“I opened my guitar case and nearly fainted because I thought there was a human hand in there. It turned out, it was half a pig’s head”: Girlschool look back on their wild life with Mötorhead

Kim McAuliffe of Girlschool in 2018 and Motörhead in 1980.

Motörhead and Girlschool were a heavy metal double act for the ages. After Lemmy Kilmister was wowed by the all-female band’s attitude and chops, Motörhead invited Girlschool out on tour during 1979’s Overkill cycle, before recording the collaborative EP St Valentine’s Day Massacre in 1981. The tandem worked wonders, reaching number five in the UK charts before being certified Silver, and it made Girlschool a mainstream force in the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal. 10 years after Lemmy passed away, singer/guitarist Kim McAuliffe reflects on life alongside one of the hardest-living bands in rock’n’roll history.