History Music / Motorhead

-->''I'm a vibrator,''
-->''Pleased to make a start,''
-->''I'm a vibrator,''
-->''And I'll never, ever break your heart''

-->''I am the one, Orgasmatron''
-->''The outstretched grasping hand''
-->''My image is of agony''
-->''My servants rape the land''

-->''Speed don't kill and I'm the proof''
-->''Just call me Snaggletooth''

-->''I, I am the blade, I break the oath that you made''
-->''I, I am the mace, I am the blow in the face''
-->''I, I am the axe, to cut down heroes like rats''
-->''I, I am the sword, I do the work of the Lord''

-->''I am the game, you don't wanna play me''
-->''I am control, no way you can shake me''
-->''I am heavy debt, no way you can pay me''
-->''I am the pain, and you know you can't take me''

* AxCrazy: "Red Raw" is about a murderous individual prowling in the night, looking for someone to kill. One verse (''Monster in the gaslight, shivers in the cold, looking for [[DisposableSexWorker a bad girl]]'') gives an impression that the song is about UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper.
* BadassBookworm: Music/OzzyOsbourne praised Lemmy on being incredibly well-read and intelligent, often packing his luggage mostly with books. When he was writing lyrics for Ozzy he'd blown through a World War II book Ozzy lent him in an hour and wrote the man ''three'' sets of lyrics for "Mama, I'm Coming Home."

-->''I hold a banner drenched in blood, I urge you to be brave\\

-->''You know I'm born to lose, and gamblin' is for fools.''
-->''But that's the way I like it, baby. I don't wanna live forever!''

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Lemmy Kilmister. That is his real last name.

* BadassMustache: Lemmy sported a downright magnificent muttonchops-mustache combo for almost his entire musical career.

** The video for "Born to Raise Hell", the opening theme of ''Film/{{Airheads}}'', shows Mtorhead, along with Music/IceT and [[Music/UglyKidJoe Whitfield Crane]] breaking into a movie theater screening the film to perform the song.

** The video for "Born to Raise Hell", the opening theme of ''Film/{{Airheads}}'', has them along with Music/IceT and [[Music/UglyKidJoe Whitfield Crane]] breaking into a movie theater screening the film to perform the song.

* LighterAndSofter: "I Got Mine" (still heavy but more melodic than usual), "Whorehouse Blues" (acoustic blues) and "1916" (probably their softest song in terms of sound, but easily one of the heaviest when it comes to subject matter).

* {{Jailbait}}: Not only does the band have a song titled "Jailbait", but Lemmy mentions in his autobiography having sex with a groupie who was only sixteen years old. Incidentally this is perfectly legal in the UK.

* IAmTheBand: Lemmy, basically, WAS Motörhead. Played straight after the band's disbanding.

-->''You know I'm gonna lose, and gamblin' is for fools.''

--> ''[[HumansAreBastards We]] put our [[ReligionOfEvil faith]] in [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler maniacs]]''
--> ''The [[Film/TriumphOfTheWill triumph of the will]].''

* {{Trope Maker|s}}: For {{Speed Metal}}.

* Lemmy - lead vocals, bass

* BadassBookworm: Ozzy praised Lemmy on being incredibly well-read and intelligent, often packing his luggage mostly with books. When he was writing lyrics for Ozzy he'd blown through a World War II book Ozzy lent him in an hour and wrote the man ''three'' sets of lyrics for "Mama, I'm Coming Home."

* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Lemmy was a collector of Nazi memorabilia, and had a very large collection. This has led some pundits to accuse him of being a Nazi sympathizer, but Lemmy denied this. He actually considered himself an [[UsefulNotes/PoliticalIdeologies anarchist]] who was "anti-fascism, communism, any extreme" and claimed that "government causes more problems than it solves", and he collected Nazi memorabilia because [[EvilIsCool they had the coolest-looking stuff]].

* IncomingHam: "TIME TO PLAY THE GAAAAAAAAME!!!!"

%%* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: "Killed by Death".

** Also, Lemmy himself.

* EthicalSlut: Apparently, he didn't go after married women.

* RatedMForManly
* RockstarSong: "Angel City" from ''1916''.

%% * BadassMustache: Just ''look'' at those magnificent chops.

%%* TheCasanova: Lemmy.

* SomethingBlues: "Whorehouse Blues" from ''Inferno''.

* CoolPlane: The cover of ''[[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xil03gdTsoM/SGUPT8_QS0I/AAAAAAAAC68/V-wmAjm3zV8/s400/mh_bomber.jpg Bomber]]'' shows the band flying one. It was also part of their stage shows on the subsequent tour.

* ''1916'' - 1991

* TropeMaker: For {{Speed Metal}}.

* UsefulNotes/WorldWarI: ''1916'''s cover art and title song, which is based on the battle of Somme. Also a massive TearJerker.

!!Some examples of tropes which fit with the band:

* AxeCrazy: "Red Raw" is about a murderous individual prowling in the night, looking for someone to kill. One verse (''Monster in the gaslight, shivers in the cold, looking for [[DisposableSexWorker a bad girl]]'') gives an impression that the song is about UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper.

** The video for "Born to Raise Hell", the opening theme of ''Film/{{Airheads}}'', has them along with Music/IceT and Whitfield Crane breaking into a movie theater screening the film to perform the song.

* BadassGrandpa: Lemmy. Dude rocked harder than most people a third of his age until his death.

On the night of December 28th, 2015, it was [[https://www.facebook.com/OfficialMotorhead/posts/1107561019276205 announced]] via the band's official Website/{{Facebook}} page that Lemmy had passed away at the age of 70 after a short battle with prostate cancer, passing away while in front of his favourite video game and surrounded by his family.

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