History Music / Motorhead

* DrugsAreBad: "Lost Johnny" from ''Motörhead'' and ''On Parole''.

* CoverVersion: They've covered a lot of songs. Let's see... "The Train Kept-A-Rollin'" by Tiny Bradshaw, "I'm Your Witchdoctor" by John Mayall, "Emergency" by Girlschool, "Please Don't Touch" by Johnny Kidd and the Pirates, "Louie Louie" by Richard Berry, "(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man" by Muddy Waters, "Stand by Your Man" by Tammy Wynette, "Masterplan" by The Plasmatics, "[[TwistedSister Shoot 'em Down]]", [[Music/{{Metallica}} "Enter Sandman", "Whiplash"]], "[[TedNugent Cat Scratch Fever]]", [[Music/TheRollingStones "Jumping Jack Flash"]], [[{{SexPistols}} "God Save The Queen"]], [[{{Queen}} "Tie Your Mother Down"]], [[Music/JudasPriest "Breaking The Law"]] and "[[ZZTop Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers]]".

* CoverVersion: They've covered a lot of songs. Let's see... "The Train Kept-A-Rollin'" by Tiny Bradshaw, "I'm Your Witchdoctor" by John Mayall, "Emergency" by Girlschool, "Please Don't Touch" by Johnny Kidd and the Pirates, "Louie Louie" by Richard Berry, "(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man" by Muddy Waters, "Stand by Your Man" by Tammy Wynette, "Masterplan" by The Plasmatics, "[[TwistedSister Shoot 'em Down]]", [[Music/{{Metallica}} "Enter Sandman", "Whiplash"]], "[[TedNugent Cat Scratch Fever]]", [[{{TheRollingStones}} "Jumping Jack Flash"]], [[{{SexPistols}} "God Save The Queen"]], [[{{Queen}} "Tie Your Mother Down"]], [[Music/JudasPriest "Breaking The Law"]] and "[[ZZTop Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers]]".

* OlderThanTheyLook: Lemmy is nearly 67 but still looks pretty damn good, appearing to be in his mid-40's to early 50's. This is amazing considering the fact that he's been an alcoholic for so many years; he's blessed considering that what he's been doing has been proven to make people look ''older'' than they are.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Lemmy is nearly 67 but still looks pretty damn good, appearing to be in his mid-40's to early 50's, or mid-50's at most. This is amazing considering the fact that he's been an alcoholic for so many years; he's blessed considering that what he's been doing has been proven to make people look ''older'' than they are.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: They're about an 8.

* WastedSong: "Hell on Earth" can only be found on [[{{Hellraiser}} Hellraiser III]] OST.

* BeyondTheImpossible: Motorhead has been called "the loudest band in the world", and has been clocked in excess of '''140 decibels''', a sound level roughly equivalent to that of a jet engine or the Space Shuttle.

* EpicRiff: "Ace of Spades", "We Are The Road Crew"

* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Lemmy is a collector of Nazi memorabilia, and has a very large collection. This has led some pundits to accuse him of being a Nazi sympathizer, but Lemmy has denied this. He claims that any form of government is a bad thing when taken to extremes, and he collects Nazi memorabilia because [[EvilIsCool they had the coolest-looking stuff]].

SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll [[XMeetsY meets]] HeavyMetal.

* InsistentTerminology: Lemmy claims they just play Rock 'n roll. [[BerserkButton NEVER tell him otherwise.]] According to a quote of his, it's because at the time 'heavy metal was too slow and boring' and the band were inspired by rock and roll bands.
** In recent years he seems to have made peace with the heavy metal label. In his autobiography ''White Line Fever'' Lemmy uses the term heavy metal several times in reference to Motörhead.

* KavorkaMan: Lemmy is not privileged in looks, and yet slept with over 2,000 women.
** It probably helps that he actually respects women; he takes offense if anyone claims they can't play rock as well as men.

** CoveredUp: Many of the earlier covers, how many of us actually know Tiny Bradshaw, John Mayall or Tammy Wynette?
*** In the UK this is true for The Train Kept A Rollin'. In the US, Aerosmith are the most known for doing the song. In actual fact, Jeff Beck's version with The Yardbirds is the one that is usually covered, as he completely changed the riff and the structure of the song. Most people don't know The Yardbirds, but they evolved into Led Zeppelin, who continued to play The Train Kept A Rollin' live in their early years. However, Zeppelin never actually recorded it in studio.
**** John Mayall was in The Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton, but that is about the only thing he's known for.

* CreatorBacklash: Despite being the archetype of heavy metal, Lemmy prefers 'Rock And Roll' to describe his band's genre. This is a backlash because he's displayed some disdain for this before. He is quoted as saying 'heavy metal was too slow and boring' at the time, and they wanted to play fast rock and roll as an antidote to it.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Poor guys.
** Motörhead's first label, United Artists, had no expectations for the band, so they shelved the real first album (''On Parole'') and only released it after the band started to make name for themselves at Bronze Records.
** After their stint at Bronze and GWR, Motörhead relocated to USA and signed to WTG (off-shoot of Epic Records). After releasing ''1916'', WTG gradually started to run themselves down intentionally and basically stopped promoting Motörhead and the band had to promote the next album (''March or Die'') themselves.
** After WTG shut itself down, band went to the german ZYX records because they gave the best offer. Unfortunately, ZYX didn't want to put much effort to promote the band (beceause they claimed it would cost too much) and the album ''Bastards'' went unnoticed by the consumers.
*** Motorhead also made some poor business decisions earlier in their career with the result that many labels have released their own compilations featuring Motorhead tracks without being endorsed by the band.
* IAmTheBand: Lemmy, basically, IS Motörhead.

* InsistentTerminology: Lemmy claims they just play Rock 'n roll. [[BerserkButton NEVER tell him otherwise.]]
** According to a quote of his, it's because at the time 'heavy metal was too slow and boring' and the band were inspired by rock and roll bands.

* LighterAndSofter: I Got Mine (still heavy but more melodic than usual), Whorehouse Blues (acoustic blues)

* CoverVersion: They've covered a lot of songs. Let's see... "The Train Kept-A-Rollin'" by Tiny Bradshaw, "I'm Your Witchdoctor" by John Mayall, "Emergency" by Girlschool, "Please Don't Touch" by Johnny Kidd and the Pirates, "Louie Louie" by Richard Berry, "(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man" by Muddy Waters, "Stand by Your Man" by Tammy Wynette, "Masterplan" by The Plasmatics, "[[TwistedSister Shoot 'em Down]]", [[{{Metallica}} "Enter Sandman", "Whiplash"]], "[[TedNugent Cat Scratch Fever]]", [[{{TheRollingStones}} "Jumping Jack Flash"]], [[{{SexPistols}} "God Save The Queen"]], [[{{Queen}} "Tie Your Mother Down"]], [[Music/JudasPriest "Breaking The Law"]] and "[[ZZTop Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers]]".

* CoverVersion: They've covered a lot of songs. Let's see... "The Train Kept-A-Rollin'" by Tiny Bradshaw, "I'm Your Witchdoctor" by John Mayall, "Emergency" by Girlschool, "Please Don't Touch" by Johnny Kidd and the Pirates, "Louie Louie" by Richard Berry, "(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man" by Muddy Waters, "Stand by Your Man" by Tammy Wynette, "Masterplan" by The Plasmatics, "[[TwistedSister Shoot 'em Down]]", [[{{Metallica}} "Enter Sandman", "Whiplash"]], "[[TedNugent Cat Scratch Fever]]", [[{{TheRollingStones}} "Jumping Jack Flash"]], [[{{SexPistols}} "God Save The Queen"]], [[{{Queen}} "Tie Your Mother Down"]], [[JudasPriest "Breaking The Law"]] and "[[ZZTop Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers]]".

* TheAlcoholic: Lemmy has admitted he's an alcoholic, claiming to have consumed a bottle of Jack Daniel's on a daily basis since the late '70s, but doesn't care because it doesn't turn him into an asshole.