MOTÖRHEAD’s 20 Most Earthquaking Aftershocks: #3
October 26, 2013, 11 years ago
By Martin Popoff and "Metal" Tim Henderson
In celebration of MOTÖRHEAD’s cannonating new slab Aftershock, BraveWords has decided to serve up a primer and reminder as to the 20 most shocking events in the life of Lem and Co! Conflate them, debate them... we’re presenting them in countdown form, until the day the quake reaches you! So read on and soak in all the gruesome glory and historical heavy metal!
#3 - The title track to the band’s Overkill album (which reared it's ugly head March 24, 1979) delivers a shocking onslaught of double bass drumming, "Philthy" Animal Taylor, in retrospect, now credited as the first drummer to play double bass all the way through a song. Ask Lombardo, Benante and Ulrich (see Lemmy 50th birthday footage below!) what they thought of Motörhead in their youth!
#20 - Motörhead's "dirty, biker-mad, speed-freaked" debut album.
#19 - No Sleep 'til you own this album!
#18 - HAWKWIND Gives Lemmy the boot and Motörhead is born.
#17 - 'Metal On Metal' meets Motörhead?
#16 - Die you bastards!
#15 - Lessons in labels.
#14 - Lemmy goes rockabilly!
#13 - Don't' live next door to Motörhead!
#12 - Robbo's fashion sense.
#11 - Lemmy leaves England!
#10 - Würzel's wrath!
#9 - Motörhead goes commercial!
#8 - It is a Perfect Day!
#7 - Just call me 'Snaggletooth'!
#6 - Heaviest album of the '70s is?
#5 - Bye-bye "Philthy", we'll miss ya!
#4 - "Fast" Eddie takes the FASTWAY out!
#3 - The dawn of speed metal!
