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Birth Name: Motörhead

Age: 48, born 2 October 1975

Country of origin: United Kingdom

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Description: Motörhead were a British rock band formed in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Ian Fraser Kilmister, known mostly by his stage name Lemmy, who has remained the sole constant member. The band is often considered a precursor to or one of the earliest members of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, which re-energised heavy metal in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Usually a power trio, Motörhead had particular success in the early 1980s with several successful singles in the UK Top 40 chart. The albums Overkill, Bomber, Ace of Spades, and particularly No Sleep 'til Hammersmith, cemented Motörhead's reputation as one of Brit Motörhead were a British rock band formed in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Ian Fraser Kilmister, known mostly by his stage name Lemmy, who has remained the sole constant member. The band is often considered a precursor to or one of the earliest members of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, which re-energised heavy metal in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Usually a power trio, Motörhead had particular success in the early 1980s with several successful singles in the UK Top 40 chart. The albums Overkill, Bomber, Ace of Spades, and particularly No Sleep 'til Hammersmith, cemented Motörhead's reputation as one of Britain's foremost rock bands.

Motörhead are typically classified as heavy metal, and their fusion of punk rock into the genre helped to pioneer speed metal and thrash metal. Lemmy dislikes such labels, preferring to describe the band's music simply as "rock n' roll" and usually opening live shows with the line "We are Motörhead. We play rock and roll." 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, with its oversized boar's 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. The fanged face has been referred to variously as "War-Pig" and "Snaggletooth". The band is ranked number 26 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock.

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 on their web site alongside singles and other releases as detailed by other principal sources. There are, in addition, bootlegs and many compilations of previously recorded material and live recordings, which are not issued under the control of the band, so one may find exactly the same material under several different names. In addition there are some recordings by the band whilst using a pseudonym, such as What's Wordsworth?, where the band, for contractual reasons, take the name "Iron Fist and the Hordes from Hell".

Titles from 1975 to 1988 are readily available on CDs released under licence to Sanctuary Records and a subsidiary, Castle Communications, the CDs frequently include other rarities from this era as bonus tracks as well as being remastered from the original tapes. The box set Stone Deaf Forever!, the first to be issued with Motörhead's approval, covers their career from 1975-2002. ... (more)

Tags: Heavy Metal (4), UK (2), Metal (2), Punk (2), 90s (1), England (1), 70s (1), 80s (1), Hard Rock (1), British (1), Band (1), Speed Metal (1), Seen Live (1), NWOBHM (1), Lemmy (1), 00s (1), Rock 'n Roll (1), British Metal (1), MWOBHM (1)

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"Motörhead1975-2015• 23 Album Released: • 29 Singles Released;• 11 Wins & 6 Nominations; Genres: Heavy Metal, Hard Rock & Speed Metal;"

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" 1. On Parole (1979) - 9/10 2. Iron Fist (1982) - 8/10 3. Motorhead (1977) - 8/10 4. Another Perfect Day (1983) - 8/10 5. Overnight Sensation (1996) - 8/10 6. Overkill (1979) - 8/10 7. Kiss of Death (2006) - 8/10 8. Ace of Spades (1980) - 7/10 9. Aftershock (2013) - 7/10 10. Bastards (1993) - 7/10 11. March or Die (1992) - 6/10 12. Bomber (1979) - 6/10 13. Inferno (2004) - 6/10 14. 1916 (1991) - 6/10 15. The Wörld Is Yours (2010) - 6/10 16. Rock N Roll (1987) - 6/10 17. Bad Magic (2015) - 6/1"

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"TIMES NOMINATED► 1 ◄2020MOTÖRHEAD● HEAVY METAL ● ROCK AND ROLL ● HARD ROCK ● SPEED METAL ●blockquote>KEY SONGSAce of Spades (1980)- ranked #442 on Rolling Stone's '500 Greatest Songs'"

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