Motörhead
Motörhead have been the subject of several tribute albums, markedly in the years since 1999. Genres range from hardcore punk[50] and rock,[51] to black and death metal and industrial.[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.[59]
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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. 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.[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. 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.
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Discography
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| 1976-1982 Lineup #4 |
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| 1982-1983 Lineup #5 |
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| 1984 Line-up #6 |
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| 1984-1987 Lineup #7 |
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| 1987-1992 Lineup #8 |
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| 1992 Lineup #9 |
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| 1992-1995 Lineup #10 |
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For more details on this topic, see Motörhead discography.
This is a summary of original Motörhead recordings that have been made available on general release.
| Year | Title | UK chart | Label | Line-up # |
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| 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 |
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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.
- 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. 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". "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. 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". 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. and Mrs. Brown: — La Vie En Rose (post-production)
- 2007 Shoot 'Em Up : performing "Ace of Spades" — New Line Cinema
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Notes
- ^ LosingToday reviews. LosingToday Magazine's review of BBC Live & In-Session. Retrieved on 2007-02-11.
- ^ "Motorhead" by Stephen Thomas Erlewine; URL retrieved 16 June 2007
- ^ a b An Interview with Lemmy Kilmister. Classic Rock Revisited article. Retrieved on 2007-04-04.
- ^ Lemmy, White Line Fever, p. 94. (2002). Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-684-85868-1.
- ^ White Line Fever, p. 99.
- ^ The 10 children of the cloth. Guardian Unlimited article. Retrieved on 2006-10-09.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Burridge, Alan Illustrated Collector's Guide to Motorhead Published: 1995, Collector's Guide Publishing ISBN 0-9695736-2-6. Used for the line up numbers as listed in albums in band members section as well as information on recordings and performances.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Burridge, Alan (April 1991). "Motorhead". Record Collector (140): 16–22.
- ^ Adams, Bret. Ace of Spade DVD Review. Allmusic.com. Retrieved on April 14, 2008.
- ^ a b Motorhead Roll On. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 2006-10-09.
- ^ White Line Fever, pp. 112–113.
- ^ Dr Rock VS Lemmy interview 19 July 2004. PlayLouder article. Retrieved on 2007-02-27.
- ^ Konow, David. Bang Your Head. Three Rivers Press, c2002, 226 has "Motorhead's signature song, Ace of Spades". ISBN 0-609-80732-3.
- ^ Christe, Ian. Sound of the Beast. Allison & Busby. ISBN 0749083514.
- ^ Motorhead. BNR Metal Pages. Retrieved on 2007-04-11.
- ^ Q & A Session with Lemmy. Motörhead official website. Retrieved on 2007-02-11
- ^ The Young Ones - Bambi. Transcription of the "Young Ones" episode "Bambi" as it aired on American MTV in the mid-'80s. Retrieved on 2007-02-10.
- ^ Eat the Rich (1987). Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2007-03-02.
- ^ White Line Fever, p. 228.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Motorhead tour date compendium. 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Motörhead official site website. Retrieved on 2007-02-19.
- ^ White Line Fever, p. 247.
- ^ White Line Fever, p. 258.
- ^ White Line Fever, p. 265.
- ^ White Line Fever, p. 267.
- ^ White Line Fever, pp. 266–269.
- ^ White Line Fever, pp. 276–277.
- ^ White Line Fever, pp. 281–283.
- ^ White Line Fever, pp. 284–285.
- ^ Motorhead & Sepultura @ The Octagon. BBC News South Yorkshire article. Retrieved on 2007-02-24.
- ^ 47th Grammy Awards - 2005. Rock on the Net archive. Retrieved on 2007-02-11.
- ^ MOTÖRHEAD Documentary To Air On British TV Tonight. Blabbermouth.net (Roadrunner Records). Retrieved on 2007-02-17.
- ^ The OTHER SIDE. BFI Film & TV Database. Retrieved on 2007-02-17.
- ^ Rockers to sponsor under-10 team. BBC News Lincolnshire article. Retrieved on 2007-02-10.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Biography. All Music Guide article. Retrieved on 2007-02-11.
- ^ see the notes for The Damned's Smash It Up - The Anthology 1976 - 1987
- ^ Motorhead Interview with Lemmy 6-20-2000 Ear Candy interview.. Retrieved on 2007-05-06.
- ^ McIver, Joel (January 2000). "MIL-LEMMY-UM". Record Collector (245): 49.
- ^ MK Magazine Interviews: MOTORHEAD. Retrieved on 2007-06-26.
- ^ see the notes for the 1999 Castle Records reissue of Ace of Spades
- ^ Alan Burridge. Motörhead official site website. Retrieved on 2007-02-17.
- ^ a b c d dmoz Motörhead Tribute Bands links. Retrieved on 2007-06-26.
- ^ Lemmy Give You a Motorheadache!!. Motörheadache - a tribute to Lemmy. Retrieved on 2007-04-03.
- ^ We're Not Motörhead tribute band site. Retrieved on 2007-06-26.
- ^ Bombers tribute band site. Retrieved on 2007-06-26.
- ^ Lemmy's Wärt tribute band site. Retrieved on 2007-06-26.
- ^ Mauro Tolot Kilmister tribute band site. Retrieved on 2007-06-26.
- ^ Motorheads tribute band site. Retrieved on 2007-06-26.
- ^ Overhead. Retrieved on 2007-10-22.
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- ^ a b Built for Speed: A Motorhead Tribute. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2007-03-01.
- ^ a b A Motorhead Tribute. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2007-03-01.
- ^ a b Tribute to Motorhead. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2007-03-01.
- ^ a b Dead Forever: Tribute to Motörhead. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2007-03-01.
- ^ M.O.T.O. Releases. indiepages article. Retrieved on 2007-03-01.
- ^ Morir con las botas puestas (Homenaje a Motörhead). sonicwavemagazine.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-24.
- ^ New MOTÖRHEAD Tribute Album Out Now - June 5, 2005. Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved on 2008-01-24.
- ^ a b Burridge, Alan (March 2007). "Motörhead". Motörheadbangers 27 (78): 2–18.
- ^ American Dog-Promotional. American Dogs. Retrieved on 2008-01-24.
- ^ Motorheadbangers World Fan Club. Retrieved on 2008-06-04.
- ^ Motorhead Madman. The Wave Magazine. Retrieved on 2007-02-12.
- ^ a b Interview with Motorhead Artist Joe Petagno. Motörhead official site website. Retrieved on 2007-02-11. Inspiration for Snaggletooth is also covered in the 'About Joe Petagno' interview section on Inferno 30th Anniversary edition bonus DVD, SPV69748.
- ^ About Joe Petagno, interview section with Joe Petagno, bonus DVD with Inferno 30th Anniversary edition SPV69748.
- ^ Various Artists - Music from the SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. The Daily Californian CD review. Retrieved on 2007-02-10.
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Further reading
- Lemmy, White Line Fever. Simon & Schuster (2002). ISBN 0-684-85868-1
- Harry Shaw, Lemmy... In his own words. Omnibus Press 2002. ISBN 0-7119-9109-X
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