As my boss would say - beyond Heavy Metal. Well Motorhead is as heavy metal as it gets. The most metal possible is Motorhead playing for 3.5 hours in the Basque Country of Spain, in the rain, with lead weights in his boots and the opening band (Butthole Surfers) getting in a wreck on the way there. That is as metal as it gets - period!! Motorhead formed in 1975 when Lemmy was kicked out of a band called Hawkwind, they have been going strong ever since. You say you have never heard of them? Fuck you Lemmy would say, he does not give a shit. He never sold out, stayed true to his self with some success along the way, some almost hit records a lot of hard times and a lot of drugs. Howard Stern once said “Lemmy would probably die if he quit doing drugs”. Why am I bothering to tell you this? Motorhead is touring the US a little this summer, check it. Louie Vito said he would go see em, so should you before Lemmy dies. Lemmy has probably been doing Heroin longer than you have been alive*
A quick story, in about 1985 my friend Rob and I were listening to Jailbait, a Motorhead classic, and we were rocking so hard I had the great idea that we could rock harder if I put gasoline on the record while it was playing. Well, you can guess the result, there were flames like 4 feet high in my bedroom. It was almost like a Great White concert in Rhode Island. Luckily enough we put it out but, barely. Sure it was retarded and to this day I am afraid to even keep gasoline in the garage for the lawnmower. That just goes to show you what kind of actions Motorhead inspires.
Judas Priest is with them and in the 90’s Judas Priest inspired a kid in Reno to commit suicide that lead to well documented court battle. This shit is not feel good music.
Lemmy - Stockholm Sweden, Sep 2007, photo by Robert Norgren
METAL MASTERS TOUR
METAL LEGENDS JUDAS PRIEST, HEAVEN & HELL, MOTORHEAD, AND TESTAMENT UNITE
Aug 6/08 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
Aug 7/08 Bristow, VA Nissan Pavilion
Aug 9/08 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
Aug 10/08 Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach
Aug 13/08 Toronto, ON Molson Amphitheatre
Aug 16/08 Pittsburgh, PA Post Gazette Pavilion
Aug 18/08 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
Aug 19/08 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Aug 22/08 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Amphitheatre
Aug 23/08 Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Aug 24/08 San Antonio, TX Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Aug 27/08 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion
Aug 28/08 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Wireless Pavilion
Aug 30/08 San Bernardino, CA Glen Helen Pavilion
Aug 31/08 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
Dark night nothing to see
Invisible hand in front of me
Scared to death there´s someone near
Scared to move but you can´t stay here
Lyrics to Iron Fist - 1984 - Insane Song
CHORUS:
You know me, evil eye
You know me, prepared to die
You know me, the snake-bite kiss
Devils grip, the iron fist
Flying horse don´t make a sound
Flying hooves don´t touch the ground
Walk in circle lose your track
Can´t go on but you can´t go back
CHORUS
Moon eclipse and you know why
Ghost rider in the sky
Beast of evil devil hound
Tooth and claw they pull you down
*Heroin can and does cause death, snowrev.com does not condone heroin use except under the supervision of a physician
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