known as the Rodney King uprising or the Rodney King riots, were sparked on April 29, 1992 when a jury Three drummers participated in the making of the March ör Die album: Phil Taylor, who was fired because he did not learn the drum tracks on the song "I Ain't No Nice Guy"; Tommy Aldridge who recorded most of the material on the album; and Mikkey Dee, who recorded "Hellraiser", a song originally written by Lemmy for Ozzy Osbourne's No More Tears album. March ör Die is an Album by the British heavy metal band Motörhead. Tommy Aldridge (born on August 15, 1950, in Pearl, Mississippi) is a veteran heavy metal and Hard rock drummer who Michael Kiriakos Delaouglou, better known as Mikkey Dee (born 31 October 1963 in Gothenburg Sweden, is a half- Greek half- Swedish " Hellraiser " is a single by heavy metal band Motörhead, previously recorded in 1991 by Ozzy Osbourne for his album No More Tears No More Tears is an album by Ozzy Osbourne. It was released on September 17, 1991 and it was re-issued on August 22, The March ör Die album features guest appearances by Ozzy Osbourne and Slash. Saul Hudson (born 23 July 1965 more widely known by his stage name Slash, is an English - African American Guitarist best known as the former ^[7]

Hellraiser

Lemmy knew Mikkey Dee from having toured with King Diamond when Brian Robertson had been in Motörhead. King Diamond is the heavy metal band that King Diamond formed after the split up of his First Wave of Black metal band Mercyful Fate. He had asked him to join before, around the time that Pete Gill joined the band, but Dee was just joining Dokken and could not do it then. Dokken is an American heavy metal and Hard rock band that was formed in 1978 On this occasion, Dee was available and met the band to try out. Playing the song "Hellraiser" first, Lemmy thought "he was very good immediately. It was obvious that it was going to work. " After recording "Hellraiser" and "Hell on Earth" in the studio,^[22] Dee's first gig with Motörhead was on August 30 at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. The Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC is an Amphitheater in Saratoga Springs New York, which presents summer festivals of all kinds of music (including classical The new line-up then went on tour, playing dates with Ozzy Osbourne, Skew Siskin and Exodus. Exodus is an American Thrash metal band formed in 1980 in San Francisco, California by guitarist Gary Holt, current Metallica On 27 September, the band played at the Los Angeles Coliseum with Metallica and Guns N' Roses. The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a large outdoor sports Stadium in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles California at Exposition Metallica is an American heavy metal band that formed in 1981 in. Guns N' Roses is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985 The band toured Argentina and Brazil during October and conducted the 'Bombers and Eagles in '92' tour of Europe with Saxon throughout December. Saxon are an English heavy metal band formed in 1977 in Barnsley, Yorkshire. ^[20]

Motörhead played two dates at the Arena Obras Sanitarias in Buenos Aires in April 1993 and toured Europe from early June until early July, returning to the states to play one show at the New York Ritz on 14 August. Arena Obras Sanitarias is an Indoor arena in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is geographically located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern The Ritz was a New York City rock club in the 1980s History The Ritz was founded in 1980 by Jerry Brandt on 11th Street between Third and ^[20] A new producer was sought for the band's next album and eventually Howard Benson, who was to produce the band's next four albums, was chosen. Howard Benson (born in Havertown, Pennsylvania) is a Grammy nominated Music producer and Aerospace engineer. The band recorded at A & M Studios and Prime Time Studios in Hollywood and the resultant album, Bastards, was released on 29 November 1993. Bastards is the first studio album that Motörhead recorded with the short-lived Lemmy, Campbell, Würzel and Mikkey Dee Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The single "Don't Let Daddy Kiss Me" included the song "Born to Raise Hell" which also appeared on the album and would later be rerecorded and released as a single in its own right. " Don't Let Daddy Kiss Me " is a song by the heavy metal band Motörhead. " Born to Raise Hell " is a song by the heavy metal band Motörhead. Although Bastards received airtime, the record company, ZYX, would not pay for promotional copies, so the band sent out copies themselves. ^[23] A further tour of Europe was made throughout December that year. ^[20]

In February and March, 1994, Motörhead toured the US with Black Sabbath and Morbid Angel. Black Sabbath are an Morbid Angel is an American Death metal band based in Tampa Florida. In April the band resumed their tour of the States until early May, playing a gig with the Ramones on May 14 at the Estadio Velez in Buenos Aires,^[20] attracting a crowd of 50,000 people. The Ramones were an American rock band often regarded as the first Punk rock group The Estadio José Amalfitani is a stadium in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and is home of Vélez Sársfield from the Argentine First Division ^[24] The band toured Japan in late May and Europe in June, August and December. ^[20]

Sacrifice

The band's 1995 touring schedule began in Europe in late April. In June, they performed a second tour with Black Sabbath, this time with Tiamat,^[20] until the band succumbed to influenza and headed back to Los Angeles. Tiamat is a Metal band that formed in Stockholm Sweden in 1988 The band went to Cherokee Studios in Hollywood to record an album and during the sessions it became clear that Würzel was not extending himself and left the band after the recording. Cherokee Studios is a large Recording studio in Los Angeles California. ^[25] The title track from the album, Sacrifice, was later used in the movie Tromeo and Juliet, a film in which Lemmy appears as the narrator. A title track is a Song which shares its name with the album on which it appears Sacrifice is a 1995 album by British Heavy metal band Motörhead. Tromeo and Juliet is a 1996 independent transgressive Comedy film adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet The band decided to continue as a three-man line-up and a tour of Europe was performed throughout October and the first two days of November. A three day tour of South America followed the week after. Lemmy celebrated his 50th Birthday later that year with the band at the Whiskey A Go Go in Los Angeles, Metallica played at the event under the name "The Lemmy's". For a fire at the similarly named nightclub in Brisbane, Australia, see Whiskey Au Go Go fire. Metallica is an American heavy metal band that formed in 1981 in. ^[20]

In 1996 the band began touring the States in early January and played thirty venues up to February 15, a seven date tour of Europe in June and July was followed by two gigs in South America during August. A tour of USA with Dio and Speedball began with two shows in early October and concluded in Washington on December 4. Dio is an American heavy metal band led by Vocalist Ronnie James Dio, who formed it in 1982 after leaving Black Sabbath. ^[20] During this time the band had recorded their next album, Overnight Sensation, at Ocean Studio and Track House Recording Studio. Overnight Sensation is a 1996 album by the heavy metal band Motörhead. The album was released on 15 October, it was their first official album with the band as a three-piece since Another Perfect Day and the best distributed album the band had had for years. ^[26] The band concluded the year's touring with thirteen dates in Germany throughout the rest of December. ^[20]

During 1997, the band toured extensively, beginning with the first leg of the Overnight Sensation tour in Europe on January 12 at the London Astoria, where the guest musicians were Todd Campbell, Phil Campbell's son, on "Ace of Spades" and Fast Eddie Clarke for "Overkill". The London Astoria is a music venue at 157 Charing Cross Road in London, England. The European leg lasted until March and was followed by four dates in Japan from late May to June 1, and a USA tour with W.A.S.P. throughout the rest of June. WASP is an American heavy metal band formed in 1982 and emerged with the L In August, three dates in Europe were followed by seven dates in Britain, which ended with a show at the Brixton Academy on October 25, where the guest musician was Paul Inder, Lemmy's son, for "Ace of Spades". The Brixton Academy or Brixton is one of London 's leading music venues A further four dates in October concluded the year in Russia. ^[20]

Snake Bite Love

Lemmy recalled that the touring was going particularly well, with some countries like Argentina and Japan putting the band in larger venues, and the English promoters discovered "they could turn a nice profit with Motörhead shows. " In his opinion the three-piece line-up were performing excellently and it was high time they made another live record. ^[27] The band did eventually, but made another studio album first, Snake Bite Love, recorded in various studios and released on 10 March 1998. Snake Bite Love is an album by Motörhead released on March 10, 1998 and was distributed by BMG.

The band joined with Judas Priest at the Los Angeles Universal Amphitheatre on April 3, to begin their 'Snake Bite Love' tour. The Gibson Amphitheatre (formerly Universal Amphitheatre) is a Theatre located in Universal City California, USA. On May 21, Motörhead were recorded at The Docks in Hamburg. The tracks from this performance were later released as Everything Louder Than Everyone Else. Everything Louder than Everyone Else is the third live album by a heavy metal band Motörhead. The band were invited to join the Ozzfest Tour and played dates across the States during early July until early August and were in Europe from early October until late November. The British leg of the tour was dubbed the 'No Speak With Forked Tongue' tour and included support bands Groop Dogdrill, Radiator and Psycho Squad, which was fronted by Phil Campbell's son Todd. Groop Dogdrill were a Rock band formed in the early 1990s in the northern town of Doncaster, UK by Damien "Damo" Fowkes (bass Pete Spiby (vocals/guitar ^[20]

In 1999 Motörhead made a tour of the states between April 20 and June 2, before going to Karo Studios in Brackel, Germany to record their next album, We Are Motörhead, which was released in May the following year. We Are Motörhead is an album by the band Motörhead. It was released in 2000 and features a cover of the Sex Pistols song " During the time the album sessions took place, the band played at venues around Europe, the first of which was at Fila Forum in Assago, near Milan, where Metallica's James Hetfield joined the band on-stage to play "Overkill". Datch Forum di Assago (formerly known as Fila Forum, Forum di Assago; also known as DatchForum, Datchforum, Datch Forum) is an James Alan Hetfield (born August 3, 1963, in Downey California) is the main Songwriter, co-founder vocalist and Rhythm guitarist In October and early November, the band toured the states with Nashville Pussy. Nashville Pussy is a Grammy -nominated American Hard rock band from Atlanta, Georgia. Throughout the rest of November, the band conducted their European 'Monsters Of The Millennium' tour with Manowar, Dio and Lion's Share, ending the Millennium with two shows at the London Astoria. Manowar is an American heavy metal band from Auburn New York. The two shows were billed under the Kerrang! "X-Fest" banner and during the second show guest vocals were provided by Skin from Skunk Anansie and Nina C. Kerrang! is a weekly rock Magazine published by Bauer Consumer Media in the United Kingdom. Deborah Anne Dyer, better known by the Stage name Skin, (born 3 August 1967 Brixton, London) is a singer and occasional model Skunk Anansie were an English rock band whose members included Skin (Deborah Dyer Cass (Richard Lewis Ace (Martin Kent and Mark Richardson Alice from Skew Siskin for "Born to Raise Hell", and Ace from Skunk Anansie played "Overkill" with the band. ^[20]

25 & Alive

In May 2000, the release of We Are Motörhead and the single from it, "God Save the Queen", coincided with the start of the band's 'We Are Motörhead' tour across South and North America during May and June, with a further nine shows across in Europe in July. " God Save the Queen " is a cover of the Sex Pistols song " God Save the Queen " by the heavy metal band Motörhead. Shows in the USA and France were followed by the release of a double-disc compilation album, The Best Of, on September 12. The Best of Motörhead is a Compilation album released in 2000 by the British Heavy metal band Motörhead on the Sanctuary Four dates in Japan preceded the band's 25th Anniversary concert on October 22 at the Brixton Academy in London, where guest appearances were made by "Fast" Eddie Clarke, Brian May, Doro Pesch, Whitfield Crane, Ace, Paul Inder and Todd Campbell. Brian Harold May, CBE Doro Pesch (full name Dorothee Pesch born 3 June, 1964, Düsseldorf, Germany) is a female vocalist formerly of the German heavy William Whitfield Crane IV, (born January 19 1968, Palo Alto, California) was a founding member and the Lead singer of the Hard The show also featured the return of the Bomber-lighting rig. The event was filmed and released the following year as the 25 & Alive Boneshaker DVD, and the CD of the show, Live at Brixton Academy, was released two years after that. 25 & Alive Boneshaker is a live DVD featuring Motörhead 's 25th anniversary concert at Brixton Academy, on October 22 2000 For other albums with the same name see Live at Brixton Academy. ^[20] Lemmy states the reason for the DVD as wanting "to record it for the posterity or whatever it is. I nodded off through the tenth anniversary, we never did anything on the twentieth, so the twenty-fifth made sense. "^[10]

A tour of West and East Europe followed the anniversary concert, taking the band through October, November and December. ^[20] The schedule for the Eastern European tour was quite brutal, involving two eighteen-hour drives back-to-back and little time off, at the Warsaw venue the band did not arrive until eleven o'clock and the crew were still loading into the venue at one in the morning, while the fans waited. ^[28]

After taking a month off, the band began working on a new album at Chuck Reid's house in the Hollywood Hills. The Hollywood Hills, an unofficial designation of part of Los Angeles, California, United States, are part of the eastern section of the low transverse This album, Hammered, was released the following year. Hammered is a 2002 album by the English heavy metal band Motörhead. On 1 April 2001 the band gave a one song performance for Triple H's entrance at WrestleMania X-Seven at the Reliant Astrodome in Houston. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Paul Michael Levesque better known by his Ring name Triple H, an abbreviation of his former ring name Hunter Hearst Helmsley WrestleMania X-Seven was the seventeenth annual WrestleMania Professional wrestling Pay-per-view produced by the World Wrestling Federation For the aeronautical use see Astrodome (aviation Reliant Astrodome, also known as the Houston Astrodome or simply the Astrodome The second leg of the 'We Are Motorhead' tour began in May in Ireland, moving across to the United Kingdom. In Manchester, the band were supported by Goldblade, and by Pure Rubbish at the two London shows. ' Goldblade are a punk rock band from Manchester UK The band formed in early 1995 when ex Membranes frontman John Robb put the band together with Wayne Simmons and former A Witness vocalist Pure Rubbish were a Rock band from Houston, Texas from late 1995 to April 2003 The second London show also included Backyard Babies and Paul Inder, who was guest musician for "Killed By Death". Backyard Babies are a Hard rock / Punk rock band from Nässjö, Sweden. Between June and August, Motörhead played at a number of rock festivals in Europe; including as the Graspop Metal Meeting in Belgium, the Quart Festival in Norway, and the Wacken Open Air on August 4, where four songs were recorded for the 25 & Alive Boneshaker DVD. Graspop Metal Meeting is a metal festival in Dessel, Belgium that has taken place each year since 1996 The Quart Festival was an annual popular music festival that took place in Kristiansand, Norway in the beginning of July Wacken Open Air (WOA is a popular German music festival focusing on various forms of Extreme metal and Heavy metal. The band returned to the States for a seven show tour between late September and early October. ^[20]

In April 2002 a DVD of some of Motörhead's performances from the '70s and '80s along with some stock footage of the band was released as The Best of Motörhead. Best of Motörhead is a compilation DVD featuring Motörhead footage from live concerts with some additional stock footage of the band Two weeks earlier, the Hammered album was released and supported by the 'Hammered' tour, which kicked off in the States at around the same time. The USA dates continued until late May, and a European leg followed between June and August. In October, the band played five dates in Great Britain with Anthrax, Skew Siskin and Psycho Squad. Anthrax is a New York City -based heavy metal band that released its first full-length album in 1984 The final venue was the Wembley Arena in London, where instead of Psycho Squad, the band were supported by Hawkwind, with Lemmy performing "Silver Machine" on stage with them. Throughout the rest of October and better part of November, the band were on a European tour with Anthrax. ^[20]

In April and May 2003, the band continued to promote the Hammered album in the States, and on the three dates Phil Campbell had to miss, his mother having died, Todd Youth stood in for him. Todd Schofield (born 15 May 1971) more commonly known by the stage name Todd Youth, is a Punk rock and hardcore musician Between late May and mid-July the band played seven dates at Summer Festivals in Europe and from late-July until the end of August, they were touring the USA with Iron Maiden and Dio. For other uses see Iron maiden. On October 7 a comprehensive five-disc collection of the band's recordings covering 1975–2002 was released as Stone Deaf Forever!. Stone Deaf Forever!, released in 2003 is the first fully comprehensive box set collection covering Motörhead 's entire career from 1975-2002 and is the first On 1 September 2003, the band returned to Hollywood's Whisky A Go-Go club for the Hollywood Rock Walk Of Fame Induction. During October, the band performed a tour of Great Britain with The Wildhearts and Young Heart Attack. The Wildhearts are a rock group from Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The band performed seven shows across Belgium, Holland and Spain between October 21 and October 28 and from late-November until early-December they were in Germany and Switzerland, touring with Skew Siskin and Mustasch. Mustasch is a Heavy metal band formed in fall 1998 by Ralf Gyllenhammar Hannes Hansson Mats Hansson and Mats Johansson on the Mustasch farm on the island Orust On 9 December, the previously recorded Live at Brixton Academy album was released. ^[20]

On 22 February 2004 Motörhead performed an invitation only concert at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London; at Summer Festivals in South America during May; and also Europe during June, July and August. Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " WikipediaWikiProject Opera --> The Royal Opera House is an Opera house and major performing Covent Garden (Pronunciation kɒvʌnt is a district in London, England, located on the easternmost parts of the City of Westminster and the southwest The band had already spent time in the recording studio, working on their next album, Inferno, which was released on June 22 and was followed by the 'Inferno' tour of Ireland with Class Of Zero for three dates, before being joined by Sepultura and taking it to Great Britain. Inferno is a 2004 album by Motörhead. It features some heavy tracks (like "Terminal Show" and "In the Name of Tragedy" but also some rock'n'roll Sepultura ( Portuguese: Grave) are a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, formed in 1984 ^[29] Some of the London show at the Hammersmith Apollo was filmed for TV as Gene Simmons introduced the extra opening act, The Class – a band made up of school children appearing in his Channel 4 series, Rock School – and Wurzel joined as guest musician for "Overkill". Gene Simmons (born Chaim Witz (pronounced Haium on August 25, 1949) is an Israeli -born American Hard rock Bass The term opening act (in British English supporting act) usually refers to any Entertainer who performs at a concert before the featured (or Headline) For the documentary about an actual school of rock music see Rock School (film. The band continued the tour with Sepultura across Europe through the rest of November and December. At the show in Magdeburg, Germany on 4 December Motörhead joined Sepultura on stage during their support slot playing the song "Orgasmatron", in celebration of Sepultura's 20th Anniversary. Magdeburg ( Low Saxon: Meideborg ˈmaˑɪdebɔɐx the Capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany The show on December 7 at the Philipshalle in Düsseldorf was recorded and later released as the Stage Fright DVD. Düsseldorf (ˈdʏsəldɔɐf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Stage Fright is a 2005 DVD by the British heavy metal band Motörhead. ^[20]

Grammy Award

Motörhead picked up their first Grammy in the awards of 2005 in the Best Metal Performance category for their cover of Metallica's "Whiplash" on Metallic Attack: Metallica - The Ultimate Tribute. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences The 47th Grammy Awards were held on February 13, 2005 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance has been awarded since 1989. Metallica is an American heavy metal band that formed in 1981 in. " Whiplash " is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica. Metallic Attack Metallica - The Ultimate Tribute is a Tribute album to Thrash metal band Metallica. ^[30] From March until early May, the band toured the USA, and in June and August were on the '30th Anniversary' tour in Europe. ^[20] On 22 August, the band were the subject of an hour-long documentary entitled Live Fast, Die Old which was aired on Channel 4 as part of The Other Side series of documentaries, filmed by new and established directors. Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began ^[31][32] On 20 September, a compilation album containing the band's appearances on BBC Radio 1 and a concert recording from Paris Theatre, London was released as BBC Live & In-Session. In October, the band toured Europe with Mondo Generator before returning to Great Britain to tour with In Flames and Girlschool in October and November. Mondo Generator (sometimes known as Nick Oliveri And The Mondo Generator) is an American metal/punk hybrid band founded in 1997 by Nick Oliveri In Flames is a Death metal band formed in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1990 and is considered to be a pioneer and major influence to the melodic death metal genre During the show at the Brixton Academy on November 19, Lemmy joined Girlschool on stage to play "Please Don't Touch". Motörhead finished the year's tours in December, with two gigs in New Zealand and five in Australia with Mötley Crüe. Mötley Crüe ( IPA pronunciation: /'mɒtliː ^[20]

In 2006, the band performed a four date House Of Blues tour in the States in March with Meldrum and from June until early August playing at European open-air festivals with some indoor headlining shows. House of Blues (HOB is a corporate chain of music halls and restaurants founded in 1992 by Hard Rock Cafe founder Isaac Tigrett and his friend and investor Dan Meldrum is a multi-national Heavy Metal band formed by ex- Phantom Blue guitarist Michelle Meldrum. On October 28, the band performed at The Rock Freakers Ball in Kansas City before heading off to tour Great Britain with Clutch and Crucified Barbara. A clutch is a mechanism for transmitting rotation which can be engaged and disengaged Crucified Barbara are a Swedish all-female band formed in Stockholm in 1998 While that tour was still going, their next album, Kiss of Death, was released on 29 August via Sanctuary Records, a video was made for the song "Be My Baby". Kiss of Death is the title of the 18th studio album by Heavy metal band Motörhead, released on August 29 2006 via Sanctuary Records Sanctuary Records is a Record label based in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. The tour ended with a gig on 25 November at the Brixton Academy, where Phil Campbell was guest guitarist for "Killed By Death" played during Crucified Barbara's support set. A further twelve shows in Europe with Meldrum took them through the end of November to early-December, the first two shows also featuring Skew Siskin. Meldrum is a multi-national Heavy Metal band formed by ex- Phantom Blue guitarist Michelle Meldrum. ^[20] In November, the band agreed a sponsorship deal with the Greenbank B under-10s football team from North Hykeham, Lincoln, putting the band's name as well as Snaggletooth on the team's shirts. North Hykeham is a technically a town immediately south of Lincoln, in the County of Lincolnshire, England. Lincoln (ˈlɪŋkən is a Cathedral city and County town of Lincolnshire, England. The under-10s also run out to the "Ace of Spades" song. The deal was made due to Lemmy knowing Gary Weight, the team's manager, from years before. Weight "sent an email off to them and they came back and said it was a great idea" and hopes the deal will draw inspired performances from his team. ^[33] In June 2007, Motörhead played a gig at the Royal Festival Hall as part of Jarvis Cocker's Meltdown. Royal Festival Hall is a concert dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London, England. Jarvis Branson Cocker (born 19 September 1963 is an English musician best known for fronting the band Pulp. Meltdown is an annual English festival held in London, featuring a mix of music art performance and film

In February, 2008, it was announced on the band's website that Motorhead have convened in Los Angeles, California, to begin work on their next studio album. They entered Dave Grohl's studio in March to begin tracking the drums for the new album, indicating that all songs are written and ready to be recorded. David Eric Grohl (born January 14 1969 is an American rock musician Singer and Songwriter. In an interview on the band's official site, Lemmy confirmed that the new album will not feature artwork from Joe Petagno, the artist who designed many of their classic album covers.

It has also been announced that Motorhead will be taking part in the Metal Masters Tour, alongside Judas Priest, Heaven and Hell and Testament. The Metal Masters Tour was an American and Canadian Concert tour featuring Judas Priest, Motörhead, Heaven and Hell Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in 1970 in Birmingham.

Style

Though the band are typically classified as heavy metal or speed metal, when Lemmy was asked if he has a problem with Motörhead being called a metal band, he replied: "I do because I come from way before Metal. I’m playing Rock n’ Roll and I think Rock n’ Roll should be sacred – it is to me. I don’t see why it should not be for everybody else. "^[3]

In a biography of the band, senior editor for All Music Guide, Stephen Erlewine, wrote: "Motörhead's overwhelmingly loud and fast style of heavy metal was one of the most groundbreaking styles the genre had to offer in the late '70s. allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Stephen Thomas Erlewine (1973? is senior editor for Allmusic. " and though "Motörhead wasn't punk rock. . . they were the first metal band to harness that energy and, in the process, they created speed metal and thrash metal. "^[34] Whether they created these genres might be subject to debate, but Motörhead were unquestionably influential.

Lemmy has stated that he generally feels more kinship with punk rockers than with metal bands: Motörhead had gigs with fellow Brits The Damned, with whom he played bass with on a handful of late '70s gigs,^[35] as well as having penned the song "R. The Damned are an English band formed in London in 1976 notable for being the first Punk rock band from England to release a single (" New Rose " an A. M. O. N. E. S. " as a tribute to The Ramones. The Ramones were an American rock band often regarded as the first Punk rock group Motörhead, Lemmy states, have more in common aesthetically with the Damned than Black Sabbath, and nothing whatsoever in common with Judas Priest. Black Sabbath are an Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in 1970 in Birmingham. Lemmy says he feels little kinship with the speed metal bands Motörhead have inspired:

They've just got the wrong bit. They think that being fast and loud is the whole thing and it isn't. The guitar solos are not really difficult for a guitar player, it's just playing scales. To feel a solo and bend into it & I mean Hendrix is the best guitarist you've ever seen in your life. And he learned from people like Buddy Guy, Lightnin' Hopkins and people like that inspired Hendrix. George "Buddy" Guy (born July 30, 1936) is a five-time Grammy Award-winning American Blues and rock Guitarist Sam "Lightnin’" Hopkins ( March 15 1912 — January 30 1982 Houston's poet -in-residence for 35 years Hopkins To be influenced by something, you're gonna have to play it the same. ^[36]

Of the genre debate itself Lemmy is more forthright, when Joel McIver spoke to him for an interview published in the January 2000 edition of Record Collector, he asked him if he thought some people get confused between hard rock and soft metal and all the other categories, Lemmy replied "Cunt metal? Spunk metal? Left-handed metal? Right-handed metal? Upwardly-mobile metal? This term "heavy metal" is only rock'n'roll anyway, because metal bands are the logical successors to Eddie Cochran and Buddy Holly". Joel McIver (born 1971 is a British author His best-known book to date is the bestselling Justice For All The Truth About Metallica, published in 2004 Record Collector is the United Kingdom 's longest-running monthly music magazine Raymond Edward "Eddie" Cochran ( October 3, 1938 He took music lessons in school but quit the band to play drums Charles Hardin "Buddy" Holley (September 7 1936 – February 3 1959 was an American Singer-songwriter and a pioneer of Rock and roll. ^[37]

The NME stated that their brief solos were just long enough ". The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a Popular music Magazine in the United Kingdom which has been . . to open another bottle of beer", while a 1977 Stereo Review commented that "[t]hey know they're like animals, and they don't want to appear any other way. Stereo Review was a Magazine first published in 1958 by Ziff-Davis with the title HiFi and Music Review. In view of the many ugly frogs in heavy metal who think they are God's gift to womankind these Quasimodos even seem charming in their own way". ^[38] Motörhead's approach has not changed drastically over the band's career, though this is a deliberate choice: erstwhile Motörhead drummer Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor said that rock icons like Chuck Berry and Little Richard never drastically altered their style, and, like them, Motörhead preferred to play what they enjoyed and did best. Phil Taylor, better known as "Philthy Animal" Taylor, was the Drummer in the British Heavy Metal band, Motörhead Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (born October 18 1926 in St Rev Richard Wayne Penniman (born December 5 1932 better known by the Stage name Little Richard, is an American Singer, Songwriter ^[39] This fondness for the first decade of rock and roll (mid-1950s to mid-1960s) is also reflected in some of Motörhead's occasional cover songs from that era.

Motörhead's lyrics typically cover such topics as war, good versus evil, abuse of power, promiscuous sex, substance abuse, and "life on the road" — the latter is portrayed in songs like "(We Are) The Road Crew", "Iron Horse/Born to Lose", and "Keep Us on the Road".

Supporters

Motörheadbangers

During the 1979 'Bomber' tour of Great Britain, the band met with writer Alan Burridge who then produced the first 'Motorhead Magazine'. Alan Burridge (7th May 1951 -) is the official biographer of the heavy rock band Motörhead. Around the same time, drummer Philthy "Animal" Taylor's sister, Helen Taylor, had started the Motörheadbangers fan club. Burridge and Taylor worked together to print the latest news for Motörhead fans, the first fanzine was published in January 1980. The Motörheadbangers fanzine is printed three times a year, and has 3,000 subscribers. ^[40] Paul Hadwen, who had worked on the 'cartoon' style of the early Motorheadbangers fanzines with Chris Harris during Helen Taylor's leadership, and also drew the 'comic strip' art included with the 'Another Perfect Day' album, died at his home in Leeds in late July, 2007, aged 50.

World Wrestling Entertainment

Motörhead are well-known in the professional wrestling community for performing popular wrestler Triple H's entrance music, "The Game", from Christmas 2000. Paul Michael Levesque better known by his Ring name Triple H, an abbreviation of his former ring name Hunter Hearst Helmsley In addition to the track being heard on numerous occasions on WWE RAW and at other pay-per-view wrestling shows, the band have performed the song live at two WrestleMania events, WrestleMania X-Seven and WrestleMania 21. This article is about the television program You may be looking for the 1994 video game or the 2002 video game WWE Raw is This article is about the WrestleMania PPV series in general for the first WrestleMania itself see WrestleMania (1985. WrestleMania X-Seven was the seventeenth annual WrestleMania Professional wrestling Pay-per-view produced by the World Wrestling Federation WrestleMania 21 was the twenty-first annual WrestleMania Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment They also provided the entrance music for Triple H's (now defunct) faction "Evolution" titled "Line in the Sand". Evolution was a Professional wrestling heel stable on World Wrestling Entertainment 's Raw brand consisting of "The Game" was released on both the American version of Hammered album and WWF The Music Volume 5, and the Evolution theme song was released on the WWE ThemeAddict album. Hammered is a 2002 album by the English heavy metal band Motörhead. WWF The Music Vol 5 is a Compilation album released by the World Wrestling Federation in 2001 WWE ThemeAddict The Music Vol 6 is a Compilation album released by World Wrestling Entertainment in 2004 Since then, Motörhead have performed a new track titled "King of Kings", emphasizing Triple H's new "King of Kings" character, which made its debut at WrestleMania 22. WrestleMania 22 was the twenty-second annual WrestleMania Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment "King of Kings" is also featured on the WWE Wreckless Intent compilation album. WWE Wreckless Intent is a compilation Album released by WWE on May 23, 2006. "The Game" and "Line In The Sand" are also featured on the RAW 15th Anniversary compilation CD.

Triple H confessed on his 2002 DVD release The Game that he has been a lifelong Motörhead fan, and that it was a huge honour to have Motörhead play him down the ring at WrestleMania X-Seven. WrestleMania X-Seven was the seventeenth annual WrestleMania Professional wrestling Pay-per-view produced by the World Wrestling Federation Furthermore, on the extras section of the WrestleMania 21 DVD Release, there is a segment that features Triple H hanging out in the lockeroom area with Motörhead who perform an acoustic version of "The Game", without vocals. WrestleMania 21 was the twenty-first annual WrestleMania Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment Also in segments and video shots that feature Triple H outside of the ring (usually segments in the gym) he is often wearing Motörhead merchandise—most commonly t-shirts. Triple H previously sported a handlebar moustache/ beard, which was often said to be in homage to Lemmy.

Tribute bands

UK tribute band Motörheadache was formed in May 2003 and embarked on its first "Beyond the Threshold of Pain" tour of the UK from August of that year. A tribute act is a Music group, Singer, or Musician who specifically plays the music of a well-known music act often one which has disbanded or ceased Based in Sheffield,^[41][42] the band features original members Rob (Lemmy) and Nigel Plant (more Phil Campbell than 'Fast Eddie') and has had many different drummers. During the course of their career they have been joined onstage by 'Fast' Eddie Clarke and supported Girlschool.

Other Motörhead tribute bands include "We're Not Motörhead" from Portsmouth,^[41][43] "Ace Of Spades" from Varberg, Sweden,^[41] "Motorkill" from the Midlands, United Kingdom,^[41] "Motorheat" of Belgium, "Bombers" from Norway, featuring Abbath (Immortal),^[44] "Lemmy's Wärt",^[45] "Mauro Tolot Kilmister" and the "Reptiles" from Italy,^[46] "Motorheads" from Moscow, Russia,^[47] "Motörhead Tribute" formed by UCLA and USC students out of the Los Angeles area, "Overhead" from Norway,^[48] and "Elderhead" from New York City. Olve Eikemo (born 1973 Bergen, Norway) better known by his stage name Abbath Doom Occulta, is a Norwegian Composer, vocalist Immortal is a pioneering Black metal band from Bergen, Norway. ^[49]

Tribute albums

Motörhead have been the subject of several tribute albums, markedly in the years since 1999. A tribute album is a recorded collection of Cover versions of songs or instrumental compositions Genres range from hardcore punk^[50] and rock,^[51] to black and death metal and industrial. Hardcore punk (now usually referred to as simply hardcore) is a subgenre of Punk rock that originated in North America in the late 1970s Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It often employs fast tempos shrieked vocals highly distorted guitars played with Tremolo picking, Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs fast tempos heavily distorted guitars deep growling vocals morbid lyrics Industrial music is a loose term for a number of different styles of Experimental music, especially but not necessarily Electronic music. ^[52][53]

• Built for Speed: A Motorhead Tribute: 1999, Victory Records, various (hardcore, punk) artists. ^[50]
• A Motorhead Tribute: 2000, Pink Honey Records, various (?rock?) artists. ^[51]
• Tribute to Motorhead: 2006, Crimson Mask, various (black/death metal) artists. ^[52]
• Dead Forever: Tribute to Motörhead: 1999, Dwell, various (death metal and industrial artists)^[53]
• Killed By Death: 1997, MAKE 'EM DEAF FOREVER - A TRIBUTE TO THE LOUDEST BAND IN THE WORLD - MOTORHEAD. ^[54]
• Homenaje a Motörhead: Spanish release, 2005, El Diablo. ^[55]
• Remember Me Now. . . I'm Motörhead: 2005, Scatboy Records, USA. ^[56]
• Motörmorphösis – A Tribute to Motörhead Part 1 2001, Remedy Records. ^[57]
• Saint Valentine's Day Massacre - Tribute to Motorhead: 2005, Bad Reputation Records. ^[58]
• Strength to Endure – A Tribute to Ramones and Motorhead by Rioygun and Bullet Treatment: 2002, Basement Records. ^[57]
• Sheep In Wolves' Clothing 2008, features contributions from The Deviants with Philthy Animal Tayor and Girlschool with Fast Eddie Clarke. Girlschool are a long-running British all-female Heavy metal band originating out of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal scene ^[59]

Cover art

The band's name is usually printed in a lowercase form of blackletter, the umlaut over the ö is possibly derived from the similar "Heavy metal umlaut" in the name of their 1975 acquaintances Blue Öyster Cult. Blackletter, also known as Gothic script or Gothic minuscule, was a script used throughout Western Europe from approximately 1150 Diaeresis or trema See also Diaeresis History Historically the diaeresis mark or trema is far older than the umlaut mark O-Umlaut The glyph O with Umlaut appears in the German alphabet. The heavy metal umlaut is the gratuitous or decorative use of an umlaut over letters in the name of a heavy metal band such as Blue Öyster Cult is an American rock band formed in New York in 1967 and still active in 2008 However, this umlaut does not alter the pronunciation of the band's name. When asked if Germans pronounced the band "Motuuuurhead", Lemmy answered "No, they don't. I only put it in there to look mean". ^[60]

Snaggletooth, full name Snaggletooth B. Motörhead, (and erroneously called Warpig by many merchandise vendors), is the fanged face that serves as the symbol of Motörhead. Artist Joe Petagno created it in 1977 for the cover of the band's debut album, having met Lemmy while doing some work with Hawkwind. Joe Petagno (born January 1, 1948 -) is an Artist known principally for creating images used on heavy metal album covers for ^[61] Petagno stated;

The inspiration came from just being a naturally pissed off bastard! And Lemmy's the same way! So it was bound to be an alchemal wedding of a more "primordial nature". I did a lot of research on skull types and found a x-breed gorilla-wolf-dog combination would work nicely with some oversized boars horns. Lemmy added Helmet, chains, spit, spikes and grit. ^[61]

Eddie Clarke was less sure about the imagery to begin with:

I shuddered when I saw it the first time. I thought, "Blimey, this ain't gonna go down that well", because it was just way over the top, then. But I grew to love it. . . [At first] it was not scary or horrifying, it would've been, in those days, deemed bad taste. ^[62]

It has remained a symbol of Motörhead throughout the years, with Petagno creating many variations of Snaggletooth for the covers of ensuing albums. To date, only two of the original covers for Motörhead's 19 studio albums do not feature any variation of Snaggletooth on the cover: On Parole and Overnight Sensation, of which On Parole was re-released with a black snaggletooth on a white background. Phil is wearing a Snaggletooth badge on the cover of Ace of Spades. Ace of Spades is the fourth Album by the British Heavy metal band Motörhead. The cover of 'Iron Fist' depicts a metal gauntlet wearing four skull-shaped rings, one of which is Snaggletooth, while the rear of the album-sleeve shows a fully detailed 3-D metal sculpture of the symbol. Originally the Snaggletooth design included a swastika on one of the helmet's spikes. This was painted out on later re-releases of the albums on CD.

Discography

Motörhead lineups

1975 Lineup #1	Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister - bass, lead vocals Larry Wallis - guitar, vocals Lucas Fox - drums
1975 Lineup #2	Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister - bass, lead vocals Larry Wallis - guitar, vocals Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor - drums
1976 Lineup #3	Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister - bass, lead vocals Larry Wallis - guitar "Fast" Eddie Clarke - guitar Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor - drums
1976-1982 Lineup #4	Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister - bass, lead vocals "Fast" Eddie Clarke - guitar, vocals Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor - drums
1982-1983 Lineup #5	Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister - bass, lead vocals Brian "Robbo" Robertson - guitar Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor - drums
1984 Line-up #6	Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister - bass, lead vocals Phil Campbell - guitar Michael "Würzel" Burston - guitar Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor - drums
1984-1987 Lineup #7	Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister - bass, lead vocals Phil Campbell - guitar Michael "Würzel" Burston - guitar Pete Gill - drums
1987-1992 Lineup #8	Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister - bass, lead vocals Phil Campbell - guitar Michael "Würzel" Burston - guitar Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor - drums
1992 Lineup #9	Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister - bass, lead vocals Phil Campbell - guitar Michael "Würzel" Burston - guitar Tommy Aldridge - drums
1992-1995 Lineup #10	Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister - bass, lead vocals Phil Campbell - guitar Michael "Würzel" Burston - guitar Mikkey Dee - drums
1995-present Lineup #11	Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister - bass, lead vocals Phil Campbell - guitar Mikkey Dee - drums

For more details on this topic, see Motörhead discography. Lemmy (born Ian Fraser Kilmister, December 24 1945) also known as Lemmy Kilmister, Ian Willis or Lemmy von Motörhead The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the Larry Wallis is a Guitarist, Songwriter and producer. He is best known as a member of the Pink Fairies and an early member of Motörhead An electric guitar is a type of Guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current which is made louder Lucas Fox is a drummer who was a member of British heavy metal band Motörhead and London Punk rockers Warsaw Pakt A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells Phil Taylor, better known as "Philthy Animal" Taylor, was the Drummer in the British Heavy Metal band, Motörhead Edward Clarke (born 5 October 1950, Twickenham, London) better known as "Fast" Eddie Clarke, is a Guitarist Brian "Robbo" Robertson was born on February 12 1956 in Clarkston, Renfrewshire (now part of East Renfrewshire Philip Anthony Campbell, born on May 7, 1961 in Pontypridd, Wales, is the Lead guitarist of the British heavy Michael Burston (born October 23, 1949) commonly known by the Stage name Würzel, is an English musician. Pete Gill (born 9 June 1951 Peter Gill) is a Heavy metal drummer formerly a member of The Glitter Band, Saxon and Motörhead. Tommy Aldridge (born on August 15, 1950, in Pearl, Mississippi) is a veteran heavy metal and Hard rock drummer who Michael Kiriakos Delaouglou, better known as Mikkey Dee (born 31 October 1963 in Gothenburg Sweden, is a half- Greek half- Swedish The discography of the British Heavy metal band Motörhead is complicated and large this list mainly represents the "core" albums as defined by the band themselves

This is a summary of original Motörhead recordings that have been made available on general release.

Year	Title	UK chart	Label	Line-up #
1977	Motörhead	43	Chiswick	#4
1979	Overkill	24	Bronze	#4
1979	Bomber	12	Bronze	#4
1979	On Parole		United Artists	#1/#2
1980	Ace of Spades	4	Bronze	#4
1981	No Sleep 'til Hammersmith	1	Bronze	#4
1982	Iron Fist	6	Bronze	#4
1983	Another Perfect Day	20	Bronze	#5
1984	No Remorse	14	Bronze	#4/#5/#7
1986	Orgasmatron	21	GWR	#7
1987	Rock 'n' Roll	24	GWR	#8
1988	No Sleep at All		GWR	#8
1991	1916	24	WTG	#8
1992	March ör Die	60	WTG	#8/#9/#10
1993	Bastards		ZYX	#10
1995	Sacrifice		CMC	#10
1996	Overnight Sensation		CMC	#11
1998	Snake Bite Love		CMC	#11
1999	Everything Louder Than Everyone Else		SPV	#11
2000	We Are Motörhead		CMC	#11
2000	The Best Of		Metal-Is/Sanctuary	#11
2002	Hammered		Steamhammer/SPV	#11
2003	Live at Brixton Academy		Steamhammer/SPV	#11
2004	Inferno	95	Steamhammer/SPV	#11
2005	BBC Live & In-Session		Sanctuary	#4/#7
2006	Kiss of Death	45	Steamhammer/SPV	#11
2007	Better Motörhead than Dead: Live at Hammersmith		Steamhammer/SPV	#11
2008	Motörizer		Steamhammer/SPV	#11

Filmography

• 1982 UndeRage: performing "Ace of Spades" — Contemporary Films Ltd
• 1985 Phenomena also known as Creepers: performing "Locomotive" — Genesis Home Video
• 1986 Zombie Nightmare: performing "Ace of Spades" — New World Pictures. Motörhead is the debut album by the British Heavy metal band Motörhead. Chiswick Records was a British record company. Chiswick was the "first true ' indie ' label" to be established in Britain for nearly a decade" Overkill is the second album released by Motörhead, in 1979 and their first for Bronze Records Bronze Records is an independent English Record label set up in 1971 by Record producer Gerry Bron, and based in Chalk Farm, Bomber was the third Motörhead album to be released (although the fourth to be recorded - see On Parole) On Parole is the debut recording made by English Heavy metal band Motörhead in 1975 but only released in 1979 after the band had risen This article is about the film studio Previously it was affiliated with a cinema chain bearing its name now owned by Regal Entertainment Group. Ace of Spades is the fourth Album by the British Heavy metal band Motörhead. No Sleep ’til Hammersmith is the first Live album by the English Heavy metal band Motörhead. Iron Fist is the fifth Album by the British Heavy metal band Motörhead. Another Perfect Day is the sixth album by the British heavy metal band Motörhead. No Remorse is a 1984 Compilation album by Motörhead covering their years under contract with Bronze Records, and with four newly recorded Orgasmatron is an album by a Heavy metal band Motörhead, released in 1986 GWR Records was a Record label active in the UK from 1986 through to 1991. The album Rock 'N' Roll is an album by English Heavy metal band Motörhead and the first appearance of their four-piece line up of Nö Sleep at All is the second official live album by Heavy metal band Motörhead, following 1981's No Sleep 'til Hammersmith 1916 is an Album by Motörhead. It was released on February 26, 1991 on WTG Records. March ör Die is an Album by the British heavy metal band Motörhead. Epic Records is an American Record label. It is owned and operated by Sony Music Entertainment. Bastards is the first studio album that Motörhead recorded with the short-lived Lemmy, Campbell, Würzel and Mikkey Dee Sacrifice is a 1995 album by British Heavy metal band Motörhead. Overnight Sensation is a 1996 album by the heavy metal band Motörhead. Snake Bite Love is an album by Motörhead released on March 10, 1998 and was distributed by BMG. Everything Louder than Everyone Else is the third live album by a heavy metal band Motörhead. SPV GmbH is an independent German Record label founded in 1984 as a German distributor of Roadrunner Records. We Are Motörhead is an album by the band Motörhead. It was released in 2000 and features a cover of the Sex Pistols song " The Best of Motörhead is a Compilation album released in 2000 by the British Heavy metal band Motörhead on the Sanctuary Sanctuary Records is a Record label based in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. Hammered is a 2002 album by the English heavy metal band Motörhead. For other albums with the same name see Live at Brixton Academy. Inferno is a 2004 album by Motörhead. It features some heavy tracks (like "Terminal Show" and "In the Name of Tragedy" but also some rock'n'roll Kiss of Death is the title of the 18th studio album by Heavy metal band Motörhead, released on August 29 2006 via Sanctuary Records Better Motörhead than Dead Live at Hammersmith is the title of Motörhead 's latest live album " Ace of Spades " is a song by the English heavy metal band Motörhead, released in 1980 as a single and the title track to the album Ace of Spades Phenomena is a 1985 Italian Horror film directed by Dario Argento. Zombie Nightmare New World Communications was an independent motion picture and television production company and later Television station owner in the United States from the
• 1988 The Decline of Western Civilization Part II, The Metal Years: performing "Cradle to the Grave" — RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video
• 1988 Eat the Rich: performing "Nothing up My Sleeve", "Built for Speed", "Orgasmatron", "Doctor Rock", "On the Road", "Eat the Rich" and "Bess" — New Line Home Entertainment. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is the Home video distribution arm of Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation. Eat the Rich is Peter Richardson 's 1987 British comedy from the team behind the popular television series The Comic Strip Presents " Eat the Rich " is a song by the heavy metal band Motörhead. Halfway through shooting, the idea of gradually replacing the members of the ballroom band with Motörhead was hit upon. At first there are no Motörhead personnel, then Phil Campbell appears, followed by Würzel and Phil Taylor. The scene involving Lemmy riding a motorcycle is played by female stunt double as Lemmy was on tour with Motörhead in America at the time the scene had to be shot
• 1992 Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth: performing "Hellraiser" and "Hell on Earth". A stunt double is a type of Body double, specifically a skilled replacement used for dangerous film or video sequences, in Movies and Television Hellraiser III Hell on Earth is a film released September 11 1992, directed by Anthony Hickox. " Hellraiser " is a song written by Ozzy Osbourne, his guitarist Zakk Wylde, and Lemmy, the frontman of heavy metal band Motörhead "Born to Raise Hell" was recorded in the same session, to play over the end credits, although it did not appear on the film's original soundtrack album — Directed by Anthony Hickox
• 1994 Airheads: performing "Born to Raise Hell" — 20th Century Fox Distribution
• 1990 Hardware: In his role, Lemmy plays "Ace of Spades" on the riverboat taxi's hi-fi — HBO Home Video
• 1996 Tromeo and Juliet: performing "Sacrifice" — Troma Team
• 1996 The Boy's Club: A-pix Entertainment
• 1997 Grosse Pointe Blank: performing "Ace of Spades" — Hollywood Pictures Home Video
• 1997 Wishmaster: also known as Wes Craven's Wishmaster: performing "Listen to the Heart" — directed by Robert Kurtzman
• 1998 Whatever: performing "The Chase Is Better Than The Catch" — Sony Pictures Classics/Columbia TriStar Home Video
• 1998 Bride of Chucky : performing Love For Sale — Universal Pictures
• 1998 Urban Legend : performing Deaf Forever — Sony Pictures
• 1999 Mrs. " Born to Raise Hell " is a song by the heavy metal band Motörhead. Closing credits, inside a Motion picture or Television program come at the end of a movie or show and list all the cast and crew involved in the production A soundtrack album is any Album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular Feature film. Airheads is a Comedy Film released on August 5, 1994. It was written by Rich Wilkes and directed by Michael Lehmann. Hardware ( 1990) also known as MARK 13 is a Post-apocalyptic Science fiction film directed by Richard Stanley Tromeo and Juliet is a 1996 independent transgressive Comedy film adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet Troma is a Film production and distribution company founded by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz in 1974 Grosse Pointe Blank is a 1997 American Comedy movie directed by George Armitage, and starring John Cusack and Minnie Hollywood Pictures is one of The Walt Disney Company 's several alternate movie divisions Wishmaster is a 1997 Horror film about a djinn who is released from a jewel and seeks to capture the soul of the woman who discovered him thereby Robert Kurtzman (born November 25, 1964) is an American Film director, producer, Screenwriter, and Special effects creator }} Columbia Pictures Industries Inc is an American Film production and distribution company TriStar Pictures Inc (spelled Tri-Star until 1991 is a film subsidiary of Columbia Pictures, itself a subdivision of the Columbia TriStar Motion Bride of Chucky (also known as Child's Play 4 Bride of Chucky or BOC) is a 1998 horror - Romantic comedy Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American Urban Legend is a 1998 Horror film starring Alicia Witt, Jared Leto, Rebecca Gayheart, Robert Englund, " Deaf Forever " is a song by the heavy metal band Motörhead. Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc ( SPE) is the television and Film production/distribution unit of Japanese Media conglomerate Sony Death: performing "Born to Raise Hell" — directed by Jack Williams
• 2002 Ash Wednesday: performing "Shoot 'em Down" — directed by Edward Burns
• 2004 The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie: performing "You Better Swim" — United International Pictures based on their previously released song "You Better Run". Ash Wednesday is a 2002 drama film starring Edward Burns, Elijah Wood, and Rosario Dawson. This article is about the actor-director born in 1968 for other people with the same name see Edward Burns (disambiguation. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie is a 2004 Feature film based on Nickelodeon 's TV series SpongeBob SquarePants. United International Pictures (or UIP; now known as Paramount Pictures International) is a Joint venture of Paramount Pictures (owned by The words were changed to being about fishes avoiding hooks, sharks, and killer whales. ^[63]
• 2005 Metal: A Headbanger's Journey: performing "Ace of Spades" — Seville Pictures/Warner Home Video
• 2006 Free Jimmy: performing "Ace of Spades" — directed by Christopher Nielsen
• 2006 Starter For 10: performing "Ace of Spades" — Picturehouse (awaiting release)
• 2007 Smokin' Aces: performing "Ace of Spades" — Universal Pictures Distribution
• 2007 Life on the Road With Mr. Metal A Headbanger's Journey is a 2005 documentary directed by Sam Dunn with Scot McFadyen and Jessica Wise Warner Home Video is the Home video unit of Warner Bros Entertainment Inc Free Jimmy ( No: Slipp Jimmy fri) is a Norwegian film released in 2006. Christopher Nielsen (born April 20, 1963) is a Norwegian Comics artist Smokin' Aces is a 2007 Action film, written and directed by Joe Carnahan, set in Lake Tahoe, and primarily shot at MontBleu Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American and Mrs. Brown: — La Vie En Rose (post-production)
• 2007 Shoot 'Em Up : performing "Ace of Spades" — New Line Cinema

Notes

Further reading

• Lemmy, White Line Fever. Lemmy (born Ian Fraser Kilmister, December 24 1945) also known as Lemmy Kilmister, Ian Willis or Lemmy von Motörhead White Line Fever is the autobiography of Lemmy, the founder of Motörhead. Simon & Schuster (2002). ISBN 0-684-85868-1
• Harry Shaw, Lemmy. . . In his own words. Omnibus Press 2002. ISBN 0-7119-9109-X

External links

• Motörhead official website
• Motörhead official forum

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