8. MotörheadNo Sleep ’til Hammersmith
When I first this record I thought, "What’s wrong with the singer’s voice?" The second time I heard it I thought, "Fuck, that guy looks like he’s a savage killer!" By the third time I’d heard it and seen the video, I thought, "I like these guys…" You need the right amount of exposure to these kinds of possibilities. People have certain prejudices against certain bands based on how they look but unless you’re open-minded, you never know what you’re missing out on.
On top of the actual music, Motörhead embodied a lifestyle too. If you looked at Phil ‘Philthy Animal’ Taylor, may his soul rest in peace, he looked like a punk. He was the embodiment of cool. The only other guy who ever had that for me was when Chris Cornell had long hair! You just thought, "That guy has got it going on." Looking at Lemmy, who looked like a badass biker, and then Fast Eddie’s darkness, Motörhead was all so cool. People ask me so often to comment on Lemmy’s death and I always try to switch it to a comment on his life. How about we celebrate his existence? I saw a picture of him the other day and I found myself just staring and missing him a lot. Lemmy never hurt anyone or anything as far as I know. He never had to back up that dangerous attitude with anything else, like some of the things you’re seeing on the internet just now with people shouting offensive things from the stage. That’s an interesting breed of frontman and Lemmy was never like that. He knew who he was.
It’s hard when you can’t understand when someone you know is gone. They’re here, then they’re gone and it’s final. One of the most important lessons in that is to love people that are important to you and just be nice to people. You never know how long they’ll be around.
