“We’d solidly work from two in the afternoon to until 10pm. Why did we knock off then? So, we could get to the pub!”: The chaotic story behind Motörhead’s Overkill, the album that turned three speed freaks into stars

Motorhead posing for a photograph in 1979.

Motörhead’s place in the rock pantheon is assured, and it can all be traced back to a creative hot streak that began with their second album, 1979’s mighty Overkill. In 2009, late, great frontman Lemmy looked back how three unhinged speed freaks made a stone cold classic.