Biography

Motörhead's overwhelmingly loud and fast brand of heavy metal was one of the most groundbreaking styles the genre had to offer in the late '70s. Though the group's leader, Lemmy Kilminster, had his roots in the hard-rocking space rock band Hawkwind, Motörhead didn't bother with his old group's progressive tendencies, choosing to amplify the heavy biker rock elements of Hawkwind with the speed of punk rock. In the process, they created speed metal and thrash metal. Unlike many of their contemporaries, Motörhead continued performing into the next century. Although the band changed its lineup many, many times -- Lemmy was its only consistent member -- they never changed their raging sound. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Top Tracks

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• (don't Let 'em) Grind You Down

• (we Are) The Road Crew

• (we Are) The Roadcrew [alternative Version]

• Ace Of Spades

• Ace Of Spades [alternative Version]

• Ace Of Spades [live]

• Acropolis (metropolis)

• Angel City

• Back At The Funny Farm

• Back On The Chain

• Bastard

• Black Leather Jacket

• Bomber

• Born To Lose

• Brave New World

• Built For Speed

• Burner

• Bye Bye Bitch Bye Bye

• Christine

• City Kids

• Dancing On Your Grave

• Dead Men Tell No Tales

• Deaf Forever

• Dirty Love

• Dirty Love [b-side Of Ace Of Spades]

• Eagle Rock

• Eat The Rich

• Fire, Fire

• Going To Brazil

• Heart Of Stone

• Hell On Earth

• Heroes

• I'm Your Witchdoctor

• In The Year Of The Wolf

• Iron Fist

• Iron Horse

• Iron Horse (born To Lose)

• Iron Horse/born To Lose

• Jailbait

• Killed By Death

• Love Me Like A Reptile

• Motorhead

• Motörhead

• No Class

• Nothing Up My Sleeve

• On Parole

• One Night Stand

• One Night Stand [live]

• Orgasmatron

• Orgasmatron (spoken Word)

• Over The Top

• Overkill

• Overnight Sensation

• R.a.m.o.n.e.s.

• Rock 'n' Roll Music

• Shine

• Shoot You In The Back

• Silver Machine

• Stay Clean

• Stay Out Of Jail

• Stone Dead Forever

• Sucker

• Take The Blame

• Terminal Show

• The Chase Is Better Than The Catch

• The Chase Is Better Than The Catch [live]

• The Train Kept A-rollin'

• Walk A Crooked Mile

• We Are The Roadcrew

• When The Eagle Screams

• You Better Run

Discography

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• The World Is Ours, Vol. 1: Everywhere Further Than Everyplace Else

  Century Media/EMI / EMI

  2011

• The Wörld Is Yours

  UDR

  2010

• Motorizer

  Steamhammer

  2008

• Kiss of Death

  Steamhammer

  2006

• Hammered

  Steamhammer

  2002

• We Are Motörhead

  CMC International

  2000

• Everything Louder Than Everyone Else

  Sanctuary

  1999

• Snake Bite Love

  CMC International

  1998

• Overnight Sensation

  CMC International

  1996

• Sacrifice

  CMC International

  1995

• Bastards

  Steamhammer

  1993

• March ör Die

  WTG Records

  1992

• 1916

  WTG Records

  1991

• 1916 Live...Everything Louder than Everything Else

  1991

• Meltdown

  Castle Music Ltd.

  1991

• Blitzkrieg on Birmingham '77

  Trojan

  1989

• Motörhead

  Chiswick Records

  1977