The band started in 1975, in London, and their first official studio album, “Motorhead”, was released on the market two years later, in 1977, rapidly reaching the 3rd position in the UK Albums Chart. The band`s resounding success came in the early 80s, when Motorhead, amongst albums such as “Overkill”, “Bomber”, “Ace of Spades” and most of all “No Sleep `til Hammersmith”, consolidated their position on the international heavy-metal scene/stage, being actually considered as one of the great musical influences upon the speed and trash metal genres. Although the Motorhead sound could be easily situated in these categories, Lemmy, the band`s vocalist, prefers to typify his musical style as pure rock`n roll, since their lines cover various themes such as war, power abuse, promiscuity or just the mere artist`s life, on his almost everyday way on tour.
Formed at the moment by Lemmy, on his real name Ian Kilmister (vocal, bass guitar), Phill Campbell (guitar) and Mikkey Dee (drums), Motorhead just fulfilled this year 33 years of activity, along which they released no less than 19 studio albums, numerous live materials, compilations and singles, and having been awarded frequent awards, amongst which the Grammy Award for The Best Live Appearance of a heavy-metal band, in 2005. More than that, Motorhead joined the history of rock music, being considered by many fans of the genre as the the noisiest band in the world. Their recent album, “Motorizer”, was released in the Summer of 2008.
Official site:
www.imotorhead.com 
