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"Motorhead" is a song written by Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister, while he was a member of the English space rock band Hawkwind. It was later recorded by (and was the eponym for) Motörhead, as he called the band this instead of Bastard on his then manager's advice. "Motorhead" was the last song that Lemmy wrote for Hawkwind before being fired from the band in May 1975. It was originally released as the B-side of the single "Kings of Speed" on United Artists Records in March 1975. Read more on Last.fm.

Motörhead was an English metal band formed in London in 1975 by bassist and lead vocalist Lemmy Kilmister, guitarist Larry Wallis and drummer Lucas Fox. Lemmy was also the primary songwriter and only constant member. The band are often considered a precursor to the new wave of British heavy metal, which re-energised heavy metal in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Though several guitarists and drummers have played in Motörhead, most of their best-selling albums and singles feature drummer Phil Philthy Animal Taylor and guitarist Fast Eddie Clarke. From 1995 until the band's breakup in 2015, the group consisted of Lemmy, Mikkey Dee (drums) and Phil Campbell (guitar). Motörhead released 23 studio albums, 10 live recordings, 12 compilation albums and five EPs over a career spanning 40 years. Usually a power trio, they had particular success in the early 1980s with several successful singles in the UK Top 40 chart. The albums Overkill, Bomber, Ace of Spades and, particularly, the live album No Sleep 'til Hammersmith cemented Motörhead's reputation as a top-tier rock band. The band are ranked number 26 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock. As of 2016, the band has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide. Most often classified as heavy metal, Motörhead has been credited with being part of and influencing numerous musical scenes, thrash metal and speed metal especially. Lemmy, however, always insisted that they were a rock and roll band. He said they had more in common with punk bands, but with their own unique sound, Motörhead is embraced in both punk and metal scenes. Their lyrics typically covered such topics as war, good versus evil, abuse of power, promiscuous sex, substance abuse and, most famously, gambling, the last theme being the focus of their hit song Ace of Spades. Lemmy died on 28 December 2015 from cardiac arrhythmia and congestive heart failure, after being diagnosed with prostate cancer. The day after his death, longtime members Dee and Campbell both confirmed that Motörhead had disbanded. By 2018, all three members of Motörhead's best-known line-up (Lemmy, Taylor and Clarke) had died. Discography Motörhead (1977) Overkill (1979) Bomber (1979) On Parole (1979) Ace of Spades (1980) Iron Fist (1982) Another Perfect Day (1983) Orgasmatron (1986) Rock 'n' Roll (1987) 1916 (1991) March ör Die (1992) Bastards (1993) Sacrifice (1995) Overnight Sensation (1996) Snake Bite Love (1998) We Are Motörhead (2000) Hammered (2002) Inferno (2004) Kiss of Death (2006) Motörizer (2008) The Wörld Is Yours (2010) Aftershock (2013) Bad Magic (2015) Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.