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"It polarises fans' opinions for certain, but isn't that what great music is supposed to do?": Motörhead ring the changes on Another Perfect Day, initial dismay now a distant memory

Joined by Thin Lizzy guitarist Brian Robertson, Motörhead's Another Perfect Day has increased in stature over the years – just don't mention the shorts

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“It was the height of our popularity. And of course, when you’ve peaked there’s nowhere to go but down”: How the ‘Worst Band In The World’ had their revenge with the noisiest No.1 album of all time

The band's motto: Everything Louder Than Everything Else

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“We became the pariahs of the Christian community. They hated me. I still get mail going: ‘Come back to Christ’ There’s no way I’m going back to that”: The incredible story of King’s X, the greatest band the world doesn’t know about

Jesus, grunge and near death experiences – the story of cult Texan rockers King’s x has it all

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"Brutal, high-velocity, downright mean and no-nonsense hard-rockin'": 1976 Motörhead sound like the real deal on The Manticore Tapes

Old songs, new clothes

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“The ultimate anti-everything symbol”: How heavy metal found its fashion sense

From denim vests to bullet belts and drawer after drawer of black t-shirts, this is how metal music developed its signature dress code

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Lemmy’s hometown may get new music venue in memory of late Motörhead leader

Weeks after the city got a Lemmy statue, plans for Burslem to become the site of a music hall dedicated to Motörhead’s mainman have been revealed

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Black Sabbath - The Farewell Interview: Ozzy, Tony, Geezer and Bill, only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Also in this issue: Ghost, The Doobie Brothers, Skunk Anansie, Motörhead, Masters Of Reality, Robin Trower, Goo Goo Dolls, John Lydon, The Stranglers, When Rivers Meet and more

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“I couldn’t believe it. I walked around, around in circles. I didn’t know”: Wendy Dio remembers visiting Motörhead’s Lemmy “two hours before he died”

The widow of Ronnie James Dio reveals that she was one of the last people to see Lemmy before he passed away in 2015

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“I was watching an episode of Friends and someone was wearing a Motörhead T-shirt. Literally an hour later, I got a call to work on their record!”: Romesh Dodangoda on how he became one of modern rock's most in-demand producers

Grammy-nominated Romesh Dodangoda has worked with Bring Me The Horizon, Funeral For a Friend, Nova Twins and Motörhead. We talk gear, recording techniques and career highlights, and hear his advice for aspiring producers

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"Lemmy was one of us." Motörhead's legendary frontman Lemmy honoured with statue in the town where he was born

Lemmy immortalised with 2.25m bronze-cast statue in Burslem, Stoke on Trent, England

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“An avatar of the purest spirit of rock and roll”: Lemmy honored with a towering bronze statue unveiled in the Motörhead legend’s hometown

The statue – which depicts Lemmy wielding his iconic Rickenbacker – contains some of his ashes, and arrives 50 years after the formation of Motörhead

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“A personal crowning moment for me was having Lemmy ask me to play on a Motörhead record!” Alice in Chains’ Mike Inez on why Cliff Burton ruled, Paul McCartney's influence – and what John Entwistle told him (that he already knew)

Inez is a rock bass powerhouse, holding it down with AIC, Ozzy, Heart, guesting with Slash. Here he discusses a life in low-end and the evolution of his style

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Lost 1976 Motörhead album set for release in June

Motörhead fans will be able to get their hands on 'The Manticore Tapes' this June.

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"He’s still in my dreams two or three times a week, getting on my case about something": Motörhead’s Phil Campbell prepares to unveil an 8ft bronze of his bandmate, Lemmy Kilmister

This Friday's ceremony will reveal the statue and feature the delivery of a portion of Kilminster’s ashes into its plinth

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‘It’ll be solemn, enshrining his ashes’: statue of Lemmy to be unveiled in his home town of Stoke-on-Trent

Cast in bronze by sculptor Andy Edwards and containing the legendary Motörhead frontman’s DNA, the effigy underscores the West Midlands’ rock heritage

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Soundgarden's Kim Thayil names the rock and metal bands he believes should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the legendary prog band he can't believe hasn't been inducted already

"I don’t think realistically I would see myself in the same club as the Beatles or the Stones or Zeppelin!"

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Official Lemmy statue to be unveiled - and you can be there

Put May 9 in your diary now

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“We’ve always been true to ourselves. Motörhead has never told you a lie. And that’s very important to me”: A classic audience with Lemmy, rock’n’roll’s greatest warrior

Motorhead kept the rock’n’roll flag flying well into their fourth decade with 2006’s Kiss Of Death

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What Hi-Fi?

Tom Petty, Motörhead, The Doors, plus some big surprises: we reveal 10 top music journalists’ most treasured vinyl records

10 of the world's top music journalists reveal their most cherished records as part of our Vinyl Week special event

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"So much happened during those 12 months that it's hard to pack the impact into mere words": The greatest year in heavy metal history, revisited

A look back at 12 memorable months for loud music

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"It's the father and mother of The Dark Side Of The Moon!": The full inside story of Pink Floyd's Live At Pompeii - only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Also in this issue: Bon Jovi, Steven Wilson, The Darkness, Gary Moore, Smith/Kotzen, Bush, Envy Of None, The Pretenders, Goo Goo Dolls, The Damn Truth, Simon McBride and more

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"What happens next, you give everyone a hard-on and then go around the room with a bat like Al Capone?!” Ginger Wildheart's wild tales of Lemmy, AC/DC, Guns N' Roses, Cheap Trick and more

Meet Ginger Wildheart, the multi-tasking musical superhero who's shared stages with Cheap Trick and Motörhead and drinks with Axl Rose, Tony Iommi and Liza Minnelli

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“Hendrix was incredibly sexually magnetic on stage. He had a body like a snake”: Lemmy’s funny stories about Jimi, Ozzy, Little Richard and the crazy world of Motörhead

Plus: why he called the Little Richard "the greatest rock vocalist ever"

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“We’d solidly work from two in the afternoon to until 10pm. Why did we knock off then? So, we could get to the pub!”: The chaotic story behind Motörhead’s Overkill, the album that turned three speed freaks into stars

Motörhead’s second album, Overkill, was the one that truly put them on the map

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“They said, ‘We need a good singer.’ We said, ‘What’s the matter with James Hetfield?’” NWOBHM survivors Raven on giving insecure Metallica their first national tour, and pioneering the 8-string bass and bass trem

Even after 50 years and a near-fatal accident, British metal’s Gallagher brothers still have enough attitude to give young bands a run for their money

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