Motorhead played rock'n'roll. Only, there was so much more to them than just that, wasn't there? 50 years since Lemmy got the boot from psychedelic prog rockers Hawkwind and made a band that'd "kill your lawn if [we] moved in next door", his band's story is indelibly entwined with the history of rock, metal, punk and beyond.
Because there's the rub: Motorhead united the tribes, inspired extreme metal (there's a reason we chose Overkill as their greatest song) and laid the foundation for generations of scuzzy, straight-talking bands to follow in their wake.
