Motorhead-Inferno-(Advance)-2004-RNS
Код: ¦----¦ ------¦ The Motorhead legend roars on in 2004 ¦----- ---------
----------------- with the release of the new studio album ------- ---
------------- 'Inferno' on June 22 on Metal-Is Records, -------
------- --- a division of the Sanctuary Records --- -------
¦----- ¦-- Group. It's the first album of new, --¦ -----¦
-----¦ ---¦ skin-peeling material from ¦--- ¦-----
------- ---- vocalist/bassist Lemmy, guitarist ---- -------
---------- Philip Campbell and drummer Mikkey Dee ----------
----- since 2002's 'Hammered' and it's the -------- - -
----- ¦--- first Motorhead release since last ---¦ ----- --¦
- ------ -----¦ year's critically acclaimed, five-disc, ¦----- ---------
¦---¦------- career-spanning box set 'Stone Deaf ------- ---
- ----------- Forever!' -------
------------- --- --- -------
¦----- ¦-- Guitar legend Steve Vai makes a guest --¦ -----¦
-----¦ ---¦ appearance on two tracks. ¦--- ¦-----
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---------- 'Inferno' is an appropriate title for -------------
--- ----- Motorhead's latest skull-grinding, -----¦ ------
--------- ¦--- internal-organ-liquefying album. The 12 ---¦ ¦¦ ¦----
¦----¦ ------¦ tracks are: "Terminal Show," "Killers," ¦----- ---------
----------------- "In the Name of Tragedy," "Suicide," ------- ---
------------- "Life's a Bitch," "Down on Me," "In the -------
------- --- Black," "Fight," "In the Year of the --- -------
¦----- ¦-- Wolf," "Keys to the Kingdom," "Smiling --¦ -----¦
-----¦ ---¦ Like a Killer" and "Whorehouse Blues." ¦--- ¦-----
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---------- "This album is real musicians playing ----------
----- real music. There were no rules," Lemmy -------- - -
----- ¦--- says. ---¦ ----- --¦
- ------ -----¦ ¦----- ---------
¦---¦------- It's not easy for the hard-living, ------- ---
- ----------- fun-loving rock icon to pick out favorites -------
------------- --- on 'Inferno.' Every song is special and --- -------
¦----- ¦-- important. --¦ -----¦
-----¦ ---¦ ¦--- ¦-----
------- ---- "Music is very personal. It's just like ---- -------
---------- sex in that way," says Lemmy. -------------
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--------- ¦--- Vai's blazing guitar performances on ---¦ ¦¦ ¦----
¦----¦ ------¦ "Terminal Show" and "Down on Me" were ¦----- ---------
----------------- the result of a casual social encounter ------- ---
------------- with Lemmy at the famous Rainbow Bar & -------
------- --- Grill in Hollywood. --- -------
¦----- ¦-- --¦ -----¦
-----¦ ---¦ "I was going in and he was coming out ¦--- ¦-----
------- ---- and we ran into each other. I told him ---- -------
---------- we were recording and invited him down ----------
----- to sit in. He took me up on the offer," -------- - -
----- ¦--- Lemmy says. ---¦ ----- --¦
- ------ -----¦ ¦----- ---------
¦---¦------- Motorhead has a distinctive musical ------- ---
- ----------- style -- nobody grinds out a furious rock -------
------------- --- 'n' roll hybrid of heavy metal and punk --- -------
¦----- ¦-- like this band. But Lemmy always has a --¦ -----¦
-----¦ ---¦ few tricks up his sleeve, and ¦--- ¦-----
------- ---- Motorhead albums tend to have a song or ---- -------
---------- two that veer away from their trademark -------------
--- ----- sound. On 'Inferno' the honor belongs to -----¦ ------
--------- ¦--- the slinky "Whorehouse Blues," ---¦ ¦¦ ¦----
¦----¦ ------¦ appropriately drenched in bluesy ¦----- ---------
----------------- acoustic guitar and harmonica. ------- ---
------------- -------
------- --- "I like to surprise people," says Lemmy. --- -------
¦----- ¦-- --¦ -----¦
-----¦ ---¦ Motorhead's colorful history is well ¦--- ¦-----
------- ---- known. Lemmy -- born Ian Kilmister -- ---- -------
---------- was a former roadie for Jimi Hendrix and ----------
----- eventually joined the space-rock band -------- - -
----- ¦--- Hawkwind. Lemmy wrote and sang ---¦ ----- --¦
- ------ -----¦ Hawkwind's big 1972 U.K. hit "Silver ¦----- ---------
¦---¦------- Machine." Upon exiting Hawkwind after ------- ---
- ----------- four years, he formed Motorhead in 1975, -------
------------- --- naming the group after the last song he --- -------
¦----- ¦-- wrote for Hawkwind. Motorhead's --¦ -----¦
-----¦ ---¦ aggressive, uncompromising, balls-out ¦--- ¦-----
------- ---- musical style (and personal lifestyle ---- -------
---------- philosophy) shook the music world. Let's -------------
--- ----- be blunt here: Motorhead invented speed -----¦ ------
--------- ¦--- metal. But the great thing about ---¦ ¦¦ ¦----
¦----¦ ------¦ Motorhead is that they appealed to both ¦----- ---------
----------------- punks and head-banging metalheads. ------- ---
------------- -------
------- --- "We sounded like punk but looked like --- -------
¦----- ¦-- metal. I always felt we were more punk --¦ -----¦
-----¦ ---¦ than metal anyway. I call it rock 'n' ¦--- ¦-----
------- ---- roll, but if I had to go down one side ---- -------
---------- or the other I'd say we had more in ----------
----- common with punk than we have in common -------- - -
----- ¦--- with heavy metal. We came out at the ---¦ ----- --¦
- ------ -----¦ same time as the punks," Lemmy says. ¦----- ---------
¦---¦------- ------- ---
- ----------- The band's self-titled official debut -------
------------- --- album was released in 1977. Motorhead --- -------
¦----- ¦-- quickly built a rabid following through --¦ -----¦
-----¦ ---¦ killer live shows and albums that we ¦--- ¦-----
------- ---- able to translate that power. 1981's ---- -------
---------- legendary live album 'No Sleep 'til -------------
--- ----- Hammersmith' rocketed to # 1 on the U.K. -----¦ ------
--------- ¦--- album charts. Another notable album in ---¦ ¦¦ ¦----
¦----¦ ------¦ Motorhead's canon is 1991's critically ¦----- ---------
----------------- acclaimed, Grammy-nominated '1916,' ------- ---
------------- which was nominated for Best Metal -------
------- --- Performance. Motorhead earned a second --- -------
¦----- ¦-- Grammy nomination in 2000 for Best --¦ -----¦
-----¦ ---¦ Metal Performance with a tribute to ¦--- ¦-----
------- ---- Metallica's "Enter Sandman" on the ---- -------
---------- 'ECW: Extreme Music' album. ----------
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----- ¦--- As a live act, Motrhead is untouchable. ---¦ ----- --¦
- ------ -----¦ Few scenes in heavy metal match Lemmy ¦----- ---------
¦---¦------- on stage -- standing his ground, head ------- ---
- ----------- tilted slightly upward as he growls -------
------------- --- ferociously into his microphone and --- -------
¦----- ¦-- unleashes thunder from his --¦ -----¦
-----¦ ---¦ Rickenbacker. Campbell's screaming ¦--- ¦-----
------- ---- sonic overload guitar completes the ---- -------
---------- roaring string section, while Dee, -------------
--- ----- surely one of the most inventive and -----¦ ------
--------- ¦--- brutal drummers you ever heard, drives ---¦ ¦¦ ¦----
¦----¦ ------¦ along like a locomotive. Live, and on ¦----- ---------
----------------- CD and on video, there is no one like ------- ---
------------- them. -------
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¦----- ¦-- Motorhead will promote 'Inferno' with --¦ -----¦
-----¦ ---¦ yet another world tour this year. ¦--- ¦-----
------- ---- Ashes and rubble will be left in Lemmy, ---- -------
---------- Cambell and Dee's wake. ----------
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----- ¦--- 'Inferno' is an enhanced CD. The ---¦ ----- --¦
- ------ -----¦ enhancement will allow fans to sign up ¦----- ---------
¦---¦------- for Motorhead Internet service at ------- ---
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www.motorheadrules.com. -------
