It is no secret that the members of Metallica love Motorhead. In 1995, the band even went as far as to gown up as frontman Lemmy to play a set of Motorhead covers to have a good time the enduring frontman’s fiftieth birthday as “The Lemmys”.
However with the band’s fiftieth anniversary coming this 12 months, in a brand new interview with Steel Hammer, guitarist Kirk Hammett shared what Motorhead imply to him.
“Lemmy was the true deal, proper to the fucking finish,” Kirk says. “What a person. It’s arduous for me to essentially single out a Motorhead track I like. I really like Ace Of Spades, we really cowl that within the marriage ceremony band, however you then’ve obtained these completely insane songs like Motorhead and White Line Fever. What a band!”
“After I first noticed the duvet of Ace Of Spades, I simply fucking //knew// man,” he continues. “I’d heard Overkill earlier than that and keep in mind considering, ‘that is manner sooner than Scorpions or UFO. Overkill, cool!’ However then per week or no matter later I noticed that Ace Of Spades cowl and was identical to, okay I’ve gotta purchase this album. I obtained residence and put it on… Oh my god. Lemmy opens up his voice and begins singing, my thoughts fucking exploded. Me and all my associates had been into punk rock, proper? Native San Francisco hardcore bands; me and my associates fucking liked it. The tone of Lemmy’s voice was like he’d obtained a distortion field in his throat. The sound of that bass too! I felt like I used to be within the mud with these guys. It’s so soiled and aggressive, so actual!”
