It's no secret that the members of love . In 1995, the band even went so far as to to play a set of Motorhead covers to celebrate the iconic frontman's 50th birthday as "The Lemmys". But with the band's 50th anniversary coming this year, in a new interview with guitarist Kirk Hammett shared what Motorhead mean to him.
“Lemmy was the real deal, right to the fucking end," Kirk says. "What a man. It’s hard for me to really single out a Motorhead song I like.
I love , we actually cover that in the wedding band, but then you’ve got these absolutely insane songs like and . What a band!" "When I first saw the cover of , I just fucking //knew// man," he continues. "I’d heard before that and remember thinking, ‘this is way faster than Scorpions or UFO.
Overkill, cool!’ But then a week or whatever later I saw that cover and was just like, okay I’ve gotta buy this album. I got home and put it on..
. Oh my god. Lemmy opens up his voice and starts singing, my mind fucking exploded.
Me and all my friends were into punk rock, right? Local San Francisco hardcore bands; me and my friends fucking loved it. The tone of Lemmy’s voice was like he’d got a distortion box in his throat. The sound of that bass too! I felt like I was in the mud with those guys.
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