I am going to see Motorhead live in July at the Mayhem Festival. I am 18 years old and I only know a few obvious songs by them but I want to really start to get into them. Now to the question. If you had a friend who said they had never listened to Motorhead but want to, what album would you recommend to them in order to get the full Motorhead experience?

Past period; ace of spades

Present period; kiss of death

Inferno
Everything Louder Than Everyone Else (live)

My first album was Orgasmatron. That album got me totally hooked and I've been a huge fan ever since.

Iron Fist is a personal favourite of mine, but every album is a classic! Overkill another perfect album, The World is yours . They are all goooood play with volume and enjoy!

Inferno and NSTH

Early: Overkill

Later: Inferno

One tip, don't listen to live tracks before you go see them live, it'll spoil the experience.

Just buy the 'No Remorse' compilation, its great and they do at least 6 of those tracks live, even to this day.

On Parole/Motorhead/Overkill/TWIY

Definitely a good starting point for the early stuff. If you want a taster of their stuff since, check out 1916, We Are Motorhead, Inferno and The World is Yours. That ought to cover most bases.

So, to summarise all of the above; all you need to do is listen to all of the albums below before you go and see them.....

Ace of Spades,
Kiss of death,
Inferno,
Everything Louder Than Everyone Else,
Orgasmatron,
Iron Fist,
Overkill,
The World is yours,
Inferno,
No Sleep til Hammersmith,
No Remorse,
1916,
We Are Motorhead,

It’s a good job that you’ve got 5 months!! :-)

It just goes to show what a broad range of incredible albums there are to choose from. From my personal point of view, the question was “what album would you recommend to them in order to get the full Motorhead experience”?.....and (for me) it could only be No Sleep til Hammersmith

cheers!

Amen to that!!!