Motörhead

Motörhead is an iconic British heavy metal band. The name was derived from a slang term for an amphetamine user. Founded by ex-Hawkwind bassist Lemmy Kilmister in 19

Motörhead is an iconic British heavy metal band. The name was derived from a slang term for an amphetamine user. Founded by ex-Hawkwind bassist Lemmy Kilmister in 1975, the band specialises in songs that are extremely loud to the unaccustomed listener. The title of one of its live albums, Everything Louder Than Everyone Else, reflects this assertion.

While the band is typically classified as heavy metal or speed metal, Lemmy has refused such labels, preferring to describe Motörhead's style as "rock and roll". Their sound tends to be "half metal, half punk, and half rock n' roll" — purposefully adding up to three halves of a band. Motörhead's lyrics cover topics such as war, good versus evil, abuse of power, promiscuous sex, substance abuse, and "life on the road" - the latter for which they wrote songs like "We Are the Road Crew", "Iron Horse", and "Keep Us on the Road."