Motörhead

Motörhead (, US: ) wur a Inglis rock baund shapit in Juin 1975 bu bassist, sangster, an sangwriter Ian Fraser Kilmister, profeesionally kent bi his stage name Lemmy, who wis the sole constant member. The baund is aften considered a precursor tae, or ane o the earliest members o, the New Wave o Breetish Hivy Metal, which re-energised hivy metal in the late 1970s an early 1980s.
Despite this, Lemmy aye dubbit their muisic as simply "rock an roll".

Motörhead hae released twinty-three studio albums, ten live recordins, twal compilation albums an five EPs. Uisually a pouer trio, they haed pairticular success in the early 1980s wi several successful singles in the UK Top 40 chairt. The albums Overkill, Bomber, Ace of Spades, an pairticularly No Sleep 'til Hammersmith, cementit Motörhead's reputation as a top-tier rock baund. The band are ranked number 26 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock. As o 2012 they hae saud mair nor 15 million albums warldwide.

Motörhead are teepically classifee'd as hivy metal, an their fusion o punk rock intae the genre helpit tae pioneer speed metal an thrash metal. Their leerics teepically cover such topics as war, guid versus evil, abuis o pouer, promiscuous sex, substance abius, an, mist famously, gamblin.

Lemmy dee'd on 28 Dizember 2015 efter bein diagnosed wi a undisclosed "aggressive" fuirm o cancer. The day efter Lemmy's death, Drummer Mikkey Dee statit that Motörhead wad no continue as a baund.

 Lineup 
Lineup
 Lemmy Kilmister - Vocals, Bass Guitar
 Phil Campbell - Guitar
 Mikkey Dee - Drums

 Discografie 

 Motörhead (1977)
 Overkil (1979)
 Bomber (1979)
 Ace of Spades (1980)
 No Sleep 'til Hammersmith (1981)
 Iron Fist (1982)
 Another Perfect Day (1983)
 Orgasmatron (1986)
 Rock 'n' Roll (1987)
 Nö Sleep at All (1988) 
 1916 (1991)
 March ör Die (1992)
 Bastards
 Sacrifice (1995)
 Overnight Sensation (1996)
 Snake Bite Love (1998)
 Everything Louder Than Everyone Else (1999) 
 We Are Motörhead (2000)
 Hammered (2002)
 Live at Brixton Academy (2003)
 Inferno (2004)
 Kiss of Death (2006)
 Better Motörhead Than Dead - Live at Hammersmith (2007)
 Motörizer (2008)
 The Wörld Is Yours (2010)
 Aftershock (2013)
 Bad Magic (2015)

References

Category:Inglis hard rock muisical groups
Category:Inglis hivy metal muisical groups
Category:Muisical groups established in 1975
Category:Muisical groups disestablished in 2015
Category:Muisical groups frae Lunnon