Anyone who says "dud" should be ripped apart by famished hyaenas.
Soooo true then. Soooooo true now.
― Alex in NYC, Thursday, 28 February 2008 23:28 (sixteen years ago) link
alex in nyc otm
― deej, Thursday, 28 February 2008 23:28 (sixteen years ago) link
i don't much go for metal, but i love those two records (and have the reissue versions)
― bb, Thursday, 28 February 2008 23:29 (sixteen years ago) link
lemmy is the only bass player that makes playing full voiced chords through the whole song fucking ROCK.
― chaki, Thursday, 28 February 2008 23:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Anyone else heard Motörizer yet? I haven't listened to anything since 1916, which was a long, long time ago. In other words, I don't know if they were still this great the whole time, but it's amazing how much 2008 Motörhead is every bit as kickass as 1978 Motörhead.
Which of the late-period albums are worth looking for?
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 26 July 2008 06:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Inferno is as solid a Motorhead album as there's been since Orgasmatron.
I quite like Sacrifice too, and the last one Kiss of Death was good fun.
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 26 July 2008 08:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Hammered is another good one.
― Colonel Poo, Saturday, 26 July 2008 10:56 (fifteen years ago) link
I hate that this is going to sound like snark, because I honestly love the shit out of Motorhead, but here goes... you can tell the difference between albums?
― kenan, Saturday, 26 July 2008 10:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Heh, it's a fair point, but some of them just don't seem to grab me that much - I don't really like much of Bastards or We Are Motorhead (which I think was one of those "stunning return to form" records at the time, but I never got into it).
― Colonel Poo, Saturday, 26 July 2008 11:03 (fifteen years ago) link
I have "Motorhead," "Bomber," "Overkill," "Ace of Spades," "Orgasmatron," "1916," and the "No Remorse" comp, and it's no big heresy to put 'em all on shuffle. Sez me.
― kenan, Saturday, 26 July 2008 11:04 (fifteen years ago) link
>you can tell the difference between albums?
This is actually a fair question. Motörhead albums don't tend to stick in my head; individual songs do, and sometimes it's hard to remember which album a particular favorite song is on. They're a rock 'n' roll band, and they structure their albums in the old-school "hits 'n' filler" way: They open strong, plod along a bit, pick up momentum around the midpoint (where you'd switch sides in vinyl days) and rocket to the end. So I'll rarely listen to a whole album - I'll listen to the good songs off each one.
Another thing: The current lineup is the best lineup. They've been together for over 15 years now (Phil Campbell's been in the band 24 years!), and they're tight enough and comfortable enough with each other that they can experiment and make it work. The so-called "classic" lineup would never have had the guts or ability to write or record songs like "I Don't Believe A Word," "I Am The Sword," "Don't Let Daddy Kiss Me," "1916," or any of a dozen or more other "hey, that doesn't sound like Motörhead!" tracks they've put out since the early '90s.
― unperson, Saturday, 26 July 2008 17:25 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm seeing them in two weeks at PNC in NJ. It's gonna be my eight-year-old nephew's first concert. Can't wait.
― unperson, Saturday, 26 July 2008 17:26 (fifteen years ago) link
I wasn't actually aware Motorhead had a new album out until this thread got revived, and hey presto it appears in my blog reader a couple of hours later ;)
― Colonel Poo, Saturday, 26 July 2008 18:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Thanks all. I might just do some random cherrypicking of recent albums and see what happens.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 26 July 2008 19:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Another thing: The current lineup is the best lineup. They've been together for over 15 years now (Phil Campbell's been in the band 24 years!), and they're tight enough and comfortable enough with each other that they can experiment and make it work.
Completely agree. And they sound massive live as well.
you can tell the difference between albums?
I can definitely tell the difference between every album up to, say, 1916, that's for sure. Sonically, pretty much each of those records are actually quite distinctly different.
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 26 July 2008 20:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Surely Lemmy is allowed to smoke on stage? FFS. Riot. Anarchy. tear the walls down etc
― Fer Ark, Saturday, 26 July 2008 21:57 (fifteen years ago) link
A couple of tours ago they only played two songs from their normal 'greatest hits' setlist, the rest was all taken from their 85-00 albums. Fucking awesome that was, all sounded like bonafide classics. Really made me reassess those albums. The fact that they can pull this off where every other 30+ year old classic rock band would be booed off if they didn't deliver the hits.
― Siegbran, Sunday, 27 July 2008 19:09 (fifteen years ago) link
I picked this up while record shopping Friday - http://www.rock-n-roll-action-figures.com/lolekimoacfi.html - I want it to come to life and do my bidding.
I can't wait for the documentary to come out! http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0501437/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg0mjnFkeqw
Lemmy is SO cool.
― BlackIronPrison, Sunday, 27 July 2008 19:34 (fifteen years ago) link
I wish I could find more of those reissues around here, it doesn't even seem like Amazon has them. I picked up the Ace of Spades and Another Perfect Day ones, but I'm hungry for more.
Meanwhile I've been working my way backwards through the recent albums - Motorizer, Kiss of Death, Inferno, and Hammered. And yeah, I've pretty much discovered that each of them has anywhere between 3-6 songs I absolutely love - and a lot of interchangeable filler.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 11 November 2008 22:36 (fifteen years ago) link
I still listen to Hammered a fair bit - it's a good one, except for that poem at the end, which is totally shit but still good somehow. Highlights on that album are the two songs where he's appreciating two sexy women - Dr Love and and Mine All Mine (?). I love Lemmy when he's giving appreciative props to hot biker chicks - clearly the viagra is working.
The newer Motorhead albums are slower, fatter and warmer, to my ears. The songs are as good as ever, and there is the odd surprise - the band will experiment from time to time with multitracked vocals, pitchshifting, death metalriffs, psychedelic guitar solos, etc.
Another band I think is worth getting back into is Venom - once again, solid, fat riffs, no huge surprises, a smattering of small surprises.
― moley, Tuesday, 11 November 2008 22:50 (fifteen years ago) link
LOVE ME LIKE A REPTILE
― max, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 01:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Anybody buy the stupidly overpriced deluxe editions of the early albums? I looked at 'em but couldn't justify it.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 02:11 (fifteen years ago) link
no, i'm pretty much with max
― get drunk and do legos (contenderizer), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 03:17 (fifteen years ago) link
get 'em used. Another Perfect Day Deluxe has a great show on the second disc.
― System Jr. (Mackro Mackro), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 03:17 (fifteen years ago) link
gah! fuckin motorheadsaw the lemmy interview in that 'metal: a headbanger's journey' documentary and he talks about the name motorhead being some character from a comic or something?? google not helping here
― Meteor Crater (jdchurchill), Thursday, 14 January 2010 00:13 (fourteen years ago) link
I thought it was a slang term for someone on a speed binge. Which is what he wrote the song about. And eventually named the band after the song.
― everything, Thursday, 14 January 2010 00:15 (fourteen years ago) link
ah he mumbles something about a comic character . . .
― Meteor Crater (jdchurchill), Thursday, 14 January 2010 00:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Another thing: The current lineup is the best lineup. They've been together for over 15 years now (Phil Campbell's been in the band 24 years!), and they're tight enough and comfortable enough with each other that they can experiment and make it work. The so-called "classic" lineup would never have had the guts or ability to write or record songs like "I Don't Believe A Word," "I Am The Sword," "Don't Let Daddy Kiss Me," "1916," or any of a dozen or more other "hey, that doesn't sound like Motörhead!" tracks they've put out since the early '90s
I'd kinda like to hear a Motorhead (Not Motorhead) comp.
― Disco Stfu (Raw Patrick), Thursday, 14 January 2010 00:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Reading the Hawkwind bio - their relationship with Lemmy is hilarious. 'He always had to be right about everything'. How's the new(ish) album Motorizer?
― moley, Thursday, 14 January 2010 08:02 (fourteen years ago) link
How's the new(ish) album Motorizer?
I can't compare it to recent albums, because I still haven't heard all of them, but it holds its own again the first few. I'd recommend.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 14 January 2010 08:04 (fourteen years ago) link
It charted in the UK apparently. That must be nice for an old Lemster.
― moley, Thursday, 14 January 2010 08:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Motorizer rocks. Definitely one of the best of their recent albums.
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 14 January 2010 10:05 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, that album's a lot of fun. Actually their last three have been above average...the band's been on a nice little roll as of late.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 14 January 2010 10:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Hopefully this ends up on Youtube or something.
>> news archive motörhead news in german 03/03/2010Gimme Lemmy! SXSW Interview Wed. March 17Celebrating the world premiere of the film LEMMY at SXSW, Motorhead's bass-playing frontman sits down for a chat. The living embodiment of rock and roll, Lemmy played with Hawkwind, spent time in Jimi Hendrix's road crew, and formed Motorhead in 1975. For decades, Motorhead has rocked audiences worldwide with maximum volume and no frills. Lemmy's take-no-prisoners approach to rock inspires countless musicians to this day.
The SXSW Interview with Lemmy takes place on Wednesday March 17 at 5:00pm in Room 18ABC of the Austin Convention Center. Share an hour with a truly influential artist. Noted writer and lifelong metalhead Phil Freeman will ask the questions. Music and Platinum Badges are invited, as well as allShowcasing Artist wristbands. Don't miss this ass-kicking event!
― earlnash, Saturday, 6 March 2010 02:21 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm sure it'll wind up being recorded and probably streamed on the SXSW site, or something like that. Plus, I'll have my own flip camera and record some personal footage that I'll upload myself. (I'm Phil Freeman, for anyone who doesn't know.)
― neither good nor bad, just a kid like you (unperson), Saturday, 6 March 2010 02:42 (fourteen years ago) link
I knew you posted around here from the Miles Davis threads and I figured their might be some ILM people that would want to know.
I've been on a huge Motorhead kick for the past six months or so and if I was in Austin, I would definitely check it out. Lemmy is a trip, I read his autobio a month or so ago. I'd love to read a book with just Lemmy talking about rock records. Lemmy is just one of those guys that has the long view of the whole thing.
Have fun.
― earlnash, Saturday, 6 March 2010 02:48 (fourteen years ago) link
"ah he mumbles something about a comic character . . ."
that's a comic character he hallucinated after a massive speed binge.
― charlie h, Friday, 21 January 2011 08:21 (thirteen years ago) link
My favorite Motorhead disc is "Orgasmatron." It sounds like no other Motorhead album, has a line-up that purists don't give a lot of stock to, but the songs and sound of it all that still allow Lemmy's attitude to shine through is awesome.
― NYCNative, Friday, 21 January 2011 08:30 (thirteen years ago) link
RIP Würzel
― brian da facepalma (NickB), Sunday, 10 July 2011 17:54 (twelve years ago) link
Aww RIP.
― Phill Nilbog (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 11 July 2011 04:56 (twelve years ago) link
Good obituary, he sounded like a nice guy. RIP.
― Neil S, Monday, 11 July 2011 08:16 (twelve years ago) link
Motorhead: Don't buy our new box setBy Ed Payne, CNN
Call it "Overkill" if you must, but the iron-fisted metal band Motörhead doesn't want its fans to buy their extravagant new 15-disc box set that comes out Tuesday.
Why?
At over $600, it's too expensive.
"Unfortunately greed once again rears its yapping head," said frontman Lemmy Kilmister. "I would advise against it even for the most rabid completists!"
Housed in a Motörhead-style skull with red light-up eyes, the package includes the eight early albums -- from the self-titled debut to "No Remorse" -- plus the band's early singles, along with some posters and a photo book.
"Motörhead have no control over what's done with these early songs, and don't want fans to think that the band is involved in putting out such a costly box set," the band said.
The price for the "Complete Early Years Box Set" is similar to The Beatles 2009 Japanese remastered box set, which included 16 discs and a DVD, according the website most-expensive.net. The U.S. version can be purchased these days for less than $200.
ABBA's nine CD box set went for about $500.
But are fans willing to slap down six big bills for set?
In the forum on the band's official website, the limited reaction was negative.
"No way, there's nothing new in that box, not even one new song," said a fan, who goes by the handle MotorLaw. "For serious collectors only."
At least one fan seemed tired of the new spin on the old albums.
"Except for the nice packaging it's just a re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-release!" said Juggernaut.
If its fans aren't spending money on the new box set, what would Motörhead have them do instead?
The band does have a new album and DVD out -- "The Wörld Is Yours" and "The Wörld Is Ours - Vol 1 - Everywhere Further Than Everyplace Else." Both were released late last year.
CNN
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 22:36 (twelve years ago) link
What label is putting this out anyway?
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
― Siegbran, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 23:27 (twelve years ago) link
Rumors flying like crazy because of this
http://www.noise11.com/news/motorhead-drop-off-german-festival-because-of-ailing-lemmy-20130804
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 4 August 2013 05:05 (ten years ago) link
Lemmy is in my short list of people that need to live forever.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Sunday, 4 August 2013 05:09 (ten years ago) link
This picture says it all.
http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/Lemmy+is+God.+Who+likes+short+shorts_2119ee_3881421.jpg
― earlnash, Thursday, 12 September 2013 21:54 (ten years ago) link
http://31.media.tumblr.com/37e7773686c0bc847a046cc35eb0e881/tumblr_muj2gqTJc11sui0b1o1_1280.jpg
― how's life, Friday, 25 October 2013 22:49 (ten years ago) link
anyone heard the new album?
― lorde willin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 26 October 2013 01:41 (ten years ago) link
yeah, it's great
― pervilege as a meme (contenderizer), Saturday, 26 October 2013 02:36 (ten years ago) link
Yes was just thinking of the count in 2016.
― Dog Heavy Manners (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 28 December 2020 19:44 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDWJYYBkl8A ass for spayeds was cool!
― xzanfar, Monday, 28 December 2020 19:54 (three years ago) link
WIll depend on Rollins tolerance but this long tribute podcast is really good: https://www.henryrollins.com/podcasts/2018/8/29/henry-heidi-podcast-lemmy
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Monday, 28 December 2020 19:56 (three years ago) link
I still have the flyer for their scheduled Feb 2016 show (with Saxon & Girlschool!) on my refrigerator door.
― Siegbran, Tuesday, 29 December 2020 08:11 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy6NcxDdDWo
On Leno in 1992. I love Lemmy goes over to the house band and gives Branford something before his short interview with Jay.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 13 September 2022 02:25 (one year ago) link
I forgot that the quartet lineup lasted almost a decade.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 13 September 2022 02:33 (one year ago) link