Musically, Motörhead stayed in their lane and did it excellently. From their 1975 founding until architect Lemmy’s passing 40 years later, the trio dished out full-throttle rock’n’roll and little else, rattling teeth with such bangers as Ace Of Spades, Iron Fist and Hellraiser.
In quite the stark contrast, though, their lynchpin himself seemed to love rocking up in new and unexpected places. He appeared on mainstream TV music quiz Never Mind The Buzzcocks. He cameoed in the Hollywood-made Adam Sandler vehicle Airheads. Plus, shortly before his death, the mutton-chopped maestro starred in an advert for milk manufacturer Valio, one of the biggest companies in Scandinavia.
