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Overkill motorhead5/10/2023 ![]() It's safe to say that without Overkill there probably wouldn't be a Metallica or Slayer, or the entire genre of thrash metal. Overkill was an entirely different matter, and Lemmy rather understated the facts when he said that the band were “starting to get their sound together.” It was, and is, a monster. Badly produced, it featured three songs that Lemmy had written while he was still in Hawkwind – Motörhead, Lost Johnny, and The Watcher – and although it showed great promise, it was clumsy, with guitarist Fast Eddie Clarke describing the muddy sound as “pretty dreadful”. In many ways, Motörhead's self-titled debut from 1977 was a false start for the band. Moreover, with 22 studio albums to choose from, at least six of the ten songs on the original Overkill album were regulars in the set until the very end. That the title track was the last song Motörhead ever played speaks volumes. Recorded in just two weeks at Roundhouse Studios in London, and celebrating its 42nd anniversary today, it is as astonishing now as the day it was forged. And you'll buy a new copy every time, because you've worn the old one out.īy any measure, Motörhead's second album, Overkill, is such an album, a classic in every sense of the word. Inevitably, it will be re-released ad infinitum. ![]() More than likely it will be ahead of its time, pushing the boundaries of music and inspiring countless bands in its wake. A true classic stands the test of time, not just for a few years but for decades, and it will be rediscovered by future generations who weren't even born when it was released. A couple of hit songs do not make a classic album. Let's be honest, the word 'classic' has been overused to the point of redundancy.
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