NO SLEEP TIL HAMMERSMITH

Motorhead: Lemmy Kilmister, Fast Eddie Clarke, Phil Taylor. Recorded live in England in 1980 & 1981. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Unlike many heavy metal contemporaries, Motorhead leader Lemmy possesses self-deprecating humour. Stripped of pretension, he goads the basic three-chord trick with a full-throated bellow, emphasizing his trio's vicious racket. On this live selection the group reprise the cream of their back catalogue with untrammelled venom, in the process destroying already power-packed studio counterparts. Continuing a line from the MC5 and Stooges, rather than gothic fantasy, the band understand the excitement of noise and exploit it to its full potential. Thrash metal and hardcore owe them a debt but, as this album proves, there is only one Motorhead.

• Genre: Pop
• Format: Vinyl
• Released: 05/18/2015