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Motörhead
Founded in the mid-1970s by bassist, singer and heavy metal figurehead Ian
"Lemmy" Kilmister (ex-Hawkwind, he would remain the only permanent member),
Motörhead pursued a solid career against all odds, built on incessant deafening
concert tours and smash albums - including the undying classic No Sleep 'Til
Hammersmith from 1979 - without ever letting up. Motörhead is one of the most
influential and respected bands in the history of hard rock/heavy metal, having
largely opened up the spectrum of 1980s heavy metal (prefiguring thrash metal,
speed metal and punk metal) and never rea...
