“We are Motorhead and we play rock n’ roll”, these are the immortal words that Motorhead frontman, founder and legend Lemmy, greets every audience with. They do play rock n’ roll…very, very loudly!
First band of the night though are Danko Jones, Classic rock riffs and the obligatory songs about sex, all shouted a 100mph, appeal to only a small selection of the audience.
In the 80’s, one of the biggest bands of the ‘New Wave of British Heavy Metal’ movement were Saxon. The set they play tonight is chock full of songs from that era and they still sound as fresh as they did 20 years ago (oops showing my age there). Motorcycle Man, Never Surrender and 747(Strangers in the Night) are dusted off and aired and sit comfortably alongside newer tracks Whichfinder General and Ashes to Ashes. We were even treated to two new songs, Live to Rock and Hellcat off the new album Into the Labyrinth.
I thought Saxon kicked ass and will definitely try and catch ‘em if they do a headlining tour.
On to the living legends that are Motorhead! I’ve seen them quite a few times over the years and they are still the only band around that casually stride out on stage and proceed to batter your eardrums into submission.
With powerful songs like Stay Clean, No Class, Killed By Death and the excellent Metropolis all designed to pound your inner ear to mush, they are the undisputed champions of pure noise.
They come out for the encore and we get a little respite with their bluesy skiffle song Whorehouse Blues, it’s Motorhead unplugged!
Just as you thought it was safe, they give us a double barrelled finish, in the form of classic tracks Ace of Spades and Overkill.
We leave the Guildhall with these bands literally ringing in our ears.
Same time next year? You bet!
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