Mot?ö?rhead was, in so many ways, a unique band. A large part of that came from the man, the legend, himself Lemmy Kilmister. His thundering bass and rough-around the edges vocals were an explicit part of the band's sound. The only person I know of who plays bass like him is Alan Boomer Davey, and he's the bass player (along with providing a lot of the vocals) here. Davey is joined by Neal Archer and Magpie to create the core band here.

This live show finds them mostly nailing the trademark Mot?ö?rhead sound. The only thing that lets you know it's not really that band is the vocals. The thing is, no one else has that voice. Truth be told, if you listen to old Hawkwind albums, Lemmy didn't always sound like that, either.

Lemmy was the bassist in Hawkwind in the early days, and did vocals for a number of songs during his tenure. Alan Davey joined in a similar capacity years later, and the two formed a real friendship. That makes it interesting to me that in some ways this makes me think of the Space Ritual era of Hawkwind, while also being decidedly Mot?ö?rhead. It should be noted that this music, while strong throughout, isn't the best suited for track by track reviews, but that's how they are done at Music Street Journal, so I made the best of it.

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