Got KICKED Out of Iconic Band…Formed His Own…Soon His Old Band Was OPENING for Him-Professor of Rock
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- Опубликовано: 11 окт 2024
- "Coming up…the story of metal rock icon, Lemmy Kilmister who toiled behind the scenes as a roadie for the great Jimi Hendrix, and was fired from a band after being arrested. But soon after the tables were turned and the band he was fired from was opening for him! He was a scruff from Newcastle with the most famous chopstache of the Rock Era, who LOVED to gamble- while playing his music with Motorhead ‘fast and vicious.’ We push up the ante, and play with the 'dead man’s hand’. with the 80s metal classic Ace of Spades a song that helped invent heavy metal and the a song that will split your head open!..NEXT…on Professor of Rock.’
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The “ace of spades” has long been considered a symbol of bad luck, and impending doom.The dark symbolism of the “ace of spades" goes back to 17th century England, but it was immortalized in American folklore in 1876 when Sheriff “Wild Bill” Hickcok was shot in the back of the head by Jack McCall during a poker game with a hand consisting of eights and aces, including the most dangerous card of them all…the “ace of spades.”
In 1980, the “ace of spades” was incorporated as the theme of the furious rock anthem created by Lemmy and his band…Motorhead: It has subsequently been referred to as the “death card,” and further applied in the theatre of war. The British Army used the Ace of Spades as an insignia on their uniforms to intimidate their foes.
In the Vietnam War, it was common practice to leave an ace of spades on the bodies of a fallen enemy by American soldiers.
"Ace of Spades,” by Motorhead, was written by Ian Kilmister- known as Lemmy, Eddie Clarke- whom everyone called “Fast Eddie,” and Motörhead’s original drummer Phil Taylor, nicknamed “Philthy Animal.” “Wild Bill” always insisted on sitting in a corner, with his back against the wall while he played poker, so that no one could sneak up behind him.
But on the day he died in 1876, he took the only open seat available, one that left his back exposed to the door of the Nuttal & Mann's saloon in Deadwood, South Dakota. A drunken Jack McCall came up from behind... and shot Wild Bill. Not only was Wild Bill gambling with cards, he was gambling with his life.
We’ve all joked about the cowbell used in many 70s rock & pop songs, but in “Ace of Spades,” it was the wooden version of a cowbell that produced the clacking effect before the song’s breakdown by striking the top of the block with a stick:
“Ace of Spades,” played at a blistering 144 beats per minute, clocking in with a collision course of 2 minutes and forty eight seconds. The track was the only single from the album of the same name- released in 1980.
As a single, “Ace of Spades” spent 13 solid weeks on the UK Singles Chart- peaking at #15 on its initial run. When Lemmy passed away in December of 2015, “Ace of Spades” had another resurrection and rose to as high as #9 on the UK Singles Chart one month after Lemmy’s death in January, 2016. The song also topped the UK Rock & Metals Singles and Album Charts the same month.
Since Lemmy’s death, “Ace of Spades” has, unofficially, sold more than 350,000 digital copies. To his fans, and musicians of all ages, Lemmy was a true rock n’ roll icon. He was tough as nails, but still lovable & approachable. With his trademark raspy growl, Lemmy established an unmistakable vocal style, and he established one of the most distinctive images of the Rock Era,
Lemmy is a legend to all. Hard to find anyone who has met him to say a bad word of him. One of a kind.
For real!
Not many years ago, I saw a video in which Lemmy answered a fan's letter. The kid wrote that his friends discouraged him from playing heavy metal due to his race. Lemmy looked into the camera and said, "Play what you **** want and give it your best!" That always impressed me.
Very cool!
Cool. I liked when he commented on how hard it must have been for Little Richard being black and gay, in the US South, in the 50s. You can see his respect for LR’s toughness. And he says something like “That’s as Rock n’ Roll as it gets! HAHAHAHA!!!” That’s when Lemmy went on the wall in my studio.
Where can I find that?
Hi Adam! I’ll have to go back and check. It was some documentary on Nflix or Prime. I’ve watched a lot of them so I can’t remember exactly which one. But if I recall correctly there was a lot of interview with Lemmy in his small apartment near the Rainbow with his Kiss and military memorabilia, and sitting in his chair at the Rainbow, and Scott Ian from Anthrax was also in the vid a lot. I’ll look and see if I can find it but I’m in Orlando FL after the storm last night, so it will be a day or two. Love the show!
Firstly, stay safe! Secondly, was it maybe "Lemmy: 49% Mo*th*rf*cker, 51% Son of a B*tch"?
I got to meet Lemmy backstage at an Alice Cooper show and he was one of the kindest, most friendly people ever, same as Alice.
That’s awesome. 🤘🏼
I've never been a big Motorhead fan, but love Lemmy's work with Hawkwind.
Still, I saw Motorhead twice, and have stories about both times that illustrate who Lemmy was as a person. One of those is NSFY, but the other one I can tell.
It was at my second Motorhead gig, while the opening band were playing (sorry, I forget who they were). Idiots in the audience were chanting "Motorhead! Motorhead!", lobbing beer bottles -- just generally being a**h**s. Lemmy stormed on-stage in the middle of the openers' set, grabbed a mic and gave the audience a proper dressing-down: "You lot are throwing sh*t at me, and I. Don't. Like it!" Then left the stage so the other band could finish their set.
His phrasing struck me, as much as the intervention itself. "At me", he said. He seemed to take what the louts were doing to these other guys as a personal affront -- even though he was the headliner and it was him they were screaming for -- and wielded his star power as a shield for them.
Huge respect for that.
I will never forget the first time I heard Motörhead. Me and my buddy were talking to some dude on the school bus about music. He asked if we ever heard of Motörhead. We said no. Some time later me and my buddy were in a record store and he found No Remorse. We went back to his house and put it on the turntable. This was in the mid 80s. Ace of Spades was the first track. The wailing bass at the beginning just blew us away. Our mouths hit the floor and we just sat there in stunned silence. Next up was a live version of the song Motörhead. I said to my buddy after the first side of the first album ended this dude is wailing on the bass like Jimi Hendrix. Only found out years later that he was a roadie for Hendrix. Killed By Death was to me the highlight. So I borrowed the album and taped it to listen to in my car. I played this for every metal head in our school. No one had heard of them but when they heard Killed By Death I was asked to keep playing it over and over again. I was a huge fan from then on. Unfortunately I never saw them live. I have quite a few of their albums but No Remorse is absolutely my favorite of theirs. Guess because it’s like an early greatest hits. I can’t say Motörhead is my favorite band but they’re still close to the top. But Lemmy is by far my favorite musician of all time. He never changed his look, style or sound. He’s the definition of rock n roll bad ass. Nobody else even comes close. He was always drunk and or strung out on speed but I’ve never heard any stories of him acting a fool or ever being too messed up to perform. To me Lemmy is the definition of rock n roll. I also have always called him the godfather of speed metal. Without Lemmy there probably wouldn’t be a Metallica, Megadeth or Slayer. The RRHOF isn’t worthy of having Lemmy associated with them.
If anybody watched the BBC comedy, the Young ones motorhead made a memorable appearance on that show. The documentary you mentioned about him was particularly interesting. And he had a wide range of musical tastes. He was a big fan of the Beatles.
YEs!
Great shout. The most surreal moment in sitcom history. And we're talking about a show that featured talking éclairs, mice, and sandwiches, if memory serves.
@@76ToneCrome Also The Damned. Great show. Was like MTV with new videos. Couldn’t wait for a new episode just to see what band would be on.
“We only have 10 minutes to get to the train depot!! -Neil
MUSIC!!! -Mike”
Que Lemmy
Best episode ever, Up Scumbag!
Fun Fact: Three of the four opponents from the snooty rich college on University Challenge in that episode would go on to define British comedy for the next 20 years. The fourth would go on to be an Oscar winner.
Lemmy had another side.
He was respectful of people, true to his friends and enjoyed a simple life.
In many ways he was a gentleman rocker. His type wont come around again too soon. He is missed.
Woah, a Lemmy episode! I should have known you'd get around to him sooner or later. I'm glad you did, and I can't wait to watch this and see what you have to say about his life and legacy.
Of course!
One of the most amazing things I got to do during my music journalism career was to co-author Lemmy’s autobiography. We did something like 37 interviews over several years between recording, tours, and him relaxing with some lady friend or another (that often took priority over talking into a tape recorder!). He always loved Hawkwind and claimed he would never have left if he hadn’t been fired, and he never forgot his girlfriend in the 60s who OD’d and may have been the love of his life. The world became a lot quieter after he died.
That’s amazing!
Lemmy is just the best.
I remember first finding out about Motörhead through The Young Ones. Of course, the song was Ace of Spades.
When I moved to California, I happened to visit The Sunshine Room on Sunset. I was blown away to see Lemmy just sitting at the bar. Gambling on the machine.
I left him alone but at one point I needed to “belly up to the bar” to get some items for our table.
Lemmy looked over, “ ello love”, he said, “How are ya this fine evenin?” I answered, not giving into my fandom, that it was a good night.
“Sit down. Keep me company. Bring me luck.” I obliged.
He didn’t say much. Just kept at the machine. He’d look and smile now and again.
“Hey, I’ve gotta get back to my friends, but it was really cool seeing you. Good luck.”
Over the next few months We struck up a friendship. Mainly for, I think, staying unphased by who he was. We’d really just hang at the Rainbow. I really mourned his passing.
I also would randomly run into Ron Jeremy, but I kept my distance from him.
Yes, lucky you kept your distance from Ron 🏴
@@CawKeeI “knew” who he was, but even if I didn’t, just the oooooze that emanated from him.
I’d cordially say hi and move along. Then shower as soon as I got home.
BONUS EPISODE!!
Lemmy was a real character. He lived the lifestyle in every way.
And thanks for the Kansas episode yesterday. My fave band, and I never get tired of Richard telling stories.
Thanks Professor.
Happy to be back.
Yes!
Dave Grohl said he was nervous first time he met Lemmy.
Lemmy was on a slot player and between rolls Grohl in troduced himself.
First thing Lemmy said was
" sorry about your friend".
Grohl told this story at Lemmys funeral.
Wow!
Lemmy's cameo in the '90s movie "Airheads" was gold! (Especially after the trick question scene: "Wrong, Lemmy IS God.")
"I was the editor of my school newspaper!"
We are Motorhead and we play rock and roll!
Dave Grohl said “Motörhead is the band that moves in next door and your lawn dies”
Ha ha!
Lemme said it originally
Love this quote 😅😮😊
Dave Grohl is affiliated with Diddy. He also killed Tim Hawkins and arguably Kurt Cobain. Kirst Novoselic would rather change careers than play with with Dave again.
Yeah... Lemmy said that in 1975 when Grohl was just a kid.
EVERYTHING LOUDER THAN EVERYTHING ELSE!
Fortunate to see them 14x all over the world. Had the privilege of meeting the band 3x (not the classic line-up). Lemmy was absolutely great to converse with. He convinced me to go back & finish my higher learning. 'You have to see things through - no matter how hard it is or how long it takes'. It took me a long time to do it while working 12 hrs/day - 7 days a week in a factory, but I got there. The guy that helped create the sound-track of my youth inspired me to forge on as an adult. Thank you, Lemmy.
When my son lived in Southern California he met Lemmy in a bar and had a beer with him. He told Lemmy he grew up listening to his Dad (me) listening to Hawkwind which Lemmy thought was cool.....
LEMMY!!!!! I got to see a Motorhead soundcheck at First Ave in Minneapolis many years ago. They took the stage, played for 30 seconds, Lemmy stopped and yelled "THAT SOUNDS LIKE CRAP!" No more soundcheck, but that was still pretty damn great to see. RIP Lemmy. There'll never be another like him.
Very cool!
I was first introduced to Motorhead and the song "Ace of spades" on the British show "The Young Ones" in the early 80s. It was also the very first episode I had ever seen. Needless to say I bought every album of Moterhead I could find after that. RIP Lemmy my friend. You'll NEVER be forgotten.
Rock on!
Great episode that
@@ProfessorofRock ruclips.net/video/YOAz4nPNvLI/видео.html
I love that episode of The Young Ones with Motörhead performing live!
So good!
It took me many years to realise that Lemmy sang Silver Machine, Hawkwind's highest charting song.
That's right.
He now has a statute outside the Rainbow bar and grill. Wish they had it inside in his old seat playing the slot machine.
The Rainbow rules!
I haddent been there in a decade, but , yeah, in his seat would be perfect.
@@johnnycampbell3422: Hadn't.
@floogelhornzzz4770 I bet you are fun at partys
@@johnnycampbell3422 just miss seeing him there. He was there all the time. Even weekdays.
Saw Motorhead 7 times and one of the times Lemmy actually sat aside of me at the then Showboat Casino in Atlantic City. he asked if I was coming to see them at the House of Blues,I said yes. He gave me 20.00 to play more slots and said see ya later. Something I will never forget.
I would've had him sign that bill and framed it.
A bonus episode and it’s about Motörhead.
Life is good.
Enjoy!
I bought the “1916” cassette based on Motörhead’s reputation alone. I’d never actually heard the band but it was at a store’s going out of business sale. I figured I’d listen to a couple of songs and then move on to something else. It blew my face off. I was expecting something more akin to thrash metal, but the band had that rock’n’roll groove that pulled me in and kept me listening. Great band.
That's one of my favorite albums... not just one of my favorite Motorhead albums, but a favorite over all.
Fastway, one of the truly underrated R n R Bands of the 80's. R.I.P. Fast Eddie Clark & Lemmy !!!
Yes!
Another great episode Professor . One of my favorite bands growing up. R.I.P. to all three members of Motorhead. Hope everyone is having a great day.
Lemmy got fired and kicked out of Hawkwind and returned with his own band Motorhead. Lemmy's own son Paul has been a musician and is now a successful producer. Lemmy is still really missed.
🎶🎸🥁🎸🎶
Thanks Roger! I agree!
I got into Motörhead because of my dad. He had some Hawkwind albums and a Motörhead album and I was blown away. I think Lemmy is the reason my little brother go into playing the bass while my older brother and myself focused on guitar.
Rainn Wilson's movie, The Rocker, smacks like a page out of Lemmy's bio LOL.
I saw an interview with Dee Snider. He said if it wasnt for Lemmy, Twisted Sister wouldnt have made it big. Lemmy intriduced them at one of Motorheads shows and said to give it up for them. After that, it was only upwards for Twisted Sister.
A friend bought me the Lemmy bio book White Line Fever. Absolutely great read.
The first time I heard Motorhead was as a special guest on The Young Ones, a British comedy show. I had never heard of them before but when they launched into Ace of Spades I was hooked. I was lucky enough to see them twice, both times at the Newport Music Hall in Columbus Ohio but about 20 years apart. Long live Rock 'n Roll!!
I saw Lemmy singing "Silver Machine" with Hawkwind at The Greyhound in Croydon in 1972. I was 15. What a great evening!
LEMMY!!! I LOVE MOTÖRHEAD!! I’ve loved them since the first time I heard them on The Young Ones!! I think I was 16? I loved the intensity, the speed and (OH GOD) the VOLUME!! It drove my mother NUTS!! And when I finally started to drive, LEMMY was ALWAYS in my tape deck!! When LEMMY passed away, it was an incredibly sad day in my life. I remember saying a little prayer for him and then I THANKED HIM for the music… This was your best episode yet!!
Thanks Daniel!
I hear he slept with 1,000 women, just like Tommy Lee, Lennon and McCartney. Where someone goes for that, I don't think prayers would help. 🔥 Rev. 21:8.
@@ProfessorofRock: Danie. I think it's a girl.
I was lucky to spend a day working as a volunteer Roadie for Motörhead back in the early eighties. Great fun working with Eagle, probably the world most famous roadie at the time. After we had finished Lemmy walks in and invest me and another volunteer over for a drink! During the conversation he told us to watch out for a band who play faster and louder than them and he predicted they would be massive and destined for world domination. I often wonder what happened to Metallica!
As a roadie for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, I learned that I should give up being a guitar player and just stick with playing the bass-Lemmy😅
Motörhead and The Mamas & The Papas: all in the same week. Now THAT"S the variety I love from The POR. Sad "Ace Of Spades" wasn't released in the US as a rock radio track.
What an inspirational story! Lenny didn't give up in pursuing his dream, and eventually prevailed.
Lenny Kravitz?
Yes he did!
Seen Lemmy and the guys open for Ozzy's first solo tour! WOW!
I remember the first time I ever heard Motorhead. It was on Headbanger's Ball when it was still a daily half hour show on MTV in the middle of the afternoon. It was Iron Fist. I was blown away by the hubris, the speed, the shear "Metal" of the band. I have been a fan ever since. Nothing says Metal like Motorhead.
Lemmy is the embodiment of rock n roll....many rock legends refer to him as legendary
There are plenty of notable musicians who played Rickenbacker basses, but none perhaps more notable than McCartney and Lemmy. I also found it interesting Lemmy turned the bass EQ all the way down and treble all the way up to get that super gritty tone
Geddy and Chris squire wanna elbow into that conversation!
@@auroraromano7404 they are welcomed with open arms 🤘
Always absolutely loved Lemmy. Hearing the news that he had passed was a very sad moment for my friends and me.
Metallica's song "M***** One" (SpewTube hard deleted my comment when I spelled out the actual title of the song) was a great tribute to the man. They should've titled it "The Ballad of Lemmy Kilmister".
There really never will be another like him.
Same!
Lemmy once sold his Stratocaster to Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, who turned around and traded it for a flute and a Shure microphone in a pawn shop.
😮
Serious?
@@ProfessorofRock Yes, sir! Ian jokes about how much that guitar is worth now and he let it go for next to nothing- but he got a flute out of the deal that served him pretty well.
@guacamolekid3899 wow!
I only cried twice for the death of people who I didn't even know personally. For Freddie when I was young, and Lemmy as a grown up man. He was rock and roll incarnate. Born to lose, live to win!!!
🤘🏼
Lemmy was a huge influence on James Hetfields style
Amen!
I can see that
Got to see Lemmie open for Foo Fighters (and play a couple of numbers with Dave). May he RIP 🙏.
Indeed!
The week Late Night with Conan O'Brian spent in Toronto, they did a nightly bit where a guy in a CM Tower costume competed with a guy in a Seattle Space Needle costume in various challenges (Mud Wrestling, raced around the bases at the Sky Dome). And every night once their challenge started we'd get Ace of Spades playing.
No surprise that the needle never won.
I was a young USAF Airman sent to England in summer of 1980. I had a neighbor in the town of Ipswich that turned me on to Motorhead, loved them ever since. So strange to find them in those early years of punk and New Wave. This time was also the first sparks of the Second British Invasion. Weird and wonderful time and memories. ♫
Motorhead is like a 50 car pileup on an icey hiway.
They got the pedal to the metal at all times.
My 65 year old heart can hardly stand much of it.
Amen!
As a person who counts Motorhead in his top-5 favorite acts of all time (alongside the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and the Velvet Underground), I have great appreciation and respect for this video. "Ace of Spades" isn't my favorite of their albums (that would be "Overkill") but "Ace of Spades", the album (it's title track included) is Motorhead's most impacting, exhausting listen. You're always well-researched, but as a lifetime-admirer of Motorhead, I needed to point out that Motorhead's original drummer was Lucas Fox. His playing, along with that of original guitarist Larry Wallis, can be heard on their "unofficial" debut album "On Parole" (unofficial because, although it was recorded back in 1976, the label who owned the tapes refused to release it until Motorhead had established themselves as a successful act a few years later).
Lars Ulrich has said that if it wasn't for Motorhead, Metallica would never have happened. Motorhead have been the biggest influence to me since 1979,when I was a teen. In fact it's been their anti establishment stance that have frequently guided my paintings.
It felt as though a whole was put in the universe each time one of the original band passed/ And that has never happened with me at any other time.
I truly thank you Adam for covering my all time favourite band.
TTFN
That's right!
Lars tells the story at Lemmys funeral how he traveled to a festival at a football stadium in Walsall just to meet Lemmy to tell him about a new band he was in called Metallica
I always remember people back in the day saying that "Motorhead wasn't popular with the fans, but ALL the bands knew and respected them". They were better known and respected throughout the industry for the ideas other bands borrowed from them.
Thanks for watching!
Motörhead was the first heavy metal band that I started listening to when I was around 13. I'm 55 now and still a huge fan. One regret is I never got the opportunity to take a trip on the Motörhead Motorboat. For those who didn't know there was a cruise ship that left from Florida. On the cruise there were many different bands that played and of course Motörhead. They did this for a few years. The year that I decided I was going to go was unfortunately the year that Lemmy passed away. Such a sad day to lose the Heavy Metal God. R.I.P brother.
Lemmy is a true Legend and Motörhead is a band for generations. They belong in the Pantheon of Rock Immortals and have inspired countless number of bands and fans.
I first heard Motörhead when I was a freshman in high school in 1979 (What I think is the BEST Year for Rock and Roll EVER!). Though it was not until 2011 when I got to see them for the first time. I got to take my daughter and some of her friends as a "chaperone" to a concert. To share a band and hear "Am I supposed to feel the music in my heart?" both made me proud and gave me chills of fear.
As I said that night "It's just rock and roll. Enjoy! The rest we will worry about tomorrow.".
Keep doing what you are doing! Rock shall never die!
TRIPLE H: Time to play the game?
LEMMY: Yes, time for Ace of Spades!
Double Header! 🔥 🎸🎸🎸
Let's play two!
@@ProfessorofRockTwo for Tuesday not Thursday 😆
I know That Metal Show once covered so much on the genre, but I am happy to see you cover one of our bands/artists from the rock vault.
Remember when Motorhead appeared in an episode of "The Young Ones"?
The first time I saw Motorhead was on MTVs The Young Ones. I was mesmerized.
Awesome!
My buddy was pulling into the Rainbow Bar Grill once. He saw a dude that looked like Lemmy walking down Sunset. He went into the Rainbow, got chatty with the bartender and told him about it. The bar tender said, “yeah, he just left. He has a place a few blocks away. He comes in all the time and sits at that stool every time he comes in.” My friend was kicking himself in the ass (still does) for not approaching him. lol
Yep, I can verify that one! My brother's got a photo with Lemmy in that very stool LOL
Yes!!! Lemmy!!! Ace of Spades is one of the greatest bass lines ever! Love Motorhead and Lemmy
OMG PoF
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
@@ProfessorofRock got you by a few years PoF I had Ace of Spades on order at the record store for as soon as it was released in Canada ....lol I was 12
Foghat, like to see a show about them. They had tons of hit and are forgotten..
LOVE ❤❤❤ Foghat
Love ❤❤❤ Foghat. A girlfriend of mine went to see a show last summer here in Ohio.
Warning NSFW comment coming!
We talk about Rock n Roll Hall of Fame snubs on here a lot but Motorhead not in already?
Come on!
Fucking Lemmy that’s all!
It's CRAZY
How is this NSFW? It’s not at all!
Biggest travesty in HoF history. The committee must all be named Richard Cranium
Should be screamed in the streets. Lemmy is God!!!
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980he was probably referring to his F-bomb
My favorite band ever. Saw them 33 times in 5 different countries. For my 30 th birthday my girlfriend at the time was able to get me tickets to see them at the Roxy in NYC and through some connections actually get to introduce the band on stage. “Ladies and gentlemen this is Motörhead and they’re here to kick your ass. As I walked off the stage Lemmy looked at me and said “that was mine line”.
Few songs are instantly addicting. Few songs can punch one in the face repeatedly & leave the listener begging for another go. This song is one of those elite, get-one's-aggression out songs.
Similar school experience with this song as the POR. Thank you for commemorating it & the memories you brought back.
Forever ♠️.
One of the most genuine Rock gods that didn’t let money change him or he’s mission,
Live fast and Hard,
Rock Faster and Harder!
Legend.
I remember during 1980s being late for a Ramones/Motorhead show at the university of California Berkeley. I was a kilometer away, running to get there. Motorhead were so loud I could literally hear everything. Got there in time to catch the last half of their set. Best partial loss of hearing I ever had.
Lemmy was a great guy. I partied on the Motörhead tour bus a few times back in the 80’s, great memories
Adam - Back when I was like 12 my sister and I used to hang out with the 2 neighbor girls across the street. Their dad worked for some music/record company that I can't remember. They used to give us extra new albums of music that their dad would be giving away. Thus, how I built my album collection back in the day. But I do remember the day they came over and gave me both the Motorhead album with Ace of Spades on it and Triumph Allied Forces with Magic Power. Fell in love with both those bands and still today have them on my top download list and also and old iPod I still have. Lemmy was defiantly different and unique. Miss those old days of pure rock and roll.
Rock on my friend!
The first time I'd ever heard this song was when I was watching an episode of the British sitcom "The Young Ones." Specifically, the episode titled "Bambi"
So many people have told me that! Was it first run?
My personal favorite MOTORHEAD offering is Whorehouse Blues.
It reminds me of home.
These guys during the early 80s in LA were almost bigger in the punk scene than they were the metal scene.
I was 14 when Ace of Spades came out. It was my first time hearing Motorhead and I could not believe my ears. I mostly listened to Sabbath, Alice Cooper and Rush. This was like nothing I had ever heard. It was incredible. Lemmy's vocals style was incredible. I saw them in 1982 in Toronto, in 2012 in London, and in 2015 in Riverside. Their first six albums, I think, contains some of the greatest Rock songs ever recorded.
I met Lemmy before a show at the Living Room in RI in 1983...he was playing the pinball machine over and over while the club filled up and we all surrounded him chearing him on while banging away at the machine....the show was so loud my ears rang for 3 full days after...I'll never forget it...
I’ve been quietly waiting for you to get around to Motörhead for as long as I’ve followed your channel. Been loving this music since 1978 when I first heard them, think it was the song, “Bomber.” Sadly, most corporate radio doesn’t seem to know this band ever existed despite their influence on so many hard rock/heavy metal acts since “Ace of Spades” came out. Thank you for finally covering these metal gods!
I first came across Motorhead in an article in Circus magazine. Reading it I was like, yeah! I gotta check these guys out! I tried to get 1916, the album they released at that time. Instead I got Ace of Spades. It blew my head clean off! I now own every album in their glorious discography, spanning from 1977 to 2015. Possibly the greatest metal band of all time! R.I.P Lemmy, Philthy and Eddie!
The ace of spades is one of my favorite thrash metals songs and it never fails to get me hyped up, I remember talking to one of my friends and mentioning I've got to see motorhead, my friend said lemmy died last week , another thing on my list of regrets, their cover of Louie Louie is something special, ny
They may be departed, but Lemmy and Motorhead will never die 🤘🤘
I was luckily enough to see Motörhead live at the Sziget festival in Budapest a few years before Lemmy passed away. Other greats I saw there before they sadly passed away were Prince and Shane McGowan (The Pogues). I'll be forever grateful I got the chance to see these giants live before they passed.
Motorhead was the first show I’d ever gone to in the 80’s. I remember Lemmy grabbing someone’s headphones off their head mid- show and tossing them away. No ear protection here!!
I didn't get to see Motorhead until Lemmy was old and getting tired but I didn't give a shit, I got to see Motorhead live finally.
He could've probably still drunk you under the table at his age, though! It's cool that you got to see him. Unfortunately, I never saw him live. I saw Shane MacGowan solo and the Pogues over a dozen times combined, for which I'm grateful. (I know totally different genres, but similar personalities.) Your comment made me think of that. Good on you to see him - I'm envious.
I went to the Ace of Spades tour at the sweet young age of 14. What a show! The unrelenting pace of the songs in machine gun fire rapid succession; the "Bomber" lighting rig descending from the roof which Lemmy climbed into and took off in again, still playing ... the sheer VOLUME ... I don't think I ever fully recovered. ☠😁
One of a kind. June 1981 Ozzy Randy Tommy a rolled into Colorado springs with motorhead opening on the ace tour. That was an amazing experience. Motorhead didn't go over the best at the time although they killed it. I think they were a few years early to the speed metal era. RIP Phil Ed and Lemmy! RIP Randy!
I have a "Snaggletooth" tattoo on my right shoulder that says "Deaf Forever" around it.
Lemmy's bass playing is so unique because he plays it like a rhythm guitar. Ace of Spades is not the first hit song that he sang on, he also sang lead on the Hawkwind's #3 British hit "Silver Machine". Hawkwind is sort of the Greatful Dead of England & Europe. Former Cream drummer Ginger Baker was also a member of the band for a couple of albums. More musicians have gone through Hawkwind and it many ways, it is a training ground for up and coming progressive musicians in England. There was a book of "Rock's Family Tree" which show the family trees of various bands, charting their members and if & where their former members went. Most bands had a page, Hawkwind had a 5 page fold out! They are also sometimes credited with kicking off the New Wave movement with their album "Quark, Strangeness and Charm".
When i first heard Ace of Spades I was still wringing my ears out from Hamersmith performance of Bomber tour November 79 Lemmy all time Rock n Roll Hero
The Legend…Lemmy is RocknRoll personified!
Amen!
We are Motörhead and we play rock n roll
Another great video Adam, Motorhead still brings a smile to my face whenever I play them even after all these years.
I saw Motorhead in their very early days, around 1977 at Wigan Casino. That venue is known for its all night northern soul sessions, but they had mental earlier in the evening. I used to write lyrics for a band called Virginia Woolf, who were the support that night. An old school friend of mine was on bass. That band after several changes of line up took on Jason Bonham as drummer and turned to soft rock with some success, but at that time they were doing heavy blues. Another friend was bootlegging the gig and went backstage afterwards to play the tape for the band. I went as well and did see Lemmy, who was huge, briefly. The crowd were calling for Silver Machine which Lemmy refused to play, but he did do The Watcher which was originally a Hawkwind song.
Lemmy was a great guy. Me and a buddy had a chance to hang out with Motorhead before a show in TO in '96. We were outside freezing our asses off and Lemmy had his assistant tell the security to let us in. She got us coffee and we met them and hung out during soundcheck. Got autographs and a pick from the man himself. Among my prize possessions....along with my piece of the Berlin Wall and my personalized Wayne Gretzky autograph
I was lucky enough to see Motorhead at the Fox Theater in Detroit about 2 months before he died. 🎸🎸🎶🎼🎵
RIP gentlemen and thanks for the music!
I remember taking someone to see Moorhead in concert. It was Anthrax Megadeath Saxon and Dio.
Thanks for letting know about the Lemmy doc. Just found a copy and bought it.
My fav is - I'm so bad baby I don't care. Opening line is " I make love to mountain lions! What's not to like lol. Also he had that very distintive way of singing in the mic. Chin up like he was singing to the ceiling!
I wrote Motorhead off for decades because I was into Rush and ELO.
One day as I was exploring Hawkwind on YT and Ace of Spades played next... Mind blown!
Us oldies were lucky enough to see Lemmy with Hawkwind and Motörhead.
This was a great, fascinating, and entertaining look into the history of Motorhead. Keep putting out the amazing content :)
I remember seeing Motorhead, not in concert, but on an episode of "The Young Ones"! It was a surreal moment, but that tv show was surreal anyway. ♠
You always keep it interesting! Thanks, I enjoy your show.