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Motörhead

Reviews 3

Horns Up Ya Shitters! Toby Cook Goes To Bloodstock

Motorhead

The World Is Yours

Motorhead

Motorizer

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Low Culture Podcast

Low Culture Podcast: The Decline Of Western Civilisation Part II The Metal years

In this month's Low Culture podcast, we head back to the 1980s and filmmaker Penelope Spheeris' take on the LA hair metal scene
Books

The Loudest, Dirtiest, & Nastiest: Andrew Lauder On Motorhead

In an exclusive extract from his new book (written with Mick Houghton), Radar Records founder Andrew Lauder recalls the origins of Motorhead
Low Culture Essay

Roy Wilkinson On Motörhead’s Bomber sleeve, Sea Power, Rock & War

In this month's Low Culture essay, Roy Wilkinson writes about the the sleeve for Motörhead's Bomber LP and how it became both an Airfix kit and a curious artefact that sat in the anti-militarism of his brothers' band, Sea Power
Books

The Anomalous Life & Death Of A Motorhead: Ian Winwood On Lemmy

Enjoy this excerpt from Ian Winwood's new book, Bodies, concerning the often unchallenged unhealthiness of the music industry
Black Sky Thinking

Taking The Heavy Metal Umlaut Seriously (Or, Why Motörhead Are Azerbaijani)

Riffing on the themes he explores in his new book The Babel Message: A Love Letter to Language, Keith Kahn-Harris shares his love of diacritics and explains how the heavy metal umlaut might be less teutonic than it first appears
A Quietus Interview

Space Ritual: Dave Brock Of Hawkwind Interviewed

Steady the ship, ready the engines, sail forth through the infinite black portal of space and dream - once fitful sleep overtakes you - of turbulent purple seas over a desolate planet. It’s Hawkwind, b’gads, and Harry Sword is talking to Captain Dave Brock ahead of this weekend's Desertfest
A Quietus Interview

Watch: Lemmy Interview – Hawkwind To Punk Via Human Crabs

The Quietus hooks up with Loud Pixels to present a revealing interview with Motorhead's Lemmy (first published December 2010)
Anniversary

45 Years On: Hawkwind’s Warrior On The Edge Of Time Revisited

Danny Riley traverses the space time continuum to find Hawkwind in 1975 at a galactic crossroads
Anniversary

A Case For Sonic Attack: Hawkwind’s Space Ritual 40 Years On

Hawkwind at the height of their powers were as good as any of their German contemporaries... and they were at the height of their powers when they recorded the live album Space Ritual, says Joe Banks
Film

The Sins Of The Father: Lemmy The Movie

Baker’s Dozen Appearances 5

Baker's Dozen

“Music? Horrible.”: David Yow’s Favourite Records

Although he says he doesn't listen to music, and that he's not a musician, The Jesus Lizard's David Yow nevertheless supplies a heartfelt Baker's Dozen that ranges from Motörhead to Snoopy's Christmas
Baker's Dozen

Northern Uproar: Tanya Tagaq’s Favourite Albums

With the release of her phenomenal new album, Retribution, the Inuit throat singer talks to John Freeman about the albums that make her laugh and cry. And laugh some more.

Baker's Dozen

Sharp Dressed Fan: Billy Gibbons Of ZZ Top’s Favourite Albums

As ZZ Top take their live greatest hits album on tour, their lead singer and guitarist Billy Gibbons talks Kiran Acharya through his top 13 LPs, setting aside some of his more well-worn classics in favour of recent favourites
Baker's Dozen

Th1rt3en Best: Dave Mustaine Of Megadeth’s Favourite Albums

Continuing our celebration of three decades since 1986 marked a pivotal moment for thrash, the co-founder, singer and guitarist of one of the "Big Four" gives Mark Eglinton a rundown of his most formative records
Baker's Dozen

Taking Out The Thrash: Scott Ian Of Anthrax’s Top Albums From 1986

To mark 30 years since 1986, a pivotal moment for metal, Anthrax main man Scott Ian talks JR Moores through his 13 top albums from that year, moving from thrash classics through to landmark hip-hop and pop releases

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