Motörhead release ‘Leavin’ Here’, the second single and its accompanying music video from the forthcoming album, ‘The Manticore Tapes‘, which is set for release on 27th of June. The music video for ‘Leavin’ Here’ is an explosively raucous mixed media visual combining unique model characters and set pieces with archive footage of the band. Originally […]
In 1976 the seminal line-up of Motörhead was solidified a year after the band’s initial inception. Known as the ‘Three Amigos’ era of Motörhead, Lemmy (bass/vocals), Fast Eddie Clarke (guitar) and Phil ‘Philthy Animal’ Taylor (drums) joined forces and began their extraordinary journey to the top of the hard rock elite. In August 1976 the […]
Review: Motörhead – Iron Fist (40th Anniversary) Sanctuary Records (Spetember 23rd, 2022) Reviewer: Chris O’Connor Yes, it really has been 40 years since the three amigos cut loose with what would prove to be their final studio outing, and here it is remastered for your aural delectation. This album has always held a special place […]
Once upon a time the loudest, nastiest, speed-freaked trio in the land – the mighty Motörhead – decided that they needed an intro-film to come on stage to, so they could tour their brand-new album ‘Iron Fist‘. Not for them some gentle promo video, for this was Motörhead in 1982 comprising the seminal three amigos line-up of Lemmy, Fast Eddie Clarke and Phil ‘Philthy Animal’ Taylor. What they produced has been buried in the mists of time, confined to dodgy bootleg […]
The time-honoured phrase “Follow that!” rang with deafening resonance when Motörhead were faced with having to follow a rock milestone (‘Ace Of Spades‘), a number one album (‘No Sleep Till Hammersmith‘) and their bomber – the most spectacular stage prop rock had ever seen. As the last shout from the three amigos line-up of Lemmy, Fast Eddie Clarke and Phil ‘Philthy Animal’ Taylor, ‘Iron Fist‘ was rudely dismissed by some ignorant loud-mouth hap’orths as being ‘less’, and has always suffered slightly from […]
Graham Mitchell, who was Motörhead‘s tour manager in the late 1970s and early ’80s, was also an avid photography enthusiast. A new large-format tabletop book, ‘Fast & Loose: Snapshots from the Graham Mitchell Archive, 1977-1982‘, collects nearly 100 of his snapshots, including many that have never been published before. “I somehow knew how important it […]
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