I've posted a fair few magazine interviews on this and the old forum, it seems a shame that they are not always easy to find when you want them, so I've made this topic a sticky.

I'll most likely post some interviews I've posted before, but as new members are joining us all the time, I'm sure many of them may like to read them who haven't already.

Please feel free to add some of your own, hopefully we might make a decent library of interviews. Bear in mind that the forum software resizes images you post, so be careful you don't post something so small nobody can read it!

This is an interview with Lemmy from 1983. It was first published in a magazine called Creem. It's also in this months Classic Rock.




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Cool idea ... unfortunately the ones I have are in Portuguese...

There's nothing to stop you starting a similar thread on the international board Marco... There's not much on that board at the moment, so I think it would be of interest to Portuguese fans. If you do, let me know and I'll make it a sticky.

Toast... actually I have some in English, German and Japanese... need take some time to scan or take picture...
thanks

HI TOAST
GOT AN IDEA WHY DON'T YOU ASK THE SITE ORGANIZERS TO OPEN AN ARCHIVE IN THE SITE I THINK IT WOULD BE ALOT BETTER
CHEERS

Hi Jessy,
Not a bad idea, though posting them here is an easy and immediate way for ANYONE to contribute stuff from their collections and share it with other fans (providing they have a scanner of course) Also it can trigger off some good discussions.

Site organizers?...Hmm....I'm sure they're here somewhere...not sure I've met one...I'll have a good look for one.

Toast, I thought you're the site organizer.

Nah.. I do what I can though.

All the best, Toast! You're great anyway.

Aw.....Cheers Adumek

keep 'em coming!

Metal Hammer- Rock 'n' Roll '87 pt.1





Susch a dignified comment...until Lemmy appears in the restaurant with an offer that is just too tempting. "Let's go to the bar," and everybody shuttles eagerly along. Motorhead might

Metal Hammer- Rock 'n' Roll '87 pt.2

as well plant a flag there and

Brian Robertson was interviewed in Swedenrock #46 (think it was)... Translation to English might follow...

Metal Attack 1991 Part 1

Metal Attack 1991 Part 2

Metal Attack 1991 Part 3

Metal Attack 1991 Part 4

Metal Attack 1991 Part 5

Metal Attack 1991 Part 6

Metal Attack 1991 Part 7

Metal Attack 1991 Part 8

Metal Attack 1991 Part 9

Metal Attack 1991 Part 10

Metal Attack 1991 Part 11

Metal Attack 1991 Part 12

HI AGAIN TOAST!
GOT A BETTER IDEA - CONTACT THE SITE/THE BAND MANAGMENT & ASK THEM TO PRESS ALL THE BAND'S PAST INTERVIEWS IN A SORT OF DOCUMENTRY BOOK I''LL SURE BUY ONE COPY -AT LEAST!

When was this interview with Phil Taylor done?

damn right!

No, I shan't and shouting at me in CAPITAL LETTERS WON'T MAKE ME.

Seriously though, I doubt they'd be interested. There is already a book available of Lemmy interviews, it's called 'Lemmy... in his own words' by Harry Shaw, it's published by Omnibus press: ISBN 0-7119-9109-X It's Worth getting.

Also I would imagine there would be some legal difficulties in producing a book of interviews that is compiled from lots of different sources? It's unlikely that any of the magazines that I've posted interviews from are likely to be too bothered by me posting them on a forum, but I would imagine the original publishers would be, if they were put in a book and sold for money..

I'm guessing it was 1988. Unfortunately when I cut out a lot of these clippings, I neglected to date them.

shame on you! hehe i'm kidding mate

Rock History Part 2

Rock History Part 3

Rock History Part 4

Rock History Part 5

Rock History Part 6

Rock History Part 7

Rock History Part 8

Rock History Part 9

Rock History Part 10

Rock History Part 11

Rock History Part 12

Rock History Part 13

Rock History Part 14

Rock History Part 15

Rock History Part 16

Rock History Part 17

the "rock-history"-piece is from around '86/'87 i suppose? i mean, i fully agree on they "never sounded dirtier or better than on this (orgasmatron) album"... but as it seems he's not all that happy with the album nowaddays.

Yes '86 and you're right, there's always the complaint about Bill Laswell's production by Lemmy and Phil (I've never heard Wurzel say a bad word about it though). Lemmy has claimed in the past to have 'Rougher' mixes of the album. I wonder if we'll ever see a different version of it? Personally, i wouldn't change a thing on it as it is as near perfect a Motörhead album as I could wish for. Having said that, I'd love to hear an entirely different mix of it. Especially as Lemmy has claimed it is better than what was released. If the (2000) version on the 'Stone Deaf' boxset is one of these mixes, it might not be as good as he claims. Mind you, it almost makes me salivate wondering about this 'unheard' Orgasmatron album..

... if i'm not completely wrong, the "2000"-version is a re-recording – but feel free to correct me as it's just wikipedia-knowledge... possibly, parts of the re-recording-session can be viewed in the sempel-movie (but i also might be wrong here).

hm, judging from various other bill-laswell-projects i heard over the years, he would have been able to do a "fuller" mix for sure if the band would have wanted it to sound different... i mean, the guy did a lot of dub-stuff, and as that's mainly deep bass-rhythms... and, besides that, he's a bass-player himself...

You're probably right about it being a re-recording. I was just guessing that it might be one of the 'alternate mixes'. I guess the clue is in the title 'Orgasmatron 2000' Doh! (though I guess it could have meant the release date)

I haven't seen the Sempel movie unfortunately

I really have never understand the band's dislike for the production. Phil Campbell said it should have sounded "Like a big shit after a curry"

Lemmy's featured in SPIN magazine this month. Lot's of really great photos & a pretty awesome interview. You can check out the article in the digital edition online: http://digital.spin.com/spin/200904/?pg=68&pm=2&u1=friend

classic rock missed three little red boxes from their review!

http://cryptmagazine.com/28101/28290.html

very cool vegasdave!

Thanks! Much appreciated.

Reissue review-Uncut magazine June '09

Classic Rock's review of the same Cd(s)

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I fail to see what the difference is between this 'Deluxe' reissue and the earlier 'Expanded' one, any ideas? (other than they sound like toilet paper variants..) I never liked Fast Eddie's remastering of this one.

nice one toast

I've posted your article here as well Nigel as this thread's a sticky so any cuttings are easily sourced and not lost in the void.

A hint for anyone wishing to post text from magazines here: If you resize a chunk of text to have a width of 500, it makes it easier to read.

Thanks mate.
I should have looked before posting.
Nigel

No probs Nigel, feel free to share any more you've got squirrelled away

Oi, what a party, wished I had been there

Not sure if this has been posted before but this is an interview with Lemmy for Exclaim in 2008. Great question and answer interview link below.

http://exclaim.ca/articles/questionaire.aspx?csid1=126

great stuff

very interesting !

....pass the fucking peas, josip !! Hahahaha......

http://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/content/articles/2005/09/07/lemmy_motorhead_feature.shtml

found this. It features a small article from Kirsty Bosley (She came here looking for help with her article if you recall) and i'm mentioned! moment of glory over it's genuinely good reading.

Classic Rock Sept 09

There's a new Lemmy book out next month, btw, collecting together all his funniest, sharpest quotes...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thinking-Out-Lou...8791&sr=1-2

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Motorhead-Studio...0218&sr=1-6

theres that one as well, that ones offical too. The other one looks to be a good read, might buy it.

Awesome! Thanks for sharing. Do you know when it will be released in North America?

"surely they'll be booked for Glastonbury soon?"

i hope not

Classic Rock Nov '09

Excellent read
Kudos for the man for stepping up.

Nigel.

If anyone could scan the new Rolling Stone article, that would be much appreciated.

I didn't realize he didn't drink! Mighta been the ONLY guy on the bus who didn't!

from Belfast Telegraph



Motöring ahead

Heavy metal gods Motörhead have been the bad boys of British rock for over 30 years. Ahead of their upcoming Belfast gig, fiery frontman Lemmy gives Andrew Johnston a taste of just what to expect


There are musicians, there are rock stars, and there are legends. Lemmy falls firmly into the last category.

And the 63-year-old Motörhead vocalist is on fine form when 24/7 catches up with at his home in West Hollywood, where he has lived since 1990.

Motörhead have survived 34 years of changing fashions and cultural shifts, and have seen off punk, glam rock, grunge and nu-metal with their primal appeal. Lemmy’s trusty Rickenbacker sounds like a Luftwaffe bomber. Phil Campbell’s lead guitar slashes like a madman on a murder spree. Mikkey Dee’s drums clatter like an out-of-control freight train.

At the helm is one man, born in Stoke-on-Trent on Christmas Eve 1945, Ian Fraser Kilmister. Since then, Lemmy has been on a mission to live life in the fast lane. “I can’t think of anything better to do, can you?” he says.

“I can’t see retirement being any better than running round the world chasing birds.”

Motörhead were absent from Northern Ireland for much of the Eighties and Nineties. As Lemmy explains, there was a valid reason: “Würzel (guitarist from 1984 to 1995) got posted to Belfast when he was in the Army. We just didn’t want to risk it, you know? There are some nutters out there?”

Motörhead first came to Ulster in 1980. “The first place we played was at the university (Queen’s). That was on the Overkill tour, I think. We played the leisure centre (Maysfield) on the Bomber tour, I know that. I remember someone climbed up and was hanging off the Bomber lighting rig.”

Those nascent adventures still figure highly in Lemmy’s memories. “Tours really blur after a while,” he says. “But every tour’s good, as long as you’re not crippled!”

Former drummer, Phil ‘Philthy Animal’ Taylor nearly was crippled at a 1981 Ulster Hall bash, when he drunkenly fell down some stairs: “He broke his neck,” sighs Lemmy, who sacked Taylor in 1992 when he didn’t learn the drum tracks for the March ör Die album. In 2001, the band visited Belfast for the first time in nearly 20 years, on the We Are Motörhead tour (“About time!” says Lemmy) and returned in 2004 for the Inferno album tour.

The current Motörhead line-up of Lemmy, Campbell and Dee is the band’s longest lasting configuration, with seven studio and three live records. For a string of recent US dates, Dee bailed to appear on the Swedish version of I’m a Celebrity... while Velvet Revolver sticksman Matt Sorum filled the gap temporarily.

Since unleashing their self-titled debut in 1977, Motörhead have churned out 19 studio albums. Their latest is the aptly titled Motörizer. For many fans, the 11-track release is up there with undisputed head-banging classic Ace of Spades.

“I suppose we’re good at what we do after all this time,” says Lemmy. “We’ve got a formula, and it’s worked so far.’’

Many other veteran acts take five or more years between albums. That’s not for Lemmy.

“I think the band kind of dies about the third year in without another album. If I sold as many records as AC/DC, I’d do one every six f***ing months!”

Motörizer got Motörhead into the UK Top 40 for the first time since 1991. It also gave them their debut US Top 100 hit (“Number 82 and straight out again!” roars Lemmy).

Motörhead’s influence is huge, with everyone from Metallica to Dave Grohl crediting the English rockers for having inspired them.

“It’s nice to be complimented,” says Lemmy. “If we made somebody pick up a guitar and make music, then it can’t be all bad.”

Following their 30th anniversary gig in 2005, it seems Motörhead might make it to a full half-century of active duty.

“I’ll be too decrepit by then. Bits’ll be falling off!” says Lemmy.

Speak to any rock star, from Axl Rose down, and they will all tell you a great Lemmy story. But does the man himself have any choice anecdotes about meeting his heroes? “Ah, let’s see,” he says, raking through the whiskeysoaked memory banks. “Me and Würzel were going into the 100 Club (in London), when the Rolling Stones played there, with Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck and all that.

It was downstairs in the basement. Würzel ran down there all excited, and, just as he comes to the bottom, Bill Wyman comes along and he hits him full-on and lands him flat on his back. F***ing hilarious. Great start to the evening, you know? ‘Hello, Bill, I’ve always been a fan of yours. Oh, sorry, have I knocked you out?’”

Würzel quit Motörhead during the making of 1995’s Sacrifice, since when Lemmy, Campbell and Dee have soldiered on as a three-piece. A constant spectre is the socalled ‘classic’ line-up featuring guitarist ‘Fast’ Eddie Clarke and drummer Taylor. But Lemmy has resisted calls to reunite the mob that recorded seminal metal masterpieces like Overkill, Bomber and Ace of Spades.

“It wouldn’t be fair on these two,” he says. “These guys have played Ace of Spades a lot more times than Phil (Taylor) or Eddie did. We’ve been working too hard at this band now to put it on hold while I go f***ing around with the other two. I’m loyal. I was loyal to Phil and Eddie, too, until they weren’t loyal to me any more.”

With another Motörhead album due in 2010, Lemmy says he hasn’t run out of inspiration. As well as numerous songs celebrating the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle, the singer’s lyrics continue to rail against the injustices of modern society.

“It’s all war and child porn,” Lemmy spits.

“Mankind hasn’t progressed beyond the caves. All we’ve got are bigger weapons. We can just kill our enemies from further away. We don’t have to see what we did.”

Nice little interview with Lemmy by Nina C. Alice plus some nice pics

January Issue 22, "End of Humanity", really great (photos, artwork) free pdf.magazine Revolutionart

Has any body seen the "Stars And There Cars" picture, it has the old Motorhead trio (Lemmy,Fast and Animal)lying down on a Ford "Carpe"?, about 1983, taken in Germay It was from a Kerrang! Magazine special, I haven't found a picture on the internet but I will try and take a pic of it and put it on the forum (as I have the issue)

Thanx Vampyre

Bloody hell - i remember that -god i'm getting old

Here it is boys and girls...my interview with LEmmy!

http://cryptmagazine.com/28101/321996.html

Hey man, great interview. Hope they make up the Vegas date from last year soon!

Thanks! I hope so too!

vegasdave you're a legend cheers for this

Legend in my own mind! haha. You're welcome.

awesome interview dude! More like a conversation than an interview. Glad you got Lemmy to engage in into things more than he usually does.

Great interview, and The Head Cat did 10 songs in 4 days? Covers or no thats a hell of a lot of work.

Thanks again. And I submitted the interview to Blabbermouth. They have in fact reported it...

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=136602

Awesome Dave... read only at blabbermouth, but will in your website...

Thank you for reading!

Great interview vegasdave!

Thanks, man!

Great interview Dave! really enjoyed it