Motörhead Archives - Hot Pop Today Hot Pop Today Wed, 10 May 2023 06:51:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Hear Motörhead’s Rare Cover of Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” https://hotpoptoday.com/hear-motorheads-rare-cover-of-metallicas-enter-sandman/ Wed, 10 May 2023 06:11:00 +0000 https://hotpoptoday.com/?p=11619 A rare cover of Metallica’s classic track “Enter Sandman”, recorded by legendary English rockers Motörhead, has finally made its way to the streaming platforms. Motörhead’s rendition of The Black Album track was previously only available as a physical copy and fan-made online rips.  Motörhead recorded “Enter Sandman”  as part of the compilation for the 1998 […]

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]]> A rare cover of Metallica’s classic track “Enter Sandman”, recorded by legendary English rockers Motörhead, has finally made its way to the streaming platforms. Motörhead’s rendition of The Black Album track was previously only available as a physical copy and fan-made online rips. 

Motörhead recorded “Enter Sandman”  as part of the compilation for the 1998 ECW Wrestling event. The cover was met with positive reactions from fans and critics and even received a nomination at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards in the Best Metal Performance category. However, various legal disputes prevented the track from making its official digital release debut until now.

Motörhead’s “Enter Sandman” cover also received an animated music video directed by Mulberry Creative. The video features the band’s iconic Warpig mascot saving a child from an evil sandman.

“This is Motörhead’s little heard cover of Metallica’s huge global hit, ‘Enter Sandman’ – a loving homage to arguably the most recognizable heavy metal song of all time,” it says in the release.

The digital release of the “Enter Sandman” cover aligns with Motörhead Day, which is celebrated annually on May 8. As part of the festivities, the band is also releasing a limited-edition 7″ vinyl of the track and accompanying merchandise, which can be purchased on the band’s official website.

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]]> Motörhead Announces “Ace Of Spades” 40th Anniversary Reissue https://hotpoptoday.com/motorhead-announces-ace-of-spades-40th-anniversary-reissue/ Wed, 22 Jul 2020 13:04:00 +0000 https://hotpoptoday.com/?p=9799 To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the iconic “Ace of Spaces” record, Motörhead is releasing a deluxe reissue of the album. The reissue will include 2 CDs and 3 LPs. It will include photos, stories, a DVD boxset, 42 unreleased tracks, and some previously unseen hidden gems. It is essentially the 2020 must-have for any […]

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]]> To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the iconic “Ace of Spaces” record, Motörhead is releasing a deluxe reissue of the album.

The reissue will include 2 CDs and 3 LPs. It will include photos, stories, a DVD boxset, 42 unreleased tracks, and some previously unseen hidden gems.

It is essentially the 2020 must-have for any Motorhead fans. You can view the entire tracklist below.

The reissue will be available on October 30.

Ace of Spades

Side One
Ace Of Spades
Love Me Like A Reptile
Shoot You In The Back
Live To Win
Fast And Loose
(We Are) The Road Crew
Side Two
Fire Fire
Jailbait
Dance
Bite The Bullet
The Chase Is Better Than The Catch
The Hammer

A Fistful Of Instrumentals

Side One
Ace Of Spades (demo)
Hump On Your Back (demo)
Shoot You In The Back (demo)
Fast And Loose (demo)
Side Two
Dirty Love (demo)
Love Me Like A Reptile (demo)
Dance (demo)

Riders Wearing Black Live At Whitla Hall, Belfast – 23rd Dec 1981    

Side One
Ace Of Spades
Stay Clean
Over The Top
The Hammer
Shoot You In The Back
Metropolis
Side Two
(We Are) The Road Crew
No Class
Bite The Bullet
The Chase Is Better Than The Catch
Side Three
Jailbait
Leaving Here
Capricorn
Too Late, Too Late
Side Four
Overkill
Bomber
Motörhead

Dead Man’s Hand Live At Parc Expo, Orleans – 5th March 1981

Side One
Ace Of Spades
Stay Clean
Over The Top
Metropolis
Shoot You In The Back
Side Two
The Hammer
Jailbait
Leaving Here
Fire Fire
Love Me Like A Reptile
Side Three
Capricorn
Too Late, Too Late
(We Are) The Road Crew
No Class
Side Four
Bite The Bullet
The Chase Is Better Than The Catch
Overkill
Bomber

The Good, The Broke & The Ugly    

Side One
Ace Of Spades (Alternative Version)
Dirty Love
Love Me Like A Reptile (Alternative Long Version)
Shoot You In The Back (Alternative Version)
Side Two
Hump On Your Back
Fast And Loose (Alternative Version)
(We Are) The Road Crew (Alternative Version)
Fire Fire (Alternative Version)
Jailbait (Alternative Version)
Side Three
Waltz Of The Vampire
The Hammer (Alternative Version)
Dirty Love (Alternative Long Version)
Bastard
Godzilla Akimbo
Side Four
Love Me Like A Reptile (Alternative Version)
Dirty Love (Alternative Version)
Please Don’t Touch (Performed by Headgirl)
Bomber (Performed by Girlschool)
Emergency

Ace On Your Screens DVD

Part 1 : Motörhead on TV 1980-1981
Part 2 : BBC In The City; Live In Belfast ‘81
Part 3 : 5.1 audio mix of Ace Of Spades

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]]> Top 10 Greatest Heavy Metal Bands Of All Time https://hotpoptoday.com/top-10-greatest-heavy-metal-bands-of-all-time/ Mon, 30 Dec 2019 09:16:09 +0000 https://hotpoptoday.com/?p=5776 As heavy metal approaches its half century mark, we are all reminded that it is one of the most influential music genres of the 20th century. It is still as popular and as relevant today as in its glory days. In the late 70s, the genre ranked a slight fall in popularity but in the 80s it blew up […]

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]]> As heavy metal approaches its half century mark, we are all reminded that it is one of the most influential music genres of the 20th century. It is still as popular and as relevant today as in its glory days.

In the late 70s, the genre ranked a slight fall in popularity but in the 80s it blew up and became one of the most famous genres enjoyed all around the globe. The controversy and criticism that surrounded heavy metal in the 80s boosted its popularity even more and made it bigger than ever.

Now that all the accusations of “bad influence” are long gone, we can freely say that heavy metal is one of the best things that happened to music ever.

The golden years of the genre gave us a tremendous amount of great songs and genre-pushing albums that will be cherished for decades to come.

Although it is really difficult to choose the best from so many popular and prolific heavy metal bands, here are 10 bands from the modern era that changed the heavy metal landscape forever. 

Black Sabbath

Iron Maiden

Metallica 

Judas Priest  

Pantera 

Slipknot 

Dio 

Tool 

Motorhead

Megadeth 

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]]> Ex-Motörhead Phil Campbell to Release First Solo Album with Jaw-Dropping Guest Stars https://hotpoptoday.com/ex-motorhead-phil-campbell-to-release-first-solo-album-with-jaw-dropping-guest-stars/ Thu, 17 Oct 2019 05:37:22 +0000 https://hotpoptoday.com/?p=8024 Motörhead may have disbanded three years ago after the death of its main driving force Lemmy, but guitarist Phil Campbell hasn’t stopped performing. In fact, he is going to put forward his first-ever solo album soon, the aptly-named Old Lions Still Roar. Campbell has gathered an impressive pack of old lions to collaborate with for […]

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]]> Motörhead may have disbanded three years ago after the death of its main driving force Lemmy, but guitarist Phil Campbell hasn’t stopped performing. In fact, he is going to put forward his first-ever solo album soon, the aptly-named Old Lions Still Roar.

Campbell has gathered an impressive pack of old lions to collaborate with for the album, including Alice Cooper, Mick Mars (Mötley Crüe), guitar legend Joe Satriani, Dee Snider (Twisted Sister) and Rob Halford (Judas Priest). 

“I couldn’t believe the incredible players that spent some time on the record for me,” Campbell said to Andrew McKaysmith on his podcast, Scars and Guitars. “I’m the luckiest guy in the world in that respect. Mega talent all the way through it, helping me out when I needed help. I’ve got no complaints whatsoever.”

On the making of the album, Campbell said: “I wouldn’t say [it was] 20 years in the making, but 20 years I’ve been yearning to do a solo album. Since Motörhead, sadly, finished, I’ve had more time to think about [it] and to knuckle down and everything. I probably started the first recording of it about two and a half, three years ago.”

The songs we’ve heard from the upcoming release all sound great and distinctly different from the established Motörhead formula. “I just didn’t want to do an album sounding like Motörhead,” Campbell explained. “I’ve done 20-odd albums like that.”

Listen to the track “Swing It” featuring Alice Cooper:


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]]> Lemmy Keeps Delivering: a Song 30 Years In the Making, Once Lost, Now Found! https://hotpoptoday.com/lemmy-keeps-delivering-a-song-30-years-in-the-making-once-lost-now-found/ Sun, 25 Aug 2019 05:28:06 +0000 https://hotpoptoday.com/?p=7213 The first single of Lynda Kay’s new double album, Black & Gold, was just released, and it’s a never-before duet with non-other than the man and the legend, Lemmy of Motörhead. “Big news!” Twitted Kay, “The first single on my new double album Black & Gold is […] the long-lost duet I wrote and recorded […]

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]]> The first single of Lynda Kay’s new double album, Black & Gold, was just released, and it’s a never-before duet with non-other than the man and the legend, Lemmy of Motörhead.

“Big news!” Twitted Kay, “The first single on my new double album Black & Gold is […] the long-lost duet I wrote and recorded with my dear friend Lemmy of Motörhead called ‘The Mask’. I’m so proud of this song, hope you enjoy it too.”

The story of how “The Mask” came to be released more than three years after Lemmy’s death is quite amazing. Lemmy had started work on the song 30 years ago, back in 1979, but it was only finished in 2009, two decades later. It took another 10 years for it to be released, and was in fact thought to have been lost for most of that period.

Kay explained how all of this happened in an interview she gave to Gretsh, a guitar company, last year: “The way the duet came together was one night I stopped by The Rainbow on Sunset Blvd. to say hi to Lemmy after I’d just been recording at Billy Bob Thornton’s recording studio. When he asked ‘Where you been Lyn?’ and I told him I was at Billy Bob’s recording a duet, he said, ‘Well, when are we going to do a duet together?’ I said, ‘Tonight?’ then we laughed and talked about recording a song he’d started in the ’70s called ‘The Mask’. We finished writing the song, went into the studio, and recorded it together.”

While the song, a country duet, is very different from the metal music Lemmy is most famous for, it carries his signature, unmistakable charm. Give it a listen below:

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]]> ersion="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> Motörhead Archives - Hot Pop Today Hot Pop Today Wed, 10 May 2023 06:51:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Hear Motörhead’s Rare Cover of Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” https://hotpoptoday.com/hear-motorheads-rare-cover-of-metallicas-enter-sandman/ Wed, 10 May 2023 06:11:00 +0000 https://hotpoptoday.com/?p=11619 A rare cover of Metallica’s classic track “Enter Sandman”, recorded by legendary English rockers Motörhead, has finally made its way to the streaming platforms. Motörhead’s rendition of The Black Album track was previously only available as a physical copy and fan-made online rips.  Motörhead recorded “Enter Sandman”  as part of the compilation for the 1998 […]

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]]> A rare cover of Metallica’s classic track “Enter Sandman”, recorded by legendary English rockers Motörhead, has finally made its way to the streaming platforms. Motörhead’s rendition of The Black Album track was previously only available as a physical copy and fan-made online rips. 

Motörhead recorded “Enter Sandman”  as part of the compilation for the 1998 ECW Wrestling event. The cover was met with positive reactions from fans and critics and even received a nomination at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards in the Best Metal Performance category. However, various legal disputes prevented the track from making its official digital release debut until now.

Motörhead’s “Enter Sandman” cover also received an animated music video directed by Mulberry Creative. The video features the band’s iconic Warpig mascot saving a child from an evil sandman.

“This is Motörhead’s little heard cover of Metallica’s huge global hit, ‘Enter Sandman’ – a loving homage to arguably the most recognizable heavy metal song of all time,” it says in the release.

The digital release of the “Enter Sandman” cover aligns with Motörhead Day, which is celebrated annually on May 8. As part of the festivities, the band is also releasing a limited-edition 7″ vinyl of the track and accompanying merchandise, which can be purchased on the band’s official website.

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]]> Motörhead Announces “Ace Of Spades” 40th Anniversary Reissue https://hotpoptoday.com/motorhead-announces-ace-of-spades-40th-anniversary-reissue/ Wed, 22 Jul 2020 13:04:00 +0000 https://hotpoptoday.com/?p=9799 To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the iconic “Ace of Spaces” record, Motörhead is releasing a deluxe reissue of the album. The reissue will include 2 CDs and 3 LPs. It will include photos, stories, a DVD boxset, 42 unreleased tracks, and some previously unseen hidden gems. It is essentially the 2020 must-have for any […]

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]]> To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the iconic “Ace of Spaces” record, Motörhead is releasing a deluxe reissue of the album.

The reissue will include 2 CDs and 3 LPs. It will include photos, stories, a DVD boxset, 42 unreleased tracks, and some previously unseen hidden gems.

It is essentially the 2020 must-have for any Motorhead fans. You can view the entire tracklist below.

The reissue will be available on October 30.

Ace of Spades

Side One
Ace Of Spades
Love Me Like A Reptile
Shoot You In The Back
Live To Win
Fast And Loose
(We Are) The Road Crew
Side Two
Fire Fire
Jailbait
Dance
Bite The Bullet
The Chase Is Better Than The Catch
The Hammer

A Fistful Of Instrumentals

Side One
Ace Of Spades (demo)
Hump On Your Back (demo)
Shoot You In The Back (demo)
Fast And Loose (demo)
Side Two
Dirty Love (demo)
Love Me Like A Reptile (demo)
Dance (demo)

Riders Wearing Black Live At Whitla Hall, Belfast – 23rd Dec 1981    

Side One
Ace Of Spades
Stay Clean
Over The Top
The Hammer
Shoot You In The Back
Metropolis
Side Two
(We Are) The Road Crew
No Class
Bite The Bullet
The Chase Is Better Than The Catch
Side Three
Jailbait
Leaving Here
Capricorn
Too Late, Too Late
Side Four
Overkill
Bomber
Motörhead

Dead Man’s Hand Live At Parc Expo, Orleans – 5th March 1981

Side One
Ace Of Spades
Stay Clean
Over The Top
Metropolis
Shoot You In The Back
Side Two
The Hammer
Jailbait
Leaving Here
Fire Fire
Love Me Like A Reptile
Side Three
Capricorn
Too Late, Too Late
(We Are) The Road Crew
No Class
Side Four
Bite The Bullet
The Chase Is Better Than The Catch
Overkill
Bomber

The Good, The Broke & The Ugly    

Side One
Ace Of Spades (Alternative Version)
Dirty Love
Love Me Like A Reptile (Alternative Long Version)
Shoot You In The Back (Alternative Version)
Side Two
Hump On Your Back
Fast And Loose (Alternative Version)
(We Are) The Road Crew (Alternative Version)
Fire Fire (Alternative Version)
Jailbait (Alternative Version)
Side Three
Waltz Of The Vampire
The Hammer (Alternative Version)
Dirty Love (Alternative Long Version)
Bastard
Godzilla Akimbo
Side Four
Love Me Like A Reptile (Alternative Version)
Dirty Love (Alternative Version)
Please Don’t Touch (Performed by Headgirl)
Bomber (Performed by Girlschool)
Emergency

Ace On Your Screens DVD

Part 1 : Motörhead on TV 1980-1981
Part 2 : BBC In The City; Live In Belfast ‘81
Part 3 : 5.1 audio mix of Ace Of Spades

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]]> Top 10 Greatest Heavy Metal Bands Of All Time https://hotpoptoday.com/top-10-greatest-heavy-metal-bands-of-all-time/ Mon, 30 Dec 2019 09:16:09 +0000 https://hotpoptoday.com/?p=5776 As heavy metal approaches its half century mark, we are all reminded that it is one of the most influential music genres of the 20th century. It is still as popular and as relevant today as in its glory days. In the late 70s, the genre ranked a slight fall in popularity but in the 80s it blew up […]

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]]> As heavy metal approaches its half century mark, we are all reminded that it is one of the most influential music genres of the 20th century. It is still as popular and as relevant today as in its glory days.

In the late 70s, the genre ranked a slight fall in popularity but in the 80s it blew up and became one of the most famous genres enjoyed all around the globe. The controversy and criticism that surrounded heavy metal in the 80s boosted its popularity even more and made it bigger than ever.

Now that all the accusations of “bad influence” are long gone, we can freely say that heavy metal is one of the best things that happened to music ever.

The golden years of the genre gave us a tremendous amount of great songs and genre-pushing albums that will be cherished for decades to come.

Although it is really difficult to choose the best from so many popular and prolific heavy metal bands, here are 10 bands from the modern era that changed the heavy metal landscape forever. 

Black Sabbath

Iron Maiden

Metallica 

Judas Priest  

Pantera 

Slipknot 

Dio 

Tool 

Motorhead

Megadeth 

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]]> Ex-Motörhead Phil Campbell to Release First Solo Album with Jaw-Dropping Guest Stars https://hotpoptoday.com/ex-motorhead-phil-campbell-to-release-first-solo-album-with-jaw-dropping-guest-stars/ Thu, 17 Oct 2019 05:37:22 +0000 https://hotpoptoday.com/?p=8024 Motörhead may have disbanded three years ago after the death of its main driving force Lemmy, but guitarist Phil Campbell hasn’t stopped performing. In fact, he is going to put forward his first-ever solo album soon, the aptly-named Old Lions Still Roar. Campbell has gathered an impressive pack of old lions to collaborate with for […]

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]]> Motörhead may have disbanded three years ago after the death of its main driving force Lemmy, but guitarist Phil Campbell hasn’t stopped performing. In fact, he is going to put forward his first-ever solo album soon, the aptly-named Old Lions Still Roar.

Campbell has gathered an impressive pack of old lions to collaborate with for the album, including Alice Cooper, Mick Mars (Mötley Crüe), guitar legend Joe Satriani, Dee Snider (Twisted Sister) and Rob Halford (Judas Priest). 

“I couldn’t believe the incredible players that spent some time on the record for me,” Campbell said to Andrew McKaysmith on his podcast, Scars and Guitars. “I’m the luckiest guy in the world in that respect. Mega talent all the way through it, helping me out when I needed help. I’ve got no complaints whatsoever.”

On the making of the album, Campbell said: “I wouldn’t say [it was] 20 years in the making, but 20 years I’ve been yearning to do a solo album. Since Motörhead, sadly, finished, I’ve had more time to think about [it] and to knuckle down and everything. I probably started the first recording of it about two and a half, three years ago.”

The songs we’ve heard from the upcoming release all sound great and distinctly different from the established Motörhead formula. “I just didn’t want to do an album sounding like Motörhead,” Campbell explained. “I’ve done 20-odd albums like that.”

Listen to the track “Swing It” featuring Alice Cooper:


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]]> Lemmy Keeps Delivering: a Song 30 Years In the Making, Once Lost, Now Found! https://hotpoptoday.com/lemmy-keeps-delivering-a-song-30-years-in-the-making-once-lost-now-found/ Sun, 25 Aug 2019 05:28:06 +0000 https://hotpoptoday.com/?p=7213 The first single of Lynda Kay’s new double album, Black & Gold, was just released, and it’s a never-before duet with non-other than the man and the legend, Lemmy of Motörhead. “Big news!” Twitted Kay, “The first single on my new double album Black & Gold is […] the long-lost duet I wrote and recorded […]

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]]> The first single of Lynda Kay’s new double album, Black & Gold, was just released, and it’s a never-before duet with non-other than the man and the legend, Lemmy of Motörhead.

“Big news!” Twitted Kay, “The first single on my new double album Black & Gold is […] the long-lost duet I wrote and recorded with my dear friend Lemmy of Motörhead called ‘The Mask’. I’m so proud of this song, hope you enjoy it too.”

The story of how “The Mask” came to be released more than three years after Lemmy’s death is quite amazing. Lemmy had started work on the song 30 years ago, back in 1979, but it was only finished in 2009, two decades later. It took another 10 years for it to be released, and was in fact thought to have been lost for most of that period.

Kay explained how all of this happened in an interview she gave to Gretsh, a guitar company, last year: “The way the duet came together was one night I stopped by The Rainbow on Sunset Blvd. to say hi to Lemmy after I’d just been recording at Billy Bob Thornton’s recording studio. When he asked ‘Where you been Lyn?’ and I told him I was at Billy Bob’s recording a duet, he said, ‘Well, when are we going to do a duet together?’ I said, ‘Tonight?’ then we laughed and talked about recording a song he’d started in the ’70s called ‘The Mask’. We finished writing the song, went into the studio, and recorded it together.”

While the song, a country duet, is very different from the metal music Lemmy is most famous for, it carries his signature, unmistakable charm. Give it a listen below:

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