MOTORHEAD レコード& CD

Review: To celebrate what would've been the legendary Ian 'Lemmy' Kilmister's 78th birthday, the Motorhead Lost Tapes series continues with Volume 5 which boasts the band's legendary set at 2008's Download Festival in Donnington Park. While featuring a career-spanning set of the trio's most face-melting rippers from 'Killer' to 'Rosalie' to 'Killed By Death', the set is most notable for the surprise appearance of former guitarist Michael Richard Burston aka Wurzel, who provides his shredding abilities to the epic one-two punch finale of 'Overkill' and 'Ace Of Spades'.

Review: 1977 was a pivotal year for Motorhead, seeing as it saw the release of their debut, self-titled album and also the hiring of Fast Eddie Clarke, forging what is invariably seen as the classic line up of this seminal band. The year may be closely associated with the height of punk rock, but the ultra heavy metal stylings of Lemmy and co always crossed the divide and appealled to punk and metal fans alike. The 11 tracks here straddle the tracks written for that debut LP ('Iron Horse/Born To Lose', 'Vibrator' and 'White Line Fever') and older material such as 'Motorhead', originally penned by Lemmy's previous employers Hawkwind, their cover of Eddie Holland's Motown classic 'Leaving Here' and 'On Parole', first recorded with Clarke's predecessor Larry Wallis in 1976 then shelved. The sound of one of the finest bands ever just beginning to hit their stride.

Review: It isn't too absurd to consider that Motorhead appeared at the 2007 installment of the iconic Montreux Jazz Festival, when the organising team are renowned for purposefully selecting the best artists of leftfield variety to add dynamics to their line-up, and offer respites from the jazz-centric billing. All that said, there's still no denying the face-melting bizarre turn from one of the greatest heavy rock/metal acts to ever shred, and now the set has been immortalised on wax. Featuring essential cuts from their back catalogue such as 'Killed By Death', 'Iron Fist', 'Overkill', and (of course) 'Ace Of Spades', it's a genuine joy to hear Lemmy and co utterly embracing their newfound audience and delivering a breakneck sonic spectacle only the trio knew how to deliver.

Review: With the iconic Montreux Jazz Festival constantly working to offer the most dynamic respites from their jazz-centric billing, and showcasing their tastes for the best in outsider (anything other than jazz) music, it shouldn't come as too much of a shock that the legendary Motorhead ripped a mammoth set apart back in 2007. Featuring a plethora of tracks from their catalogue such as 'Killed By Death', and 'Ace Of Spades', while also serving as the first official release to feature the trio's much loved cover of Thin Lizzy's 'Rosalie', it's delightful and absurd in equal measure to hear Lemmy and his cohorts embracing an entirely different type of audience to deliver one of the most unique sets of their latter days.

Review: Before Motorhead, there was simply The Boys From Ladbroke Grove; a trio which included the metal legends' formative members Lemmy Kilmister and Larry Wallis. Spanning a whole host of early material, some of which has never before appeared on physical media, this retrospective compilation harks back to recorded and live work by the "family tree" of bands related to Kilmister and Wallis in the early 1970s, with rare numbers also included. Motorhead completists, perk your ears up!