Artist: MOTORHEAD
Album: BETTER MOTORHEAD THAN DEAD - LIVE AT HAMMERSMITH (2CD DIGI)

Release date: 2007
EAN/UPS: 4050538457100
Media type: CD

Better Motorhead Than Dead – Live At Hammersmith rekindles memories of a momentous night that even a cosmopolitan city like London doesn’t see every day. Early June 2005 saw the long queue in front of the venerable Hammersmith Odeon, a venue of many legendary live shows – stretch right to the tube station on the other side of the road. What was going on? Motorhead had invited their fans to their 30th anniversary party, and over 5,000 of them accepted. Their number would have been even greater had the powers that be in the British capital not rigorously limited the capacity of the illustrious venue. Loved by their fans, respected by the press due to the personal integrity of the three band members, Lemmy Kilmister, Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee, Motorhead were experiencing their seventh or eighth spring in the 30th year of their existence and continued to be as generous as ever.

The track listing consists of 23 songs, a kind of ‘best of Motцrhead’ featuring, among others, classics such as ‘Bomber’, ‘Ace Of Spades’, ‘Overkill’, ‘Sacrifice’ and ‘Iron Fist’. Then there are some more recent tracks from their 2005 release, Inferno, and a number of surprises: June 2005 saw Motorhead delve deeply into vaults that their fans had assumed to be permanently locked up. “This one is from an album that you hated,” Lemmy announced to his dumbfounded audience, reviving Another Perfect Day with ‘Dancing On Your Grave’ and ‘I Got Mine’. And lo and behold - the fans enthusiastically celebrated songs in 2005 that they had once condemned. A truly remarkable night.

TRACKLIST CD1:

01. Dr. Rock
02. Stay Clean
03. Shoot You In The Back
04. Love Me Like A Reptile
05. Killers
06. Metropolis
07. Love For Sale
08. Over The Top
09. No Class
10. I Got Mine
11. In The Name Of Tragedy
12. Dancing On Your Grave

TRACKLIST CD2:

01. R.A.M.O.N.E.S.
02. Sacrifice
03. Just 'Cos You Got The Power
04. (We Are) The Road Crew
05. Going To Brazil
06. Killed By Death
07. Iron Fist
08. Whorehouse Blues
09. Bomber
10. Ace Of Spades
11. Overkill

LINE-UP:

Lemmy Kilmister
Phil Campbell
Mikkey Dee