We Are Motörhead

Infobox Album
Name = We Are Motörhead
Type = Album
Artist = Motörhead


Released = May 16, 2000
Recorded = June to August, 1999
Karo Studios, Brackel, Germany
Length = 38:20
Label = CMC, Steamhammer, SPV GmbH
Producer = Motörhead, Bob Kulick, Bruce Bouillet, Duane Barron
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:yvddyl72xp9b link]
*"NME favourable [http://www.nme.com/reviews/2236.htm link]
Last album = "Everything Louder than Everyone Else"
(1998)
This album = "We Are Motörhead"
(2000)
Next album = ""
(2000)

"We Are Motörhead" is an album by the band Motörhead. It was released in 2000, and features a cover of the Sex Pistols song "God Save the Queen", for which the band recorded a promo video atop an open-top London bus.

leeve artwork

Joe Petagno, the sleeve artist, commented on the influences behind the cover concept:

It's one of my favourite pieces. At that time, there was a lot of death metal and black metal going on. I was working with a lot of those people anyway. They were all totally Motörhead dedicated, and grew up with Motörhead. I said, "Listen, instead of letting these guys sort of get to you, why don't we just pay homage to the death thing? That's cool enough. You guys were the first to do it anyway." In the original sketch, the head was turned three-quarter view, but Lemmy said we'd never used the head since "Deaf Forever" from the side. So why don't we just give it a full profile? ["About Joe Petagno" - interview section with Joe Petagno, bonus DVD with "Inferno 30th Anniversary edition" SPV69748.]

Track listing

* All tracks written by Phil Campbell, Mikkey Dee, Lemmy, unless stated
# "See Me Burning" – 2:59
# "Slow Dance" – 4:29
# "Stay Out of Jail" – 3:02
# "God Save the Queen" (Paul Cook, Steve Jones, John Lydon, Glen Matlock) – 3:19
# "Out to Lunch" – 3:26
# "Wake the Dead" – 5:14
# "One More Fucking Time" – 6:46
# "Stagefright/Crash & Burn" – 3:02
# "(Wearing Your) Heart on Your Sleeve" – 3:42
# "We Are Motörhead" – 2:21

Credits

* Lemmy - bass, vocals
* Phil Campbell - guitar
* Mikkey Dee - drums

* Original tracks recorded at Karo Studios, Brackel, Germany by Charlie Bauerfeind, June-August '99.
* Overdubs recorded at American Recorders, Calabasas, CA, December 1999-March 2000.
* Produced by Motörhead, Bob Kulick, Bruce Bouillet and Duane Barron.
* Engineered by Bill Cooper
* Cover artwork – Joe Petagno
* Cover concept – Joe Petango and Lemmy
* Photography – Glen La Ferman, Stephanie Cabral, Annamaria DiSanto, G$

References

External links

* [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/121515 Sample tracks at Rolling Stone]
* [http://www.imotorhead.com Motorhead official website]