![]() It was no more or less than good old-fashioned rock and roll, only boosted with exceptional energy, volume and distortion, courtesy of the involvement of legendary Traffic and Rolling Stones producer, Jimmy Miller. Like the devastating, proto-thrash number bearing its name, the project reflected Motorhead’s sound, lifestyle and overall philosophy via Philthy Taylor’s signature, twin-bass drum attack.īut Overkill was not simply a speed-metal watershed Motorhead’s belated sophomore opus boasted songs of all stripes and tempos. That album became Overkill, which arrived on March 24, 1979. In essence, Motorhead were living a punk rock band’s existence.īut, just as things seemed at their most desperate, their luck at last began to turn – beginning with another, one-time singles deal through the Bronze label, consisting of a cover of the Kingsmen’s "Louie Louie" that performed well enough to lead into a proper full-length album session. They had already tried breaking up once, but they apparently couldn’t even get that right. By the spring of 1978, following the disappointing response to their eponymous 1977 debut on the Chiswick label (which promptly dropped them, too), Lemmy, guitarist “Fast” Eddie Clarke and drummer Philthy “Animal” Taylor were splitting their time between living in squats or with indulgent girlfriends while considering alternative career options. ![]()
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