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English rock band (1975–2015) |their self-titled debut album|Motörhead (album)!''Motörhead'' (album)|other uses|Motorhead (disambiguation) August 2024 EngvarB August 2024 Infobox musical artist | name = Motörhead | image = Motorhead-03.jpg | landscape = Yes | caption = Motörhead performing in May 2005; left to right: Phil Campbell (musician)|Phil Campbell, Mikkey Dee and Lemmy Kilmister|Lemmy | origin = London, England | genre = flatlist| * Heavy metal music|Heavy metal * nowrap|hard rock * speed metal | discography = Motörhead discography | years_active = 1975–2015 | label = flatlist| * Sanctuary Records Group|Sanctuary * SPV GmbH|SPV * Epic Records|Epic * GWR Records|GWR * Chiswick Records|Chiswick * Stiff Records|Stiff * Bronze Records|Bronze * ZYX Music|ZYX * Cleopatra Records|Cleopatra * BMG Rights Management|BMG * UDR | spinoffs = flatlist| * Headgirl * Fastway (band)|Fastway * The Head Cat | spinoff_of = flatlist| * Hawkwind | website = URL|https://imotorhead.com | past_members = Lemmy Kilmister
Larry Wallis
Lucas Fox
Phil Taylor (musician)|Phil Taylor
"Fast" Eddie Clarke|Eddie Clarke
Brian Robertson (guitarist)|Brian Robertson
Phil Campbell (musician)|Phil Campbell
Würzel
Pete Gill
Mikkey Dee ''Motörhead''efn|The umlaut above ''o'' is a stylistic choice, not orthographical (see metal umlaut). (IPAc-en|ˈ|m|oʊ|t|ər|h|ɛ|d) were an English rock band formed in London in 1975 by bassist and lead vocalist Lemmy Kilmister, guitarist Larry Wallis and drummer Lucas Fox. Lemmy was also the primary songwriter and only constant member. The band are often considered a precursor to the new wave of British heavy metal, which re-energised heavy metal music|heavy metal in the late 1970s and early 1980s.cite web| url=https://www.allmusic.com/style/new-wave-of-british-heavy-metal-ma0000004491| title=New Wave of British Heavy Metal| website=AllMusic| access-date=11 April 2009| archive-date=18 October 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018192241/https://www.allmusic.com/style/new-wave-of-british-heavy-metal-ma0000004491| url-status=live Though several guitarists and drummers have played in Motörhead, most of their best-selling albums and singles feature drummer Phil Taylor (musician)|Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor and guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke. From 1995 until the band's break-up in 2015, the group consisted of Lemmy, guitarist Phil Campbell (musician)|Phil Campbell and drummer Mikkey Dee. Motörhead released 23 studio albums, 10 live recordings, 12 compilation albums and five EPs over a career spanning 40 years. Usually a power trio, they had particular success in the early 1980s with several successful singles in the UK Singles Chart|UK Top 40 chart. The albums ''Overkill (Motörhead album)|Overkill'', ''Bomber (album)|Bomber'', ''Ace of Spades (Motörhead album)|Ace of Spades'' and, particularly, the live album ''No Sleep 'til Hammersmith'' cemented Motörhead's reputation as a top-tier rock band.cite web http://www.losingtoday.com/reviews.php?review_id=2225&band_alpha=m LosingToday reviews 11 February 2007 LosingToday Magazine's review of BBC Live & In-Session https://web.archive.org/web/20070305070438/http://www.losingtoday.com/reviews.php?review_id=2225&band_alpha=m 5 March 2007 The band are ranked number 26 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock.cite web | title=VH1: 100 Greatest Hard Rock Artists: 1–50 | url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2000/vh1hardrock.htm | publisher=Rock on the Net | date=22 February 2009 | access-date=10 May 2009 | archive-date=14 February 2002 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020214214322/http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2000/vh1hardrock.htm | url-status=live By 2023, the band has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide.cite web | url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/motorhead-motorhead-debut-album/ | title=Motörhead: Lemmy And Co's Spirit Of Punk Invades Hard Rock | publisher=Discover Music | access-date=14 August 2024 | url-status=dead | archive-date=4 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004223558/https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/motorhead-motorhead-debut-album/ Most often classified as heavy metal, Motörhead has been credited with being part of and influencing numerous musical scenes, thrash metal and speed metal especially. Lemmy, however, always insisted that they were a rock and roll band. He said they had more in common with punk bands, but with their own unique sound, Motörhead is embraced in both Punk rock|punk and metal scenes. Their lyrics typically covered such topics as war, good and evil, abuse of power, promiscuity, substance abuse and, most famously, gambling, the last theme being the focus of their hit song "Ace of Spades (song)|Ace of Spades".Cite news https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/13/lemmy-apparently-i-am-still-indestructible-motorhead-album-bad-magic Lemmy: 'Apparently I am still indestructible'|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077 23 February 2016cite web|title = He was Lemmy and he played rock'n'roll...|url = http://www.teamrock.com/features/2015-12-29/he-was-lemmy-and-he-played-rock-n-roll|website = TeamRock|date = 29 December 2015|access-date = 21 February 2016|language = en-GB|archive-date = 2 March 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160302163715/http://www.teamrock.com/features/2015-12-29/he-was-lemmy-and-he-played-rock-n-roll|url-status = livecite web http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/motorheads-lemmy-on-state-of-rock-and-roll-i-think-its-pretty-poor-right-now/ Lemmy on the State Of Rock and Roll: 'I Think It's Pretty Poor Right Now' 26 August 2015 Blabbermouth.net|language=en-US 21 February 2016 2 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160302223254/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/motorheads-lemmy-on-state-of-rock-and-roll-i-think-its-pretty-poor-right-now/livecite web|title = Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister Dead: Rockers React|url = http://ultimateclassicrock.com/lemmy-dead-rockers-react/|website = Ultimate Classic Rock|date = 29 December 2015|access-date = 21 February 2016|archive-date = 12 January 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210112075209/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/lemmy-dead-rockers-react/|url-status = livecite web|title = Lemmy Kilmister: Motörhead frontman who embodied rock'n'roll lifestyle|url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lemmy-kilmister-mot-rhead-frontman-who-embodied-the-rocknroll-lifestyle-a6789906.html|website = The Independent|date = 29 December 2015|access-date = 21 February 2016|language = en-GB|archive-date = 2 March 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160302232541/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lemmy-kilmister-mot-rhead-frontman-who-embodied-the-rocknroll-lifestyle-a6789906.html|url-status = livecite web http://rockhall.com/blog/post/interview-with-lemmy-kilmister-motorhead/ The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Rockhall.com 21 February 2016 20 May 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160520213356/https://www.rockhall.com/blog/post/interview-with-lemmy-kilmister-motorhead/ Lemmy died on 28 December 2015 from cardiac arrhythmia and congestive heart failure, after being diagnosed with prostate cancer.cite magazine|title = Lemmy Kilmister, Motorhead Singer and Heavy Metal Legend, Dead at 70|url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lemmy-kilmister-motorhead-singer-and-heavy-metal-legend-dead-at-70-20151228|magazine = Rolling Stone|access-date = 31 January 2016|archive-date = 2 February 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160202130815/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lemmy-kilmister-motorhead-singer-and-heavy-metal-legend-dead-at-70-20151228|url-status = dead The day after his death, longtime members Dee and Campbell both confirmed that Motörhead had disbanded. By 2018, all three members of Motörhead's best-known line-up (Lemmy, Taylor and Clarke) had died.cite magazine|title = Lemmy's Last Days: How Metal Legend Celebrated 70th, Stared Down Cancer|url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lemmys-last-days-how-metal-legend-celebrated-70th-stared-down-cancer-20151229|magazine = Rolling Stone|access-date = 21 February 2016|archive-date = 21 February 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160221030215/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lemmys-last-days-how-metal-legend-celebrated-70th-stared-down-cancer-20151229|url-status = dead
Larry Wallis
Lucas Fox
Phil Taylor (musician)|Phil Taylor
"Fast" Eddie Clarke|Eddie Clarke
Brian Robertson (guitarist)|Brian Robertson
Phil Campbell (musician)|Phil Campbell
Würzel
Pete Gill
Mikkey Dee ''Motörhead''efn|The umlaut above ''o'' is a stylistic choice, not orthographical (see metal umlaut). (IPAc-en|ˈ|m|oʊ|t|ər|h|ɛ|d) were an English rock band formed in London in 1975 by bassist and lead vocalist Lemmy Kilmister, guitarist Larry Wallis and drummer Lucas Fox. Lemmy was also the primary songwriter and only constant member. The band are often considered a precursor to the new wave of British heavy metal, which re-energised heavy metal music|heavy metal in the late 1970s and early 1980s.cite web| url=https://www.allmusic.com/style/new-wave-of-british-heavy-metal-ma0000004491| title=New Wave of British Heavy Metal| website=AllMusic| access-date=11 April 2009| archive-date=18 October 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018192241/https://www.allmusic.com/style/new-wave-of-british-heavy-metal-ma0000004491| url-status=live Though several guitarists and drummers have played in Motörhead, most of their best-selling albums and singles feature drummer Phil Taylor (musician)|Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor and guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke. From 1995 until the band's break-up in 2015, the group consisted of Lemmy, guitarist Phil Campbell (musician)|Phil Campbell and drummer Mikkey Dee. Motörhead released 23 studio albums, 10 live recordings, 12 compilation albums and five EPs over a career spanning 40 years. Usually a power trio, they had particular success in the early 1980s with several successful singles in the UK Singles Chart|UK Top 40 chart. The albums ''Overkill (Motörhead album)|Overkill'', ''Bomber (album)|Bomber'', ''Ace of Spades (Motörhead album)|Ace of Spades'' and, particularly, the live album ''No Sleep 'til Hammersmith'' cemented Motörhead's reputation as a top-tier rock band.cite web http://www.losingtoday.com/reviews.php?review_id=2225&band_alpha=m LosingToday reviews 11 February 2007 LosingToday Magazine's review of BBC Live & In-Session https://web.archive.org/web/20070305070438/http://www.losingtoday.com/reviews.php?review_id=2225&band_alpha=m 5 March 2007 The band are ranked number 26 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock.cite web | title=VH1: 100 Greatest Hard Rock Artists: 1–50 | url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2000/vh1hardrock.htm | publisher=Rock on the Net | date=22 February 2009 | access-date=10 May 2009 | archive-date=14 February 2002 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020214214322/http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2000/vh1hardrock.htm | url-status=live By 2023, the band has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide.cite web | url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/motorhead-motorhead-debut-album/ | title=Motörhead: Lemmy And Co's Spirit Of Punk Invades Hard Rock | publisher=Discover Music | access-date=14 August 2024 | url-status=dead | archive-date=4 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004223558/https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/motorhead-motorhead-debut-album/ Most often classified as heavy metal, Motörhead has been credited with being part of and influencing numerous musical scenes, thrash metal and speed metal especially. Lemmy, however, always insisted that they were a rock and roll band. He said they had more in common with punk bands, but with their own unique sound, Motörhead is embraced in both Punk rock|punk and metal scenes. Their lyrics typically covered such topics as war, good and evil, abuse of power, promiscuity, substance abuse and, most famously, gambling, the last theme being the focus of their hit song "Ace of Spades (song)|Ace of Spades".Cite news https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/13/lemmy-apparently-i-am-still-indestructible-motorhead-album-bad-magic Lemmy: 'Apparently I am still indestructible'|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077 23 February 2016cite web|title = He was Lemmy and he played rock'n'roll...|url = http://www.teamrock.com/features/2015-12-29/he-was-lemmy-and-he-played-rock-n-roll|website = TeamRock|date = 29 December 2015|access-date = 21 February 2016|language = en-GB|archive-date = 2 March 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160302163715/http://www.teamrock.com/features/2015-12-29/he-was-lemmy-and-he-played-rock-n-roll|url-status = livecite web http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/motorheads-lemmy-on-state-of-rock-and-roll-i-think-its-pretty-poor-right-now/ Lemmy on the State Of Rock and Roll: 'I Think It's Pretty Poor Right Now' 26 August 2015 Blabbermouth.net|language=en-US 21 February 2016 2 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160302223254/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/motorheads-lemmy-on-state-of-rock-and-roll-i-think-its-pretty-poor-right-now/livecite web|title = Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister Dead: Rockers React|url = http://ultimateclassicrock.com/lemmy-dead-rockers-react/|website = Ultimate Classic Rock|date = 29 December 2015|access-date = 21 February 2016|archive-date = 12 January 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210112075209/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/lemmy-dead-rockers-react/|url-status = livecite web|title = Lemmy Kilmister: Motörhead frontman who embodied rock'n'roll lifestyle|url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lemmy-kilmister-mot-rhead-frontman-who-embodied-the-rocknroll-lifestyle-a6789906.html|website = The Independent|date = 29 December 2015|access-date = 21 February 2016|language = en-GB|archive-date = 2 March 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160302232541/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lemmy-kilmister-mot-rhead-frontman-who-embodied-the-rocknroll-lifestyle-a6789906.html|url-status = livecite web http://rockhall.com/blog/post/interview-with-lemmy-kilmister-motorhead/ The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Rockhall.com 21 February 2016 20 May 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160520213356/https://www.rockhall.com/blog/post/interview-with-lemmy-kilmister-motorhead/ Lemmy died on 28 December 2015 from cardiac arrhythmia and congestive heart failure, after being diagnosed with prostate cancer.cite magazine|title = Lemmy Kilmister, Motorhead Singer and Heavy Metal Legend, Dead at 70|url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lemmy-kilmister-motorhead-singer-and-heavy-metal-legend-dead-at-70-20151228|magazine = Rolling Stone|access-date = 31 January 2016|archive-date = 2 February 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160202130815/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lemmy-kilmister-motorhead-singer-and-heavy-metal-legend-dead-at-70-20151228|url-status = dead The day after his death, longtime members Dee and Campbell both confirmed that Motörhead had disbanded. By 2018, all three members of Motörhead's best-known line-up (Lemmy, Taylor and Clarke) had died.cite magazine|title = Lemmy's Last Days: How Metal Legend Celebrated 70th, Stared Down Cancer|url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lemmys-last-days-how-metal-legend-celebrated-70th-stared-down-cancer-20151229|magazine = Rolling Stone|access-date = 21 February 2016|archive-date = 21 February 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160221030215/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lemmys-last-days-how-metal-legend-celebrated-70th-stared-down-cancer-20151229|url-status = dead
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