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"Phil started going mental cos he's got these two bass drums and he doesn't know what to do with them!" How the delivery of a new drum kit gave Motörhead's Overkill to the world

'Fast' Eddie Clarke: "Once we'd cracked the formula of how to work together on Overkill, that's when we really started to take off"

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Watch Motörhead’s Lemmy play the violin in this bizarre Kit Kat advert from 2001

What do Lemmy Kilmister, Kelly Brook, the Daleks and former footballer Roy Keane have in common? Nothing. But Kit Kat put them in an ad campaign together anyway.

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“I couldn’t work with John Lennon and Paul McCartney. I’d end up being beaten to death”: When we locked horns with Lemmy to talk Motörhead, Marshalls and why he wouldn’t fit in with one of his favorite bands

In a world full of rock ’n’ roll poseurs, Motörhead's hard-living bassist, Lemmy Kilmister, was a true original

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“It’s not Motörhead, and it’s not Radiohead either.” Watch The Jesus Lizard's video for Moto(R), the latest single from their brilliant comeback album Rack

The Jesus Lizard share a third single from their first album in 26 years

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A convoy of 55 Harley Davidson motorbikes has delivered Lemmy's ashes to Nottingham's Rock City

Rock City becomes the latest venue to host the ashes of the late, great Motörhead frontman

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“The best advice anybody’s given me? Don’t die ashamed”: An epic interview with Lemmy about fame, Bob Dylan and driving on LSD

Even nine years after his death, Motörhead frontman Lemmy remains one of rock’s greatest and funniest icons

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“I told Lars, ‘Oh my god, you’re in my favorite band ever.’ He was like, ‘You’re in MY favorite band’”: Metal bassist Becky Baldwin made her name on social media while moonlighting as Cliff Burton in a Metallica tribute band. Then she landed her dream gig

Baldwin recounts the years of dedication and hard work that led to one of extreme metal’s most influential bands, Mercyful Fate, inviting her to become their bassist on the spot

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A new biography on the late Motorhead guitarist 'Fast' Eddie Clarke is on its way

Make My Day: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Story Of Fast Eddie Clarke will arrive in a box set with a four-CD career retrospective

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"I had never heard anything that raw and heavy and fast in my life": Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy picks the 10 albums that changed his life

These aren't Mike Portnoy's favourite albums - they're much more important than that

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"When Eddie Van Halen is giving you his socks, you know your life is getting weird": Ugly Kid Joe and beyond – the crazy career of Whitfield Crane

Hung out with Lemmy (in his Speedos), been kidnapped by unknown assailants or charged with ‘murder’? No you haven’t. But then you’re not Ugly Kid Joe frontman Whitfield Crane

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“I’m surprised I made it this far. People were giving me 10 minutes to live when I was 30”: two years before he died, Lemmy was still one of rock’s great warriors

In 2013, two years before his death, legendary Motörhead frontman Lemmy looked back on a life on rock’s frontline

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"It was very British, but it shot round the world. It changed music": How the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal was born, by those who were there

In the late 70s, rock music was given a steel-booted kick up the backside by a new breed of band.The NWOBHM would go on to rule Britannia – and the world

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Best band t-shirts: Top picks for an iconic rock 'n' roll style

Showcase your love for your favourite band with licensed tees, perfect for gigs or casual wear

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In the wake of the Heysel Stadium disaster, the stars of heavy metal came together to raise money for the victims in the only way they knew: via a power ballad

What happened when an Italian rock star got together with Motörhead, Uriah Heap, Slade and more to record as The European Team

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10 times metal bands worked with really unlikely collaborators

From members of the Monty Python crew to famous evolutionary biologists, here are some of the strangest hook-ups in rock history

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10 brilliant, bizarre and utterly WTF Lemmy collaborations

From Slash and Dave Grohl to glamour models and 80s girl groups, Lemmy worked with ’em all

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“Most bass players are boring, standing at the back. I’m not like that because I was a guitarist first”: Lemmy, the godfather of heavy rock, on why he switched from guitar to bass

The Motörhead frontman switched to bass guitar while working as a roadie for Hawkwind

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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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“Without him, there would be no Metallica.” See James Hetfield’s new Motörhead tattoo with Lemmy’s ashes in it

The Motörhead man’s remains can also be found in bullets and scattered on the grounds of a German metal festival

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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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“Lemmy’s the king of rock ’n’ roll. No one else comes close.” Dave Grohl, Ozzy Osbourne, Slash and more to contribute to new illustrated book about Lemmy Kilmister

25 of the biggest names in rock and metal will be telling their stories about Motörhead’s legendary leader, complete with comic book illustrations, this summer

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“Lemmy was standing at the door. He gave me a bullet belt and a leather jacket and said, ‘You’re in!’”: the riotous story of Motörhead’s early years and the birth of “the worst band in the world“

How Lemmy bounced back from being fired from Hawkwind and defied the detractors to launch Motörhead into orbit

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“I met Ritchie Blackmore during the Sepultura days. At first, he wasn’t interested in talking to anybody. But the minute I asked, ‘Do you like football?’ he said, ‘Yes – come with me!’” Max Cavalera names 10 guitarists who shaped his sound

The metal pioneer reveals how to score private time with Ritchie Blackmore, the reality of trying to cover Tony Iommi, what Chuck Shuldiner would be doing today – and why he’s finally playing all six strings… on a James Hetfield guitar

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“Bloodstock has always been a special place for Motörhead and for Lemmy.” Lemmy Kilmister’s ashes to be displayed annually at Bloodstock festival

Some of the Motörhead leader’s ashes will be on show at the Catton Park metal festival from the 2024 edition onwards

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The 10 best heavy metal songs about Godzilla (and other Toho monsters, too)

Godzilla (plus Mothra, Rodan, Gamera and more) have long been beloved in the heavy metal scene. These 10 monstrous tracks prove it.

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