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"Ballet shoes and Motorhead don't mix": The history of Motorhead in 12 songs

From the song that gave the band its name to their tribute to a fellow music legend, these are the songs that tell the story of Motorhead - the greatest rock'n'roll band to ever live

Metal Hammer

“Rest in peace, Bobby”: Veteran vocalist and guitarist Bobby Tench – who worked with the likes of Jeff Beck, Peter Green, Humble Pie, Ginger Baker, Van Morrison and many more – dies, aged 79

The British musician played with everyone from Peter Green to Freddie King and Ginger Baker yet never got the limelight he deserved

Guitar World

“I think Metallica thought that I knew who they were. I didn’t. They thought I was in awe of them – not true… it wasn’t enjoyable”: Whiskey in the Jar was the hardest song Thin Lizzy’s Eric Bell ever tackled, and he didn't enjoy playing it with Metallica

In a wide-ranging conversation with GW, Bell also acknowledges that he could never have returned to Phil Lynott’s band after an infamous onstage meltdown in 1973 – but at least he apologized to his beloved Strat for his behavior that night...

Guitar World

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"They're as good as anything anyone's ever written": My 10 favourite Thin Lizzy songs, by Brian Downey

Drummer Brian Downey, who co-founded Thin Lizzy with Phil Lynott, picks his 10 favourite Lizzy tracks

Louder

Dundee father and son ground staff duo stood down amid club investigation

Dundee have stood down their father and son ground staff duo amid a club investigation.

The National (Scotland)

“When Motörhead leaves, there will be a hole there that just can't be filled”: Remembering Lemmy

His name was Lemmy, and he played rock'n'roll

Metal Hammer

“Lizzy were a man down…”: Pat Travers on the time he nearly joined Thin Lizzy

In 1976, Thin Lizzy were in urgent need of a guitarist and Canadian guitarist Pat Travers says he was very nearly their man

Louder

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"Phil picked up my second guitar and went up to the microphone and just started singing all these silly songs" – Eric Bell on the unlikely success story of Thin Lizzy's version of Whisky In The Jar

"As the taxi driver's talking to me, I suddenly made a riff in my imagination"

MusicRadar

The mind-boggling story of how former Thin Lizzy guitarist Brian Robertson ended up in Motorhead

"Being in Motörhead was crazy 24 hours a day" says Brian Robertson – but the story of how he came to be part of Lemmy’s chaotic crew is even stranger

Louder

Thin Lizzy's Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson brought twin-guitar leads to the masses – master their influential style

Jailbreak your rock chops with a lesson in the playing of two guitarists who influenced every guitar duo that followed

Guitar World

The Lowlist: Thin Lizzy's Live And Dangerous is one of the greatest live albums ever released

Unfairly maligned as an album "fixed in the studio", a new version of Live And Dangerous proves Lynott and co didn't need overdubs

Guitar World

Tortured to death: the 14 Cypriot men killed by British in 50s uprising

Book reveals fate of EOKA guerrilla fighters at the hands of the army during the dying days of empire on the Mediterranean island

The Guardian - UK

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