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El Fangel
01-02-2008, 10:06 PM
Motorhead

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Motörhead are a British (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom) heavy metal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_music) band formed in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Lemmy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmy) (real name Ian Kilmister), who has remained the sole constant member. Usually a power trio (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_trio), Motörhead had particular success in the early 1980s with several successful singles in the UK Top 40 chart (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart). The albums Overkill (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overkill_%28album%29), its follow on, Bomber (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomber_%28album%29), Ace of Spades (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_of_Spades_%28album%29), and particularly No Sleep 'til Hammersmith (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Sleep_%27til_Hammersmith), cemented Motörhead's reputation as one of Britain's foremost heavy metal groups.<sup id="_ref-0" class="reference">[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorhead#_note-0)</sup> More recent exposure has included providing wrestler Triple H (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_H)'s entrance music (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_in_professional_wrestling), and performing live at WrestleMania (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania) events; and in 2004, contributing the song, "You Better Swim", to the soundtrack of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_SpongeBob_SquarePants_Movie). In 2005 the band received their first Grammy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award).
While Motörhead are typically classified as heavy metal, speed metal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_metal) or thrash metal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrash_metal) (and often regarded as a foundational influence on the latter two styles);<sup id="_ref-1" class="reference">[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorhead#_note-1)</sup> Lemmy dislikes such labels, preferring to describe the band's music simply as "rock and roll (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_roll)".<sup id="_ref-CRR_0" class="reference">[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorhead#_note-CRR)</sup> Motörhead's approach has remained the same over the band's career, preferring to play what they enjoy and do best, their like for the early rock and roll is reflected in some of their occasional cover songs. Motörhead's lyrics typically cover such topics as war, good versus evil, abuse of power, promiscuous sex, substance abuse, and "life on the road".
The band's distinctive fanged face logo was created by artist Joe Petagno (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Petagno) in 1977 for the cover of the Motörhead (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mot%C3%B6rhead_%28album%29) album and has appeared in many variations on covers of ensuing albums


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Kane Knight
01-02-2008, 10:09 PM
1. Fuck Mötorhead and other shitty metal acts.

(Not that all metal isn't shitty, it's just that MH falls into "crapcore" as far as I'm concerned).

EDIT: Changed my mind.

Skippord
01-02-2008, 10:14 PM
10

Bad Company
01-02-2008, 10:18 PM
4 not a fan

El Fangel
01-02-2008, 10:20 PM
6/10

ron the dial
01-02-2008, 10:25 PM
6

Solid rock and roll, but I can only listen to them for so long.

D Mac
01-02-2008, 11:38 PM
6

Solid rock and roll, but I can only listen to them for so long.

Downunder
01-03-2008, 01:37 AM
10

Lemmy is God

FakeLaser
01-03-2008, 02:00 AM
4

Xerzes
01-03-2008, 03:05 AM
Who wins a fight between Lemmy and god?

Trick question. Lemmy is god.

10

Skippord
01-03-2008, 04:32 AM
Downunder and Xerzes are correct

Impact!
01-03-2008, 07:48 AM
10 :love:

KingofOldSchool
01-03-2008, 08:27 AM
3

Kane Knight
01-03-2008, 09:52 AM
Lemmy is ass.

El Vaquero de Infierno
01-03-2008, 10:07 AM
7

Rammsteinmad
01-03-2008, 01:11 PM
1/10

Never really liked them. Lemmy is madly overrated, and let's be honest here... Ace of Spades is the only MH song anyone gives a rats ass about... and once the first minute has passed they lose interest quickly.

Boondock Saint
01-03-2008, 02:03 PM
3

BigDaddyCool
01-03-2008, 02:41 PM
500

St. Jimmy
01-03-2008, 06:54 PM
10. Best Metal Band of all time.

BigDaddyCool
01-03-2008, 06:59 PM
10. Best Metal Band of all time.

They aren't Slayer:roll:

O.G Loc
01-04-2008, 02:34 AM
10. This is the greatest rock and roll band of all time.

Skippord
01-04-2008, 03:23 AM
1/10

Never really liked them. Lemmy is madly overrated, and let's be honest here... Ace of Spades is the only MH song anyone gives a rats ass about... and once the first minute has passed they lose interest quickly.
no no it isnt

Skippord
01-04-2008, 03:24 AM
And Lemmy is the greatest person to ever live

Kane Knight
01-04-2008, 09:22 AM
And Lemmy is the greatest person to ever live

Just come out of the closet already.

KingofOldSchool
01-04-2008, 09:51 AM
no no it isnt

Oh yeah they also did Triple H's theme. :cool:

Kane Knight
01-04-2008, 10:04 AM
Which sounds exactly like every song they ever did other than Spades.

Except, of course, it's actually popular.

Russenmafia
01-04-2008, 06:22 PM
6

weather vane
01-05-2008, 01:49 AM
8

ct2k
01-05-2008, 08:37 AM
Every album they release is pretty much identical to the other but when you're as good as they are live it doesn't matter

8

Kane Knight
01-05-2008, 09:08 AM
Every album they release is pretty much identical to the other but when you're as good as they are live it doesn't matter

8

Good live? :lol:

What, does getting pissed and forgetting how to play your own songs count as quality in the UK or something?

Zen v.W.o.
01-06-2008, 07:55 PM
2, Lemmy can fuck off.

El Fangel
01-06-2008, 09:20 PM
Thread closed.

WestNZ
01-09-2008, 03:29 AM
has to be 10, motorhead rock