Product Description

The relentless, legendary speed metal pioneers Motorhead return for their 20th LP release in the shape of 'Motorizer'. Though musically little has changed, the band's status remains undimmed, and 'Motorizer' is as powerful record as they have produced in their long and distinguished career. The themes of good-time rockin', girls and living life in the fast lane remain prevalent, with warty vocalist/bassist Lemmy as lucid as ever and determined to grow old disgracefully for the benefit of our entertainment.

Track Listing

1. Runaround Man (2:59)
2. Teach You How To Sing The Blues (3:07)
3. When The Eagle Screams (3:01)
4. Rock Out(3:53)
5. One Short Life (4:46)
6. Buried Alive (4:22)
7. English Rose (3:46)
8. Back On The Chain (3:43)
9. Heroes (3:58)
10. Time Is Right (3:42)
11. The Thousand Names Of God (4:09)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14516 in Music
• Released on: 2008-09-01
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
Every new Motorhead studio album is inevitably described somewhere as a "return to form", and the seriously enjoyable Motorizer is no exception. Not that the veteran rockers have ever deviated far from their chosen path. They remain what they always were, a blues-rock outfit whose two basic templates are the fearsomely fast one and the leaden, heavy one, both of them performed at fearsome volume. Motorizer offers some of their best examples in both styles for years, several of them good enough to slip straight into their live set. The gloriously idiotic anthem "Rock Out" ("rock out, with your cock out, impress your lady friends", extemporises Lemmy) would be a hit single in a better world, while the gleeful glam rock of "English Rose" takes another approach to seaside postcard humour, this time bemoaning a flaky lady undeserving of Lem's indulgence. "Runaround Man" is a ferociously single-minded thrash, the frantic "Buried Alive" features especially courageous drumming from the always excellent Mikkey Dee, while the inevitable military references turn up on the more predictable if still impressive "When the Eagle Screams" and "Heroes". Remarkably for the (gulp!) 19th album from an act in their fourth decade, Motorizer is genuinely satisfying and great fun to boot. --Steve Jelbert

About the Artist
Motörhead - a name that stands on it's own, a band that lives according to their own rules. A band that has never sacrificed anything and has always remained true to what they are. Lemmy Kilmister, Mikkey Dee and Phil Campbell - what you see is what you get! Lemmy's enthronement as an Icon of Rock happened a while ago and proves that Rock and Roll is still alive and exhilarating. (on June 16th Lemmy just received the Mojo Icon Award in the UK)

Fans, new and old, have been bowing to and worshipping Motörhead for over 30 years. Fellow musicians - like Dave Grohl, Ozzy Osbourne, The Ramones, Metallica have all paid tribute to the Motörhead legend - in one way or another.

Lemmy is the undisputed head, gruff and with the typical British humour (despite calling L.A. his home for more than 18 years). Phil Campbell, who has been with the band since 1984, is like a fine red wine - getting better each year, while Mikkey Dee (with the band since 1992) is described by Lemmy: "Mikkey is fantastic, he's 100% sure of himself, and knows he's the best drummer in the world." The infamous "We Are Motörhead And Play Rock 'n Roll" trio is still a power-horse that won't slow down. More and more people are enthralled by their music and personalities.

Motörhead is without a doubt one of the most respected rock bands in the world and made it clear to everyone when they finally received a well deserved Grammy in 2005 for Best Metal Performance.

Customer Reviews

They have still got it! \m/
Motorhead unlike Maiden, AC/DC & so many other bands never really made it big, they are not rich and famous wich is a good thing for their music because it means they haven't lost their sparkle or forgotten what it is like to be pissed off!
To be honest they sound better than ever, pure, raw, agressive & fun Hard Rock.
Rock on!!


Kiss of Death

The older they get, the better they get
This has been a fine run on albums by the mighty Motorhead and this years release of Motorizer keeps this consistancy going. Never one to stray too far from their formula sound they still manage to inject that little bit of new angle to each album. This hasn't been off my ipod since I got it, a must buy for any serious hard rock or metal fan.

Awesome
I'll admit that I'm not the biggest Motorhead fan but after hearing 'the thousand names of god' on Planetrock I decided to buy the album and am I glad I did. Motorizer is brilliant, not a duff track to be found and with every listen (and there have been plenty) is gets better and better, in fact it is getting more playing time than Metallica's latest offering!!

So my simple recommendation is BUY IT NOW, you will not regret it.