1916 - The History of Motörhead - Sabaton History 120 [Official]

What is there to say about these pioneers? Well, quite a lot actually! This episode is dedicated to one of the most important and influential rock bands in history. Today, metal fans, we invite you to learn about the history of Motörhead…
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[@SabatonHistory]

You’re probably already aware that we released our cover of “1916” on April 14 (side note: thank you all for the amazing feedback. We’re so happy you like it!), so we thought it would be fitting for our next episode to be about the incredible band behind the song. Now, we want to know: Are you a Motörhead fan? What songs/albums of theirs do you rate highly? P.S. Don't forget, you can support Sabaton History on Patreon: www.patreon.com/sabatonhistory

[@dorlonelliott9368]

Where is Hellfighters? You seen to have missed one...

[@MacOriginalGamer]

Now we need a Sabaton History episode about the Battle of Pasadena, which took place in 1994. Maybe get some of the guys from Nanowar of Steel to sit in with you. 🫡

[@craigkelly4278]

Is the Pope a Catholic? Yes, I love these Guys I also love Sabaton. Aces of Spades is my favourite song

[@themetalorian2268]

Honestly when I saw the track 1916 dropped I deadarse thought there's no way. But when I saw the Double decker pull up at Hammersmith I jump clean outta my seat, my head still fucking hurts. Personally I was hoping for a Death Or Glory cover, has enough to translate to you're style.

[@loyalpiper]

You lads did lemmy proud. For someone who was born to late to go to a motor head concert I hope to see you guys do this one live.

[@evaczarnojanczyk1432]

Yes, Royalties with Pär and Joakim as another episode!

[@broodinggull3468]

I approve.

[@MercenaryPen]

we can go funnier- talking about royalties whilst dressed as royalty

[@alexmclean760]

Yes dress in there Swedish guard costumes they gotta discuss royalties

[@nathanielmeade5731]

Have Indy dress as the king (if Joakim and Pär are guards, then they need something to guard)

[@shadow-r3852]

this comment was purely made to boost engagement (of the video and this comment)

[@princeofmoskova]

Bring out the WHITE BOARD!!!

[@ulrichkalber9039]

Write a song about it, and when it is really that much to tell, a whole musical.

[@vincki]

The war against coorperations

[@NataschaS195]

Of course we would love to see this episode with Joakim and Pär explaining royalties at a white board. 😅 And I would love to see this movie you make, after buying Castle Itter 😋 And great episode as always of course ❤

[@Skorpychan]

Same here; I want to see how much artists get from music sales vs streaming. I've heard (from a band, on their facebook page) that buying CDs these days is the best for them.

[@lavweber]

Indeed!

[@Guille_Guiverno_V]

is normal seeing people talking about their favourite bands, but seeing a band like Sabaton not just making a cover from Motörhead, but a video too about the band is something amazing

[@mandoschMUh]

Hell yeah. Pär and Joakim and Indy could pull off an interesting video about royalties and stuff.

[@leholen381]

I genuinely would be interested in a full video about song writing royalties and basically how all that kind of stuff works in the music industry. Could do one hours long video or a bunch of 20ish minutes videos and I would watch them all.

[@laurencefraser]

The story of what it was like a few decades back now is pretty wild (if you think Hollywood accounting is bad, Record Lable accounting from that era will make your head explode), I'm aware that it's quite clearly Better now, but knowing how that actually works out would be quite interesting.

[@holstonmatt]

all i going to say is that metal machine music is the album that set artists back given the fact that labels made it to where now they can reject a album and still keep the rights to the artist music all because lou reed did not want to make a album the label wanted him to make

[@Spitfire_1940]

I would love a Band History channel with Indi. Don't care about the genre, just find a lot of this stuff interesting.

[@JohnDoe-zx1ck]

You should give Razorfist's Metal Mythos series a watch if you are into more of this kind of thing. He sometimes deviates from just metal too. It's good stuff.

[@eduardklima5698]

Part 2 grill Par on Royalties :)

[@sistra8930]

To hear 1916 live in Lodz yesterday, with the great sound in this arena, was great and very emotional. Thank you for two great shows ther and in Leipzig.

[@SabatonHistory]

Happy you were there & hope you had a blast! 🤘 We sure as hell did.

[@lokiodinson2326]

Seeing Joakim choke up a little while talking about Lemmy just about made me cry.

[@daviekuklatv]

Class act doing a Motorhead cover as well as a remembrance / tribute video about Lemmy. Also a "Royalties for dummies" video would really help us understand what is all behind that.

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

When's the Sabaton History episode about the epic battle of Pasadena of 1994?

[@armityle7138]

I second that. This battle traumatized an entire generation of Italians 😂

[@jasonsantos3037]

Motorhead and sabaton are great

[@gabrielacocosh]

Love Motorhead & Sabaton, so seeing this episode was such a nice surprise! 😍 And I have to say, hearing 1916 by Sabaton live in Paris was so emotional! 🤘❤

[@Elkerlyc]

Motörhead is the one band I saw live the most. They just happened to tour much in the Netherlands and with free public transport as a student I could not (would not) resist.

[@EJ_Red]

Motorhead was one of the bands that got me interested in Metal back in my last year of high school in the first place (2014), only because my mom's friend was getting rid of old CDs and I got whatever seemed like I would like. When I listened to that one Motorhead album (Bastards), my journey in leaving Rap behind for Metal (And indirectly other genres like Country) began. Motorhead truly is a great band, makes me regret I didn't come across them earlier.

[@gfdx3214]

pär being called a coffee girl is hilarious

[@kerlongsjorlejov1945]

Thanks for the video,. Really happy for this video and how Motörhead was involved in the making of this video.

[@PalleRasmussen]

You ok? We'll soon fix that. We are Mötorhead, and we play rock and Roll! Lemmy was a f*ing legend. Very intelligent, always a gentleman. And though a hedonist he was unselfish. Close to his dead, he still helped Richard Kruspe.

[@WelshDdraig]

"I could be standing here and explaining with a whiteboard for 15 minutes - And I still wouldn't cover half of it" - possibly, but hey - I'd still watch it.

[@Joe___R]

For a man who lived life to its absolute fullest living until he was 70 was quite the run. Others who lived like Lemmy either died much younger or cut back on everything. He was the heart and soul of metal, and I doubt there will ever be another like him.

[@SabatonHistory]

He really was one of a kind!

[@willrogers3793]

One of my favorite parts of learning all of the deep lore associated with many, *many* metal bands, is how Lemmy would just appear out of nowhere like some kind of musical cryptid and leave all these younger bands with odd and hilarious memories.

[@SabatonHistory]

He was an absolute legend! 🤘

[@juricatomicic4829]

Motorhead will be one of those bands I will regret not having chance seeing live. They were supposed to play at one festival in Zagreb, but unfortunately, Lemmy died. And they were the only reason I was actually willing to go to that festival.

[@TheZG85]

e jebiga

[@tomojureta9338]

Isto ti je i vamo Teško razočaranje

[@saltalmighty1141]

Lemmy Kilmister , one of a legendary artist , that you only see once every few hundereds of years

[@AxelWonkardan]

Lemmy did drive. He use to "lown" a motorbike a few times...

[@MoshvilleTimes]

My daughter's first gig... as a foetus inside mummy's tummy... was Motorhead at Glasgow O2 Academy. They do say that music can affect the development of unborn children. And Lemmy rattling out "Ace of Spades" at a million decibels certainly helps explain our youngest! Great video guys, thank you.

[@AFalk86]

I remember the first time I heard this song and I thought to myself that this would fit on a Sabaton album. When Sabaton where releasing a song called 1916 I didn't know it was a cover of Motörheads song. So I listen to Sabatons new song 1916 and I got the biggest smile. This is awesome. I have two band tattoos and they are Sabaton and Motörhead. Now I hope that Sabaton will do a cover of Overkill on a Show.

[@SabatonHistory]

Wow that's awesome! Happy it made you smile!

[@Artak091]

Lemmy is the last old school rock star. The world will never see another person portray these values again.

[@rodneymcdermott5303]

I had the privilege of seeing Motörhead live. Iron Maiden and Dio. What a freaking show. My neck and ears were wrecked for days. Totally worth it 🤘🤘 got the news of Lemmys death at work that day. Had to step out for a smoke. Phenomenal frontman and an even better person. Surprised you didn’t touch on the Triple H theme “the game” Definitely brought them to a new fan base.

[@boxingfan6766]

Slight correction: it was a girlfriend of Phil Taylor called Motorcycle Irene who gave him the nickname "Philthy Animal".

[@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t]

For me, the thing that really changed me for being "yeah, fine" to "fuck yeah" on Motorhead was seeing them live; they're best enjoyed in company, and at the kind of volume you really should be wearing earpro for. If you can't *feel* the bass, you're not really getting the full experience.

[@lemmyadams2402]

My favourite band doing a video on the legend I was named after? Hell yeah!

[@1320crusier]

Definitely a direction I wasnt expecting the episode for this song to go.

[@Igorilianu]

Such a powerful song, a sad song that really pays tribute to the people that fell and gave their lives

[@BatzProject]

Eyyy this was recorded on tour when they were in Mora where I got to meet Indy Neidell out of pure coincidence! Thanks for the quick chat you were absolutely amazing wish you good health and good luck in your future endeavours!

[@andreasgaming9765]

We want to see that :)

[@Backstabber056]

This song drew a few tears when I first heard it, and all the more so when I saw you amazing madlads perform it live in Amsterdam! My deepest thanks and respects to you!

[@SabatonHistory]

Thanks for your support! Happy you were there with us in Amsterdam! 🤘

[@Pavlos_Charalambous]

Lemmy.. WHAT a LEGEND

[@michaelshelton5488]

"Who would win in a fight between Lemy and God?" "Trick question. Lemy IS God" 🤘🤣

[@SabatonHistory]

🤘🤘🤘

[@ThatMetalGuy]

I, unfortunately, never got to see Motörhead live. I remember on September 5, 2015 my dad and I had tickets to see them here in Houston. They had to cancel due to Lemmy being too ill. Mötley Crüe happened to be in town that same night with Alice Cooper and he managed to get tickets to that show. It was an awesome show but little did we know that we'd never get another chance to see the mighty Motörhead. Also, I'd definitely be on board for a movie by y'all about Castle Itter and for an episode about royalties.

[@crimsontooth75]

Heard 1916 for the first time at the age of 10 during a funeral. I was too young to have an interest in WW1, so I couldn't fully grasp it's meaning, but damn if it didn't hit me in the gut like a brick.

[@nathanaverboukh4377]

par is the best coffee girl

[@nadog1011]

I love Orgasmatron especially the Sepultura cover omg heavy and tough pure metal.

[@Calumetto]

Damn, sir, you're as engaging when talking about rock history as you are talking about... well... history-history. ••• Thanks! PEACE!!!

[@UltraLeevi]

We are always supporting The legend lemmy kilmister and Motorhead

[@erynmcgrath]

Great video

[@artohumppi1855]

Sabaton movie. Hell yea🤘

[@mikewhicker9771]

Motorhead was one of the first bands I can consciously remember listening to rather than just hearing. To hear sabaton covering one of my favourite Motorhead songs was just epic. Something about joakim's voice fits the subject and overall tone of that song perfectly imho. Did wonder if you would cover Motorhead's history to go with the cover.

[@rickmcmillan3270]

Really appreciate your history of Motorhead. Thanks. Been Motorhead fan 40 years, I'm 57 now tinnitus in both ears. Motorhead never did a bad album.

[@SabatonHistory]

Happy you enjoyed it Rick!! 🤘

[@serenavitto8077]

I love that song, I can't stop listening to it. I stand by my opinion that it sounds like Lemmy wrote that song just for Joakim to sing

[@damagecase3370]

6:45 it is true that Motorhead would not be the same after that, but they reached the highest motorhead level with Phil and Mikkey. By far.

[@petergustafsson6044]

YES! We really would like to see that. Also, it would be super fun seeing you guys showing off your gold/platinum records, and otther awards and such, and talk a bit about when you got them.

[@evvanthestargod9540]

Would love to see Joakim and Pär doing a whiteboard video on music royalties and please make a movie about the Last Battle it needs to be done

[@Salkinmusic]

May he rest in piece and keep the spirit of the band alive forever 🤘

[@OldieBugger]

My favorite of the Motörhead classics is "On Parole"... For reasons.

[@baastex]

I would love to see the whiteboard masters thesis of Joakim and Pär explaining how royalties work maybe as a april fools video next year?

[@miloszivkovich]

+1 to Joakim with a whiteboard explaining music royalties

[@funfactor4528]

Yes we would love to see a Royalties episode with Par and Joakim!!!

[@jasonfreak99]

I remember in my 20th century world wars class, I recommended the song 1916 to my teacher, a fellow motorhead and metal fan in general. To my knowledge, he still plays the song to his class during the WW1 unit, as it coincidentally has a lot of the vocabulary terms for the conflict. He actually assigned us multiple The Great War episodes, and on the finally he asked an open-ended question on whether you would talk to Rasputin, Indy Neidel, or Lemmy about WW1 history, I couldn't believe my eyes when i saw this video.

[@jasonsantos3037]

As a fan motorhead and sabaton it's good you made this video.

[@sergentboucherie]

I want Sabaton to write a song explaining royalties with Nanowar of Steel in the music video

[@Lasvegasflight99]

Love to see Pär and Joakim teach us about things like Royalties and other "nerdy stuff" bands have to deal with.

[@dragonmaster613]

yes, please do episodes educating us on the intricaties of things like Royalties and stage Logistics.

[@jonathanenglish9146]

How odd, I bought Lemmy White Line Fever at the Bovington Tank Museum during Tiger Day and now Sabaton features 1916, one of my favorite Motorhead tracks.

[@RandomMusik]

Was on your Concert in Vienna last Sunday, what a great show. Now I'm hyped for some more History.

[@SabatonHistory]

And for more shows we hope 😎 Thanks for writing!

[@mrlizardtx]

I didn't know if this episode would be about the Battle of the Somme or about Motorhead...

[@magnificus8581]

Awesome! Love this song, love this video. LOVE SABATON!!

[@dwightdhansen]

Lemmy's cameo as Spider is freaking awesome!

[@raymondsosnowski9717]

Looking forward to the lecture by Prof. Joakim! 😂

[@TheFranssiBrother]

Even after 10 years, I'm so miffed that I was suppose to see Motörhead live in Ilosaari rock in 2013. Lads ended up cancelling due to health issues, but they did show up next time in the independence day 2014. I did not go to it due to financial issues at the time, and I should have. Rest in peace, you badass by 51 percent. I shall forever regret not losing my hearing before my 20s

[@anklebiterwoodworks2818]

Loved you in 7 pillars of wisdom and, well, you totally owned the Unkillable Soldier. Mr Nidel (I hope I spelled your name right.) my hat is off to you, sir! Please keep doing what you are doing. Respect!

[@SabatonHistory]

Thank you very much! 🤘

[@zarkopetrovic7472]

This is ♠️👊

[@jeffhopkins5704]

Watched Lemmy`s funeral with a bottle of Jack, one of the main reasons I picked up the bass.

[@kylegardiner9291]

We would love to hear about royalties and more information about how stuff works from you guys! Honestly, any video with the band and Indy is great and we want more!!!

[@thenoobgameplays]

I love that you guys do covers of other bands. I would love to see some covers of bands such as 1914, Armahda, Civil War, and Iron Maiden. Would love to see The Last Farewell, Iron Duke, and Passchenhell being covered by you guys. Charles the Great from Christopher Lee (the british actor) would be a good as well. Great work as always, gentleman.

[@Dreadnought1916]

Sabaton actually did an Iron Maiden cover and the song name is "Afraid to shoot strangers"

[@thenoobgameplays]

@@Dreadnought1916 thank you

[@bestevaar7195]

I would love a cover of “I Will Rule The Universe” by Civil War. Then we finally have a Sabaton song about Napoleon.

[@Anduehan97]

my biggest regret in life is that i never saw motörhead in concert

[@dragothica4925]

This is excellent, but make a Sabaton History of Iron Maiden, don't know how you'd link it to Sabaton but it deserves to be done!

[@bestevaar7195]

Maybe with the song “Afraid to shoot strangers”, which is also covered by Sabaton.

[@HistoryNerd8765]

They were Motörhead! *AND THEY PLAYED ROCK AND ROLL!!!*

[@TheJonasbz]

Best rock n´roll band in the world

[@alexamerling79]

Beautiful rendition by Sabaton :)

[@SabatonHistory]

Big thanks! 🤘

[@nigeldepledge3790]

I was lucky enough to see Motörhead live in 2004 or '05 (some time around then, anyhow). They were supported by Sepultura, who, BTW, were absolutely mind-blowing. I think it's a tribute to Lemmy's character that he was happy to follow Sepultura on stage, where other bands might have chosen a support act that was less well known or less outright brutal. Lemmy seemed kinda disappointed when only about five guys in the audience knew the Ramones by their first names (which was how Lemmy introduced the song Ramones that night). My ears were ringing for days afterwards.

[@adriaanvanvuuren8581]

I seriously love the sense of humour you guys have on these videos. Absolutely worth it. Yes. I would very much like to hear about the royalties thing for musicians like yourself. It sounds like a very interesting thing to listen to. After this episode, I am definitely gonna try out Motörhead. I've never heard their music before. So I am very eager to see how much I will enjoy it. Great video you guys. Please keep doing what you do best.

[@jimbodie5615]

I haven't seen a lot of Sabaton History videos, yet, give it time, but this one is a favorite. "1916" is also one of my favorite Sabaton videos.. I'm a fan of the Great War and World War Two TimeGhost channels and now this one too. (I have a lot of catching up to do, on all 3 channels!) I like the inclusion of Peter Caddick-Adams "Sand and Steel" on Indy's desk. That and the 2 books that follow are fantastic books!

[@sabepro0987]

When sabaton gets to be your music lawyer

[@Shredder884]

heard it live on may second. had Goosebumps all over me. Great concert guys and thank you guys for an unforgettable Show 🤘🤩🤘

[@Plubob_McHabblefluffin]

Indie is back! I thought I might never see him again after the Great War. Good job on that, by the way!

[@Fretti90]

Joakim seems really emotional this video. I hope everything okay with him.

[@sahityasikharghosh6463]

We need that Sabaton

[@davidec.4021]

Well let me tell you, i squeaked a little when i saw this. Thank you lads

[@ethancourtneyii3269]

White board time! I’d love to see it.

[@madbikerchick1]

Saw Motorhead at Hammy O in 1984...still deaf from it!

[@chuckhouse5179]

He was Lemmy, and he was here to kick our ASS!!!!!!

[@SteamCheese1]

I recognize the city where Markus Linke is in that Photo! That's Heidelberg! I recognize the old bridge and the Neckar river! 13:19

[@deadly6studios922]

I’d love to hear about the royalties

[@Artpanzer1118]

1916 is very strong and sad. Sabaton made it emmotional and reminded us of Motorhead

[@kratosrage6361]

Lemmy did create The Game, King Of Kings, and Line In the Sand for Triple H and Triple H is very proud to be best friends with Lemmy

[@danteshollowedgrounds]

I really loved and FW that guys music. R.I.P.

[@ivoluijendijk5529]

Though abbreviated, this is an awesome overview of Motorhead's history. Thanks!

[@randomlyentertaining8287]

I will forever be grateful to Lemmy for being willing to be one of the biggest names to collect Nazi paraphernalia. There's only so much the little guys can do to preserve all this history, especially in these last few decades when a lot of it has either been purposefully destroyed or lost. To have a big time player do it before all that was a great help and to show that it's not just a certain section of the population that's interested in collecting historical stuff that some think should be destroyed or forgotten.

[@joffreyverbeeck1640]

Loved the song. Both great bands. Was immediately sold to Motörhead's speed. First song I ever heard from Sabaton was Primo Victoria. Didn't show much interest when I first saw it on KZbin. Even passed it up the first few times. But I'm glad I finally listened to it. "Through the gates of hell As we make our way to heaven Through the nazi lines" And I was sold. Started listening around 7 in the evening. It was well passed midnight when I realised I had been listening to Sabaton for far longer than I should have, considering I had to work the next day. I know Sabaton has already done a song about U-boat warfare. But it would be cool to see something related to the movie Das Boot, still hailed to this day as one of the best, most realistic movies about U-boat warfare. Some of the most memorable scenes of that movie for me are the run to intercept a convoy, U-96 almost getting run over by a destroyer, and her desperate attempt to escape to Africa after the English spot her at the surface and an aircraft renders her unable to dive after which U-96 gets attacked by seemingly two or three destroyers.