Motörhead – Teach You How to Sing the Blue

Motörhead

Tour Dates

03 Nov 2008 Wolverhampton Civic Hall Wolverhampton
04 Nov 2008 Ipswich Regent Ipswich
06 Nov 2008 Brighton Dome Brighton
07 Nov 2008 Newcastle Academy Newcastle
08 Nov 2008 Sheffield Academy Sheffield
10 Nov 2008 Glasgow Academy Glasgow
11 Nov 2008 Leicester De Montfort Hall Leicester
12 Nov 2008 Southampton Guildhall Southampton
14 Nov 2008 Manchester Apollo Manchester
15 Nov 2008 Cardiff University Cardiff
17 Nov 2008 Cambridge Corn Exchange Cambridge
18 Nov 2008 Bristol Colston Hall Bristol
19 Nov 2008 Exeter University Exeter
21 Nov 2008 Norwich UEA Norwich
22 Nov 2008 Hammersmith Apollo London
24 Nov 2008 013 Tilburg
25 Nov 2008 AB Brussels
26 Nov 2008 Zenith Paris
28 Nov 2008 Philipshalle Dusseldorf
29 Nov 2008 Emslandhallen Lingen
30 Nov 2008 Pier 2 Bremen
02 Dec 2008 Stadthalle Offenbach
03 Dec 2008 Jako Arena Bamberg
05 Dec 2008 Messenhalle Dresden
06 Dec 2008 Schleyerhalle Stuttgart
07 Dec 2008 Zenith Munich
09 Dec 2008 Vega Copenhagen
10 Dec 2008 Scandinavium Gothenburg
12 Dec 2008 Loftbergs Lila Arena Karlstad
13 Dec 2008 Hovet Stockholm
14 Dec 2008 Spektrum Oslo
16 Dec 2008 Jaahalli Helsinki

Ok first off, if you haven’t at lest heard of Mötorhead, you’ve clearly been living in a cave. Pretty much the only first wave heavy metal band I give a shit about, Motörhead has been a band since my dad was 18, and yet they still kick way more ass than bands that are coming out today. Despite having a combined age of 153, the boys prove they can still rock harder than 95% of the bands they’ve influenced. Despite being almost as old as my grandfather, Lemmy still sounds like he did when he was 35 and Ace of Spades was released.

The lyrical content on Motörizer is fairly standard rock listening with plenty of references to women, one of my favorites has to be “wanna get your hands on a beautiful girl, you’ve gotta use a Mastercard”, I also was tickled by a line from the track “Rock out” in which Lemmy bellows “Rock out, with your cock out, impress your lady friends” , which really begs the question what kind of lady friends does Lemmy have, and how does one go about befriending said ladies. Listening to this album made me wonder, just how dudes this old can rock this hard, I mean usually dudes this old playing in a band is a recipe for really bad dad rock, yet somehow Motörhead totally pulls it off.

This album sort of reminds me of Metallica’s stuff before they started to suck, mixed with some AC/DC, with a healthy dose of attitude, and just a little touch of hair metal. the best example of the subtle hair metal influence is the song “English Rose” which sorta sounds like RATT’s “Round and Round” except that it doesn’t totally suck. Motörhead is on tour this year unfortunately you won’t get to see them outside of Europe this year, let’s hope 2009 brings a US tour. If your weekend plans include anything that even remotely resembles anything from Motley Crue’s “Girls, Girls, Girls” music video, I suggest you go out and buy Motörizer, it’s the perfect soundtrack to any sort of hard rocking debauchery. But don’t do anything I wouldn’t do.

Links: imotorhead.com myspace.com/motorhead