Conference napalm::heavy_metal

    
    Motorhead has been around for a long time. They were the first thrash
    band from the 70's. I have just about everything they ever made. I met
    them in person when Robbo Robertson was playing lead after Fast Eddie
    Clarke left the band. This band defines the phrase Heavy Duty. 
    
    Albums:
    
    Motorhead
    On Parole
    What's Words Worth?
    Motorhead: The Golden Years
    Overkill
    Bomber
    Ace Of Spades
    No Sleep Till Hammersmith
    Iron Fist
    Another Perfect Day
    No Remorse
    Orgasmatron
    Rock and Roll
    No Sleep At All
    
    
    Their best albums are Bomber,Ace of Spades,Iron Fist,No Remorse,and
    Orgasmatron.
    
    
    
                                    DEEBS

    Oh! Are they still going on???? I had a LP of Iron Fist. Yes, must be 
    the first thrash metal I think.
    
    Kaz.

Are they still around??? You bet!!!!

Just about any of their back catalogue is worth getting hold of. IMO the ones
to look out for are Overkill, Bomber, Ace of Spades, No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith
(that's a live one), Another Perfect Day, and Orgasmatron.

For our UK listeners, Castle Communications have a number of the 'Heads's out
on a budget price. "No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith" is 3.99 on vinyl (around 6
quid on CD), "Bomber" and "Ace of Spades" are available as a Two For The Price
Of One deal and will set you back around 6.50 for vinyl and 10 quid for CD.
"Overkill" and "Another Perfect Day" are available in a similar package.

All these prices are in pounds sterling.

Motorhead are the band who I reckon invented thrash. In fact, as I type this 
I'm listening to "The Hammer" from "Ace of Spades". Recorded in 1980 it runs
like a rocket sled on greased rails (about 250 beats a minute).

They have been way ahead of their time, have been really messed around by 
record companies over the years. Yet they have produced some of the best
music, are incredible live (and VERY loud), and help new bands get an airing.

As you may have guessed, we're taling about one of my favourites. No nonsense,
raw, Rock'n'roll. (IMO)

Keef.

	They've relocated to LA.


	kath

    
    They haven't relocated to LA.  Thay are merely using a studio in the LA
    area to record their latest album.
    
    Flip

    
    
    	I saw an interview with them on the MTV news and I got the
    impression they had moved to LA.  Maybe MTV messed up the facts.
    
    
    Paul

    
    	>I saw an interview with them on the MTV news and I got the
        >impression they had moved to LA.  Maybe MTV messed up the facts.
    
    	Maybe they're just extremely talented at doing impressions?
    
    	8^)
    							GTI
    

    
>    They haven't relocated to LA.  Thay are merely using a studio in the LA
>    area to record their latest album.


	That's not what they said on their interview on Entertainment
	Tonight (or was it the Today show.....one of those two).

	They basically said (paraphrased) that it didn't really matter
	where they played their music from and where they called home.
	That they wanted a change of scenery and LA was it, they liked
	it and they were going to stay.  And they wanted to know why
	everyone was making such a big deal out of it.


	That's just what they said in the interview....

	kath

    
    I just picked up Motorhead's latest album called "1916". The material
    is great but the sound is terrible. They changed record labels and this
    might be he cause. Here is a list of some of the tunes:
    
    You'll be the one to sing the blues (Excellent)
    I'm So Bad Baby/I Don't care (Wailing)
    Voices in the sky (Excellent)
    Nightmare/The Dreamtime (Great. Very erie)
    Going to Brazil (Funny. Typical Motorhead)
    1916 (This is very different for Motorhead. Very little instrumental
          help. Sad song about World War one.)
    Make My day ("Roll over and make my day")
    Shut You Down (Good)
    Angel City (Storys about L.A. Cali)
    Love me Forever (Huh?)
    
    A great Album but the sound could be clearer. Orgasmatron was very
    clear and I would say it was Motorhead's best effort since Fast Eddie
    Clark left the band to form FastWay. I think I like 1916 better than
    Rock n Roll,though.
    
    
    
    
                                  DEEBS
    
     

I second DEEBS' opinion about "1916". I'm not a Motorhead fan but 1916 is an
excellent rocker. I even like the sound (on headphones it sounds clear). These
guys deliver real punch at very high speed and still let place for melody.
Favourite songs for me are: "The one to sing the blues", "1916", the love ballad
(yes it's a good one) and well ... I like it all. Very fine and fast guitar
solos. Well recommended ! (even if you don't like usual Motorhead).

Sorin

    
    	Anyone know why their U.S. tour was canceled?
    
    	- Jim

>    	Anyone know why their U.S. tour was canceled?

They cancelled their club tour, and instead are going out with the Operation 
Rock and Roll tour (w/Priest, Alice Cooper, etc.).

alan

    Last time I saw the Coop,MotorHead opened for them.
    I guess they got along.
    
            Crazy_The_gig_was_many_years_ago+Al

    
    
    	Motorhead, well Lemmy and their guitar player, were on Letterman
    Thursday night.  They played a Chuck Berry tune with "The World's Most 
    Dangerous Band".
    
    	When the show came back from commercial (after playing the song) Dave
    shook his finger at Lemmy et al. and said, "That was nice boys but if you 
    ever do that again we're going to have to close the teen center."  8^)
    
    	Dave rules!!
    
    
    Paul

    
    Yep, I caught that.  They are so terrible it's a joke :').
    
    

They were on CNBC the other night.  This station typically does stock market
news and such.  They were defending Heavy Metal music and doing a reasonable
job.  The news commentator was like a fish out of water on the subject...


Notable quote

Lemmy "I've lost 200-300 friends to Heroin".

    
    	They'll be the featured "artist of the week" next week on 'MBR (88.1)
    	in Cambridge during the morning shows "Breakfast of Champions" and
    	"Late Risers Club" which run from about 8-11 a.m. if you're in the
    	area and care!
    
    	- Jim

I just got an advance copy of a new Motorhead video - its a full-length live
video (75 minutes long), taped at a show in Germany. Interspersed with the
songs are short interviews with the four current members of the band.

I watched about half of it last night, and it was GREAT!!!! The band was real
tight, and the sound (Hi-Fi VCR through my stereo) was awesome! Can't wait
to watch the rest of it tonight!

alan

    
    	Some of you might find the the pre-Motorhead history interesting
    	as written in note #267 in UK_MUSIC.  It's worth a look just for 
    	the Chilli Willi and Red Hot Peppers reference!
    
    	- Jim

    
    Motorhead - No Sleep at All gets released on July 21.

    The drummer has left the band....
    
              Frizkid
    

    Phil "filthy animal" Clarke.........or something like that!
    
    
                                                Staynz

    
    Fast Eddie's brother? 8-)

    No Sleep at all,
    
      Quite a classy album, a good version of Dr Rock :)
    
    MArk

	I love the variance of the earlier title.

The following is taken from the latest (June 1992) edition of Metal Hammer
which sheds a little more light on the Philthy situation, and on the band's
situation in general.

Reproduced without permission.

"Motorhead are going through the strange process of recording their new
album without Philthy 'Animal' Taylor who, of course, has been their
skinsman since 1977 (apart from a three-year gap, '84 to '87, when
Saxon's Pete Gill took over). Many reasons and excuses have been bandied
about over Phil's departure, but the real story goes thus: The rest of the
band were groing more and more concerned about Phil's 'substance abuse', 
which was beginning to affect his memory. Said Lemmy: 'Phil was beginning
to forget songs - he couldn't remember his drum parts. We decided it would
be best if he left, for his own sake apart from anything else.'

Meanwhile the follow up to '1916' is being recorded with the help of
drummers Tommy Aldridge and ex-Dokken Mikkey Dee (who's now replaced
Vinnie Appice in World War III). Slash of Guns N' Roses has also 
contributed to one track on the album.

The general word on Motorhead is that they badly need the money from the
album - Phil Campbell has already lost his house, and Lemmy didn't receive
'what was expected' from his co-writing contributions to Ozzy's last
album. All they have to do is tour the UK..."

    >>tour the UK
    
    yep its been nealy 18months since they last toured......too long.
    
    Mark

    Motorhead has a mid-July release for March or Die.
    Mickey Dee has replaced Phil Taylor on drums and Slash plays on two
    tracks titled "You Better Run",Ain't No Nice Guy".
    
               Friz
    

    Anyone else heard the cover Motorhead has done of Ted Nugent's "Cat
    Scratch Fever"?  
    
    It's ok, but doesn't hold a candle to the original IMVHO.
    
    gh

    Heard it on Saturday... Not bad, but I can't take Lemmy's voice on
    that song!  It's cool that someone finally did a cover of it (unless
    I've missed the others).. It's a really cool song! 8^)
    
    Chad
    

    Yeah, I agree.  Lemmy's voice just doesn't do it for me on there
    either.  And the guitar solo seemed too long and totally directionless.
    
    gh

So who caught Motorhead on Jay Leno last night?  The did 2 songs.  One was
Hellraiser (off of Ozzy's new disk?  WTF?)  and another song I didn't
recognize, but I don't have their new disk.  

I thought they were pretty good on the second song.  Jay made a point of
telling people there were earplugs under the seats.

Branford Marsalis won $5 by getting them on the show.  Apparently he's a
big fan of theirs.

Tim

    
    Yeah, I saw it.  I thought it was funny.  The toonz were q00l,
    but Lemmy's voice sounded (as usual) as if his vocal cords
    were stretched out across a cheese grater.  All in all, I liked it.
    I never thought I'd see a hardcore metal band on the Tonight
    Show.
    
    Hilarious quote o' the week:
    
      Jay:  "Lemmy, what kind of a name is 'Lemmy'?"
    
      Lemmy:  "It's a stupid name.  What kind of name is 'Jay'?"
    
    -- 
    Kevin
         

    > Branford Marsalis won $5 by getting them on the show.  Apparently he's a
    > big fan of theirs.
    
    This, I thought, was a riot.
    
    Branford had seen Lemmy 'n da boyz at a local club and bet Lemmy
    $5 that he could get them on the show.
    
    I was rollin'!
    
    -- 
    Kevin
         

The second song they played was "Going To Brazil", my favorite song of theirs
off the '1916' album....

alan

    I only saw the first song, thought the sound system sucked hard,
     liked the song but was not impressed with Lemmy's voice; kinda 
     sounded like a cross between Joe Cocker and Dillon, but was impressed
     that someone like Motorhead could get on The Tonight Show.....
    
     Leno must be getting desperate to compete with Arsenio for the younger
      crowd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    
                Rat

    
    
    re: .33
    
    >one was hellraiser (off ozzy's new disc? WTF?)....
    
    tim... lemmy co-wrote that song with ozzy and it also appears on 
    motorheads new album 'march or die'.....
    
    /brian

    Was the hair-farmer pretty boy MICKEY D there playing drums?????
    
      Friz
    

    Yes he was at least I'm assuming we're talking about the same 
     
      flamer with 20 lbs. of hair on him, not to impressed with him either!
    
    
                      Rat

Motorhead were due to go on a UK this month. But I hear rumour it's
been cancelled except for Hammy-O gig, which itself has been rescheduled
for December 23rd.

Do any of you have any info on why the tour has been canned?

One very P***** **F Motorhead fan.

Keef.

    I saw a video of Moterhead doing Hellraiser...I supose Lemmy and Ozzy
    wrote thisd together because it on both of their albums.
    I guess Ozzy ruined the Moterhead version for me because I was laughing
    my arse off at the video. Lemmy INHALES after you haer Ozzy sing it!
    
          Friz
    

I guess Lemmy wrote 4 or 5 of the songs on No More Tears with Ozzy.  I
checked after Brian pointed that out.  I can't imagine Mot�rhead doing Time
After Time though.

Tim

    re: Mike
    
    I heard their cover of Cat Scratch Fever on the radio awhile back. It's
    pretty cool, but not real innovative.  Seemed like they stuck to the
    original song pretty close.  All in all much better then I expected.
    
    gh

I've just been listening to the new album, and I rate it as AVERAGE. It's
not dreadful (like Iron Fist), nor is it that good. But, it should enable
them to pay the rent for a while.

IMO: There seem to be a lot of left over riffs from 1916. Cat 
     Scratch Fever is a passable version, but I, too, prefer the original.
     Hellraiser sounds OK, but I can't compare it with the Ozzy version
     ('cos I aint heard it). There is, however, a lovely "blues" track
     with a bass solo in it. As ever, the lyrics are excellent.

But what happened to the tour? What is this year's excuse???

Keef.

    Mickey D had to do his hair?  That could take until the next album...
    
     I still can't believe they let that poseur in the band...they must
    REALLY be hurtin'.
    
     Friz
    

Cross-posted from UK_MUSIC (with permission, of course):

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ARRODS::OHAGANB "Man in the Corner Shop"             13 lines   4-NOV-1992 15:24
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    There was I, stumbling round the Computer Games department of the
    Virgin Megastore and what catches my eye? Why, Motorhead the computer
    game of course! Your task is to guide an animated (surely not?)
    Lemmy through his toughest assignment yet or so the spiel on the
    back cover goes. Having had his band and road crew kidnapped (!!??) 
    Lemmy sets out on this adventure having only "beer cans and whisky 
    bottles" (should'nt that be Vodka?) as weapons. The whole thing comes 
    complete with a suitable soundtrack which is no doubt guaranteed to 
    frighten your grandmother and melt your PC. 
    
    barry.

    Ha ha! that sounds like a riot!
    
    I wonder if it's going to be on CD-rom....
    

    Haha!!!  Too funny!
    
    Kinda like that LAME-O Journey video game from the early-mid 80's.  I
    loved getting Steve Perry killed off 'cause of the way he went down on
    his knees and got this extremely funny expression on his face!!!  What
    a riot!!  I wasted megabux in that stupid machine just so I could get
    him killed!
    
    gh

    
    Ha ha!!!  Imagine if the low scores you'd get if they made an
    Xxx Xxxxxx game!!!
    
    They should develop a Guns & Roses game where you try to see how much
    trouble you can get Axl in before he gets arrested!!!
    
    :')
    
    

    There ya go Ken, you could like have him throwing various forms of
    tantrums on stage and see how big a riot it could cause.  
    
    You could also have a section where he has to avoid the security
    guards to try and punch out the fan!  YEAH!  I can just SEE it!!
    
    gh

    re-1 I'd buy it....Good idea!  If you lose you have to listen to 
    Axl's note at the end of "Don't you cry"...8)
    
     Friz
    

    Brrrrrrrr!

    I find the concept of a G_&_R Game Fasinatin..
    
    Lose points for each Hour you make the crowd wait..
    Score Points for each Cuss word Spewed..
    Score if you can throw the Mike_Stand/Krutch threw the Slash's Head..
    Double_Scorin if you can Strain yer V_Chords ALL_Nite..
    Triple_Down_Score if you Can't perform for the next Few_Nites..
    Score if you can say"Shanna_Na_Na_Na_Na_NEEEEEEE..5 times fast With_Out
    Gettin Tongue_Tied...
    Score if you can get Busted in New_York and leave Minutes later,Laughin
    in a Limo..
    Loose BIG points for bustin on Gays....
    Score BIG Points for Rubbin Yer_Self A Ragin_Hard_On_With_Tights_On
    in front of Thousands of People......YAYAYYA
    
        Crazy_I_Still_Love_These_Rebels_Al
    

    
    
    	aahhhhh.... this is the kind of humor i need this late in the 
    	day... keeps me going.....  ha ha ha... thump!
    
    	/brian 
    
    	

    reply to Forgot his name (Philty Phil)
    
    get with it man!!!
    

    
    
    We love you from the bottom of our pond...
    
    (Lemmy)

    Ace of spades is being used for a UK commercial for a wonderous meal
    called Pot shi...eh,noodle.The advert itself is very bizarre but very
    watchable!!
    
    
                                           staynz

	PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The grizzled English band Motorhead can be
compared to an old children's toy: Like the Weeble, the quartet
wobbles, but it doesn't fall down.
	Despite a 1991 Grammy nomination for the album ``1916,'' and
after years of failed record label deals, bad management, bad
distribution and just plain bad luck, things still aren't looking
up for Motorhead.
	They signed a 12-month contract with the German dance music
label ZYX, which produced their current album, ``Bastards,'' but
the record is not available in most stores here or in Canada.
	When that contract expires, Motorhead has no idea what's going
to happen, as the label has refused to sign them for a second
album.
	But all the upheavals in a nearly 20-year career have left the
band more defiant than ever, even though guitarist Phil Campbell
calls them ``the loudest band in the world with the worst luck in
the world.''
	``We can't do anything else -- what would we do?'' Campbell, 32,
said. ``Music is what we understand. ... Until somebody offers us
something better, we plan on doing it.''
	Campbell and his guitarist partner, Wurzel (who was born Michael
Burston), talked about the band's various misfortunes in a
backstage interview prior to opening for Black Sabbath.
	With cigarettes in one hand and cups of beer in the other, the
two make an interesting foil. Campbell is the extrovert, clad in
sweat pants and purple high-top sneakers with a matching bandanna
around his head. In the middle of the interview, he broke into a
series of off-color jokes, told in his heavy Welsh accent.
	Wurzel, 45, in black T-shirt and jeans, is a bit more shy. He
speaks deliberately, with a broad grin and a good dash of
self-deprecation.
	``We enjoy playing music,'' Wurzel said. ``I suppose that's why
we put the band together in the first place. ... You don't put a
band together thinking, `I'm going to make a million dollars,'
although it'd be very nice.''
	Wurzel and Campbell say they're not sure whether they'll write
for another album, but Wurzel says some measure of success would
boost their confidence.
	``I think that if we had a real big-selling album, it'd get rid
of a lot of nagging doubts in the back of all our minds of one
aspect or another,'' he said.
	Even though the business end of their career has been agonizing,
the songwriting process for Motorhead is anything but. The average
writing period, Wurzel says, is two weeks; the recording period
about the same. And writers' blocks easily are solved.
	``If we haven't got anything written,'' Wurzel said, ``we'll all
just sit there and go, `Ah, we don't have anything. Let's go to the
pub.'''
	Like the title track of ``1916,'' ``Bastards'' has one song
that's bound to inspire some pretty strong reactions. ``Don't Let
Daddy Kiss Me,'' an acoustic ballad, has bassist and singer Ian
``Lemmy'' Kilmister singing in his ragged, unvarnished voice about
incest. It makes Aerosmith's similar song of a few years ago,
``Janie's Got a Gun,'' look tame.
	A main point of that song, as well as of another ballad, ``Lost
in the Ozone,'' is God's accountability for life's horrors.
	``If there is a God ... he's gone out and we don't know when
he'll be back,'' said Lemmy. ``Show me how many things are
explained by, well, `God works in a mysterious way'? Well, it's too
mysterious for me, I'll tell you that.''
	Lemmy, clad in a sleeveless Motorhead T-shirt and black jeans,
with a sports bottle full of Jack Daniels at his side and a
cigarette in his hand, is a formidable presence. He has a wicked
sense of humor and a personality that fills the room.
	Getting older in music is a double-edged sword -- either you're
venerated or you're seen as a dinosaur, still slogging away trying
to reclaim past glories. Lemmy, who's nearing 50, scoffs at both.
	``People say, `Why, Lemmy, you're a god,' and I say, `No, no,
I've seen God ... and he's taller,'' he said with a laugh. ``I'm
God ... Really? I'm your best shot? If they say you're a legend,
it's very nice, (but) if you think of it, legends are dead.''
	Lemmy's far from calling it quits, despite all the ups and downs
he's had as unofficial leader of Motorhead.
	``I don't see why I should stop playing it if I still do it that
well,'' he said. ``If we made an album and it was terrible and we
couldn't get it any better, then I would say we should give up. But
we didn't.
	``There are always people who want to sign us just because we're
Motorhead. The trouble is finding somebody who's got real
confidence in us. ... I just wish that people would see us as
contenders instead of having had our best days with `Ace of Spades'
(the band's classic 1980 album).''
	Added Campbell: ``We've still got our integrity. We'd rather
have the money, but there you go.''