08/11/2025
November 8, 1980 - 2025: 45 years of: Ace Of Spades.
An ugly rocknroll storm.
Crafters of speed and users of, these MOTÖR-f**kers are the new-school. Late 70s heavyrock and punk explosions kept England at the pole position of extremes ...and on the Seventh Day, the Brits created 1980: Year Zero for true Heavy-Metal.
In between the elder SABBATH, the leathered PRIEST, the dangerous MAIDEN, the suave SNAKE and the motorcycle men of SAXON. This MOTÖR-madness escalated with an overkill, then a bomber-led assault ...and now the terrifying trio destroys everything, every-f**kin-thing.
There's loud ...and then there's MOTÖR-loud !
The dirt lifts up instantly as the grimmy bass-lick wipes the floor and opens-up the riot. This title-track alone is heavy enough to initiate a geomagnetic-reversal, none shall survive this brutal assault. The drums explodes into a H-bomb while the guitars sand-blasts it's way a mile around and Lemmy arrives and delivers adrenalized-rocknroll. Blunt, vile and deadly addictive, they draw the first card out of the pack: the "Ace Of Spades". The one-stop shop for teenage angst and rock-rebellion, packaged into a 2:48sec slab of some of the finest rawness available. This is just track #1, dya think you'll make it thru homeboy ?
Not a single second to rest, as the A-riff of "Love Me Like A Reptile" bursts in and annihilates anyone / anything left standing. While the term heavymetal wasn't yet widely used, the sound was forever immortalized on killer jabs like "Shoot You In The Back", the speedster "Fire, Fire" and the C-4 explosive of "Bite The Bullet". From trio to a full family-affair, hear the homage for the MOTÖR-staff on "(We Are) The Road Crew".
The heaviness reaches Biblical proportions on the pounding "The Chase Is Better Than The Catch", a vicious 360° attack, while the LP's closer pins you down into nothingness with a massive deafening stroke of "The Hammer".
Ace Of Spades LP, the iconic "f**k you" in hard-rocknroll's illustrious history.
The accompanying live meltdown 1981's No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith LP is an hostile exhibition in a hostile environment. The Odeon turned into a warzone of bikers, punks, leather, jeans, spikes, switchblades and gutter-attitude. This alpha-male mojo has followed the band until their very end in 2015.
45 f**king years of grime, dirt and cranium splitting hardcore-rocknroll. It's not only about the music, it's about a way of life, it's an attitude. A MOTÖR-outlook on life and one's destiny, fueled by the high-octane rock included within. Now on a roll, the orgasmatron never stops. MOTÖTHEAD shall pummel the decade, starting with 1982's Iron Fist LP.
RIP Phil Taylor (1954-2015)
RIP Ian Kilmister (1945-2015)
RIP Eddie Clarke (1950-2018)
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Ace Of Spades = video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mbvWn1EY6g
The Chase Is Better Than The Catch = video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PktB0bxo2oQ
Ace Of Spades = full LP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08jN96LpXbw&list=OLAK5uy_kIxfPRkMxA94-G0gZ6-4ri-5Qcsrfs7Pc
Interview in Toronto in 1981
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-9swagu6lU
Live in Belfast in 1981
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYlU6UQbpYc
No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith = full LP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrPJLG7yyYk&list=OLAK5uy_m2snDTz6NIhURgWEr08uNKAQCiLqAVHhU
Fans celebrate the 40th
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeh39ePuQ-8
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The Helter is better than the Skelter.
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