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"Lemmy was the real deal, right to the end." Metallica's Kirk Hammett on his love for Motorhead

It's no secret the members of Metallica love Motorhead. But Kirk Hammett shares just what the rock'n'roll legends mean to him

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"Motorhead are the hardest, loudest band in the world – why wouldn't you make those your heroes?”: An 8ft bronze of Lemmy from Motorhead is about to tower over Stoke-on-Trent

With a design ready, and plans approved the project now just needs your funding to get it over the line

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“They said, ‘We need a good singer.’ We said, ‘What’s the matter with James Hetfield?’” NWOBHM survivors Raven on giving insecure Metallica their first national tour, and pioneering the 8-string bass and bass trem

Even after 50 years and a near-fatal accident, British metal’s Gallagher brothers still have enough attitude to give young bands a run for their money

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10 brilliant but overlooked rock and metal albums you need to hear from 2000

The year 2000 gave us massive releases from Deftones, Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit, but these 10 albums flew under the radar

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Ashes of Motorhead star Lemmy enshrined in London club Stringfellows

Lemmy’s Motorhead bandmate joked that his friend is ‘going to have a good view’

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Watch footage of Lemmy tribute and exhibits at UK's Bloodstock Open Air Festival

Bloodstock 2024 is underway and late Motorhead frontman Lemmy is being celebrated in a number of ways

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“They couldn’t get the chicken feathers and blood cleaned up quick enough”: the epic story of Motorhead in the 21st century

How Motörhead’s late 90s and early 2000s three-piece line-up more than lived up to past glories

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"Orange Goblin have made the journey, and they're very much the real thing." London's stoner metal legends finally reach New Zealand and put on a magnificent rock 'n' roll show

Orange Goblin level Wellington's Valhalla during their first ever New Zealand tour

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“It’s been a blessing to have been underdogs for so long. It’s kept us hungry. I’m ravenous”: the late ’80s fall and early ’90s rise of Motorhead

Motörhead struggled through the second half of the 1980s - but there was no way that Lemmy was going to give up

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"Ballet shoes and Motorhead don't mix": The history of Motorhead in 12 songs

From the song that gave the band its name to their tribute to a fellow music legend, these are the songs that tell the story of Motorhead - the greatest rock'n'roll band to ever live

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Lemmy's ashes to be 'enshrined' at Rainbow Bar & Grill in Los Angeles alongside launch of Motorhead Whiskey

Lemmy's favourite drinking den to house his ashes as LA's Rainbow announces tributes to late Motorhead frontman

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Plans to erect a statue of Motorhead icon Lemmy have been approved in the Staffordshire town where he was born

A giant 2.2metre statue of Motorhead's Lemmy will be erected in Burslem as Stoke-on-Trent Council approves plans

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"Get me 100 gallons of whipped cream, fill the bath with tequila and don't forget the goats": Watch Lemmy's gloriously weird appearance in an insurance ad

Lemmy never shied away from paying gigs, but his appearance in an old AXA commercial might be one of his most wonderfully weird

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The ravaged rock wasteland between Endless Boogie and Mötorhead, and a comeback for one of the most influential riffsmiths of his generation: This week's essential guitar tracks

From Robin Trower to Spiritbox, Black Pumas to George Lynch, Helmet to Polaris, these are the guitar-forward songs you can't afford to miss this week

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Watch Carrie Underwood cover Motorhead classic Ace of Spades

Country star Carrie Underwood reaffirms rock credentials with impressive cover of Motorhead's Ace of Spades

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"I was still up at seven in the morning, howling away at the top of my voice" - How Lemmy wrote Motorhead by Motörhead

When Motörhead recorded the definitive version of Motorhead, it was third time lucky: this version would change Lemmy's life

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The mind-boggling story of how former Thin Lizzy guitarist Brian Robertson ended up in Motorhead

"Being in Motörhead was crazy 24 hours a day" says Brian Robertson – but the story of how he came to be part of Lemmy’s chaotic crew is even stranger

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Ghost have recorded covers of classic songs by Rush, U2 and Misfits, plus a piano version of a Motorhead anthem

Tobias Forge originally conceived Ghost's forthcoming Phantomime EP as a full album, and the 'leftovers' include covers of songs by Motorhead, Rush, U2 and Misfits

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Motorhead's Mikkey Dee: "I'm glad Lemmy doesn't have to experience today's political correctness because he would be going f**king crazy"

Former Motorhead drummer Mikkey Dee says he is glad "jokester" Lemmy isn't here to experience cancel culture

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Motorhead's Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee didn't get a chance to say goodbye to Lemmy before he died: "I couldn't even go over to the funeral"

Lemmy's Motörhead bandmates Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee didn't get an opportunity for a final goodbye with Lemmy before his death

Manchester Evening News

'Dangerous' lost venue where Sex Pistols played 'under a hail of gob and bottles'

The Electric Circus in Collyhurst was a scary venue for gig-goers both inside and outside

Wales Online

The people fighting to save an iconic Llanelli music school

Stars from Motorhead, Stereophonics and Alice Cooper’s band have all been to the John Street store

Daily Record

Jesse Wood on wife Fearne Cotton: "I'm a very lucky man"

Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood's eldest kid on domestic bliss, playing for Scotland and why he's happy his dad never gave him advice when he joined Reef.

Wales Online

The 'lifeline' music shop used by local bands as well as members from Motorhead, Stereophonics and Alice Cooper's band that's closing for good

Alun Rees, 65, has thrown open his doors to stars including the late Stereophonics drummer Stuart Cable

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Motorhead in Newcastle - when the band's drummer revisited his North East childhood home

Heavy metal favourites Motorhead were on the crest of a wave 40 years ago when they kicked off their 1982 UK tour with three nights at Newcastle City Hall

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