Motörhead music

About Motörhead

Origin: London, England

Decades: 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, and 2000's

Motorhead's overwhelmingly loud and fast style of heavy metal was one of the most groundbreaking styles the genre had to offer in the late '70s. Though the group's leader, Lemmy Kilminster, had his roots in the hard-rocking space rock band Hawkwind, Motorhead didn't bother with his old group's progressive tendencies, choosing to amplify the heavy biker rock elements of Hawkwind with the speed of punk rock. Motorhead wasn't punk rock -- they formed before the Sex Pistols and they loved the hell-for-leather i... Read More

Influences on Motörhead

Ramones, MC5, The Damned, The Stooges, Black Sabbath, and Deep Purple

Followers of Motörhead

Alice in Chains, Anthrax, Megadeth, Metallica, Queens of the Stone Age, Iron Maiden, Zakk Wylde, Slayer, Pantera, Circle Jerks, Killing Joke, Young Heart Attack, and Melvins

Fans of Motörhead

panthera

Kansas City, Mo

61 plays

Mike

Bakersfield, Ca

47 plays

pirlijup

Split Croatia

47 plays

Frenchy

Unknown

42 plays

DARK TROOPER

Croatia

40 plays

clint

Unknown

39 plays

Comments about Motörhead

alexandergoodwy…

Southfield, Mi

Tuesday July 14 2009 07:18 PM

“ Metallica created thrash metal, but Motorhead created SPEED metal. ”

aftercharge

Ceres, Ca

ONLINE

Sunday July 12 2009 04:08 PM

“ Since you already started reading you cant stop. My name is Kalena. I have black hair, and green eyes. I am 13. I was abused my whole life. I have no ears or nose, because my parents chopped them of with a rusty fork. I am dead. I will show up in your room in 13 days and kill you by chopping off your body parts with a rusty fork unless you repost this on 5 pages. THIS IS NO JOKE!!!! If you do, something good will happen to you within 13 days. If you don't believe this, just wait and see ”

kharnett

Unknown

Wednesday July 08 2009 11:08 PM

*r0C n r0ll Ngl…

Athens Greece

Tuesday June 23 2009 05:40 PM

“ just awesome!!! r0ck 0n >.< ”

diegopalas1

La Rioja Argentin…

Tuesday June 23 2009 10:11 AM

“ hail,hail motorhead!!!! ”

mountainwaterma…

Newton, Nc

Tuesday June 23 2009 07:52 AM

“ I dont know who would have ever hired him as a singer after listening to him but I'm glad they did .not a song bird but perfect for motorhead very unique ”