Motörhead - Motorhead [German TV appearance 1981]

Special Edition EP.

[@toecutter]

It looks like someone turned a discotheque into a restaurant and Motorhead decided to show up and sing a song about meth. I love it.

[@apparentlysmarterthanyou3446]

Not meth, speed in general! Lemmy used both, being European and all 😁

[@erikviktorius654]

They played Rock'n Roll but sounded like Thrash Metal! They pionneered a genre without knowing it, Motörheadache förever!

[@andrewg8469]

Golden members of Motorhead. All of them are in better worlds... RIP

[@rp2364]

"Hell ain't a bad place to be" 😉

[@Oiak1086]

they all will be whit us forever and ever

[@Mr75044]

RIP LEMMY EDDIE PHIL... CAN'T BELIEVE THEY HAVE GONE........ we are MOTORHEAD and We play rock n roll.... FTW.. The only real biker band.

[@petershock3606]

Kelly Johnson died too so sad

[@grindfreakmike5754]

@@petershock3606 my favorite female guitarist.

[@jeremygillihan]

Motorhead is one of the greatest things to ever exist on this planet 🤘

[@Oiak1086]

I could not agree more! We were blessed that we live in the times of Motörhead 😭

[@andycrowe905]

Yeah the world would be so much better with Lemmy & without Putin

[@ddaavvee68]

“let’s get a table right in front so we can hear it” 😮

[@DavidUKesb]

LOL

[@Violet-1982]

& so I can see the 🔥drummer!

[@RMTmusic1-mv1jh]

How the hell were they able to be that close and just sit there calmly 😂

[@martincosby9743]

Classic. All the kids look in shock

[@sirmaffel]

Of course im shockrd, too. Lol

[@thursoberwick1948]

A couple of them are tapping their heels.

[@Andrew-rc3vh]

The Germans need waking up every now and again.

[@johnlove140]

Old looking kids

[@theangrygingerthebananavan4207]

The audience reaction is hilarious

[@petersymonds9397]

Saw Motorhead about 50 times, my ears still ring to this day.

[@johnfabozzi3636]

Saw Motorhead in a club in New Jersey. It was called Club Benet and it was in Sayreville New Jersey. The ticket was like $17 but for $22 you would get a steak dinner and baked potato for dinner before the show. The venue was like some dinner theater. I have never seen so many bikers before in one place, it was like going to the rally in Sturgis. Place was so loud it was as if the paint was peeling off the walls. Had some really good Jamaican reefer and was drinking Coors Winterfest Brew. I was working for my cousin at the time in New York. I took the work van that we usually use for deliveries and went to the concert. I accidentally backed up into the receptionist car that works at my cousin's office and was not supposed to use the van. Because I had to work in the morning at the restaurant that was right next door to my cousin's office. I was allowed to take the van home on that Friday night. My cousin later found out that I took his van to the concert, without his permission and boy was he pissed off. Oh well, I went to the concert on Friday night, picked up the stuff I needed to open the restaurant on Saturday morning and my ears was still ringing the next day. Great times and memories. Still can't believe that Lemmy,Fast Eddie and Philty Animal have passed on. I'll never forget the time that I had to be a sneaky little shit, to see Motorhead play. It was well worth it but I should have had the steak dinner for another five bucks. 35 years later I'm kicking myself for not trying the steak dinner.Lol.

[@robertstewart239]

I saw them 3 times (80, 81 & 83) and my ears are still ringing too.

[@robertmiller3750]

Killer song from a killer band bloody love them. R.I.P.. boys 🎸👍🎸🎸🎸

[@tyso69us]

That audience looked ready for a cucumber sandwich....until Lemy put them into shock...probably the best Mororhead clip.

[@pauldunn5978]

Perhaps they were expecting Kraftwerke! 🤔

[@AliBaba-mt5gq]

The best of Motörhead , 1981 ab da waren die Jungs die Nr.1 Wahnsinn

[@grindfreakmike5754]

They got shittier towards their end.

[@Boleskinebeatz]

16 years old and I ended up working with these nutters.. never been the same since… Thank God. ❤

[@HaraldEngels]

I still remember the day when I got the album (in late 1977) which was announced by Lemmy in summer 1977 as something "what will kill the grass in your neighbors garden"! It surely did.

[@비정한세상]

Sunrise, wrong side of another day Sky high and six thousand miles away Don't know how long I've been awake Wound up in an amazing state Can't get enough And you know it's righteous stuff Goes up like prices at Christmas Motorhead, you can call me Motorhead, alright Brain dead, total amnesia Get some mental anasthesia Don't move, I'll shut the door and kill the lights And if I can't be wrong I could be right All good clean fun Have another stick of gum Man, you look better already Motorhead Remember me now Motorhead. alright Fourth day, five day marathon We're moving like a parallelogram Don't move, I'll shut the door and kill the lights I guess I'll see you all on the ice I should be tired And all I am is wired Ain't felt this good for an hour Motorhead Remember me now Motorhead alright

[@ianbrown3304]

And that's what I call poetry.

[@eddiebazan6411]

The almighty broke the mold after this band! Road warriors of hard rocking hard living freedom.thanks Lem.

[@simonbamford4313]

Saw them in Bremen around this time. Just to say that no one in the audience there were sat at tables tapping their feet or eating bratwusts with a knife and fork! An odd crowd as most sensible German love Motörhead!

[@erikstorm8935]

Instead they were eating bratwurst with their fucking hands, like a real metal head! But, in all seriousness, I bet that was one hell of a show!

[@darrenalmli9465]

" We are Motorhead and We are Rock and Roll!!! " 🎸

[@vargazsolt829]

What a hit it was in 1981! Respect!

[@HaraldEngels]

It was a hit in 1977. I still remember the day when I got the album which was announced by Lemmy in summer 1977 as something "what will kill the grass in your neighbors garden"!

[@PaulHunter-ih1ye]

I never really got Rock Music until one night in the Denholme and District Motorcycle Club way back in time when the resident DJ for want of a better word played this!! Job done - Motorhead Fan for Life.

[@justinkline1294]

I appreciate that Lemmy leaned that Rickenbacker carefully against the amplifier before destroying the mic stand.

[@arthur9924]

Haha I noticed that too

[@jimmytgoose476]

Ricks are well known for fragility ; you want a bass that can be dropped or used as a weapon then you need a Precision 😃

[@justinkline1294]

@@jimmytgoose476 Oh, no doubt. But worth the extra care required. I think.

[@jimmytgoose476]

Hmmm....they aren't for me . Too "idiosyncratic" and far too bloody expensive. They're a niche instrument for a reason but if they do it for you then there is no substitute 🙂

[@Formula-602]

@@jimmytgoose476 i cant believe they trashed the very rare, red acrylic Sonor drumset…$$$$$

[@prof.addicted3421]

Musik Laden Classics Greetings from Germany 🤘

[@bonscott3827]

The audience died 3 weeks before but they still sitting there.....greets from Germany

[@Mr75044]

Bon Scott.hello Germany. For those about to rock. We salute you... UK..

[@RHAC97]

That nasty, thick bass sound we all love🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@Oiak1086]

WE ALL LOVE brother, exactly!

[@Toto-dd4hj]

R.I.P Animal Taylor

[@don_raemo_bkk1385]

R.I.P. Lemmy

[@windkraft0670]

R.I.P Fast Eddie

[@DaveAnchovies]

R.I.P. Motorhead

[@itswilbur3747]

Motorhead - Not dead, just touring new dimensions...🤘

[@christianbredlowbln]

Seems to be from TV program Musikladen, 10. September 1981 (live at "Theater des Westens", Berlin). Yep, the audience. lol. But don't forget how new that was back then. From german wiki: "It was the first music show on German television in which an extreme metal band for the time, such as Motörhead, could appear in the fall of 1980 with the song Ace of Spades." And they even performed three times at "Musikladen" in 1981: 15. Januar 1981: Ace of Spades (again?) 30. April 1981: Motörhead & Girlschool -- Please Don’t Touch 10. September 1981: Motorhead

[@willygermond7605]

Sans Motörhead, pas de heavy,trash, speed, death, black Metal ! Motörhead est et restera la Génèse de TOUT ! ET Motörhead est 1 groupe de "Rock'roll" comme disait le grand Lemmy qui, à l'époque rigolait parce qu'il en avait rien à foutre de toutes ces conneries. R.i.p Lemmy, Philty, Fast Eddy😞.... On leur doit TOUT! Respect éternel ! ... Tout le reste, c'est de la philosophie, c'est tout !!!

[@princebonnie1357]

Will be blaring this on vinyl this Friday afternoon, flooded in for sure, but Motorhead needs to be cranked ~ "Only way to feel the noise/ is when it's good and loud!!!"

[@thesausage351]

Gotta love 3 dudes off their face playing guitars that aren’t plugged in, with Lem blasting them with lyrics they probably can’t understand to an audience of shellshocked kids, sitting on their seats. All the band wants to do is get it done and get to the party lol.

[@highdownmartin]

That’s live not mimed

[@thesausage351]

@@highdownmartin None of the guitars are plugged in and the microphones don’t make any noise when Lem knocks his over.

[@DaveAnchovies]

its totally different than the lp version. i think theyre playing...or its pre-recorded alternate version

[@DaveAnchovies]

@@thesausage351 thats a mic stand...i i think the mic had already fallen.

[@shinitaisenpai9057]

@@highdownmartin it's a live recording, but playback, Phil's drum patterns don't fit at all, none of the stringed instruments is plugged in, drums not mic'ed, microphone doesn't make a noise or feed back when knocked over and Phil wrecks his kit, yet magically keeps playing while already walking off

[@GIRAMUNDO-mmc]

Saw them 2 times in São Paulo, Brasil ! The best !! 🎸🤘

[@j.frankparnell6195]

German audience paralyzed in fear.

[@jimmytgoose476]

Maybe Lemmy mentioned the war ...😃

[@josephedwards4325]

Best band ever.

[@Oiak1086]

Abso-fuckin-lutely

[@ТехноДом-я1у]

Память на века всем ушедшим рокерам рок 🎸 рольщикам рокершам

[@magi6969]

damn, would love love love to have seen motorhead at their prime ...RIP Lemmy my hero....okay, one of a few music heroes

[@andycrowe905]

Greatest band ever, and I never got to see them perform live.

[@fasthracing]

Unlucky you

[@eddiebazan6411]

Dude.i weep for you. I first seen them in a club in Dallas called trees.there are two or three real trees in the middle of the joint.I had just turned on to the band and didn’t know what to expect . They opened with bomber and the crowd went to a mosh pit! It was like a party.

[@roaming740]

same by the time i was 13 they were all dead 😔

[@jenshagelstein7695]

I saw them more than 10 times, but still not enough….😢

[@kolowratt]

Guitar and Bass unplugged!

[@satanoscilatemymetalicsonatas]

We move like a parallelogram....🏴‍☠🏴‍☠🏴‍☠🏴‍☠

[@JosephVickers-f8p]

Awesome drumming, great video, your a natural with those stiks , keep it up, top notch👍

[@stewarthueston6315]

Best. Band. EVER!

[@Oiak1086]

Abso-fuckin-lutely

[@gulag_dt]

Fucking timeless 100$ people would lose their shit if this was played today live

[@briansalk3233]

Imagine being there...forced to sit quietly at your little coffee table. You must stand and bounce around while watching Motorhead. It's the law.

[@WATERMELONZZZ123]

By FAR the greatest rock band EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@darrenalmli9465]

Agreed Man!! 👍

[@Oiak1086]

absolutely whit you bröther, the one and only! the absolute ephitome of a rock band!

[@marcopiga4920]

This superb song blows up the ENTIRE UNIVERSE AND THE HELL TOO,!!!!

[@mattbarbarich3295]

When someone asks you where did thrash metal or speed metal start this it it folks . ( couple years earlier of course when this song came out and the breakthrough Overkill album to be exact)

[@silviocattaneo9256]

Grande Lemmy con il basso ci dà dentro!!!!!!! ❤

[@renegat7090]

We are Motörhead - We play Rock `n` Roll

[@karllmustapha5820]

Mantap persembahannya....👍🏻🤘🏻💥

[@richarddixon7276]

The First Real Heavy Rock Band. the one and only MOTORHEAD

[@lookandlisten5740]

"Would you like to see the wine list...I SAID, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THE WINE LIST ?"

[@kdkdkfkkdkfl2607]

Gracias por compartir. Excelentes recuerdos. Saludos desde Venezuela.

[@rebelrobot]

They are not here anymore. I just head to shed some tears.

[@inlakesh555]

Clean honest sonic onslaught😎

[@Motorips]

ARD, Musikladen, Radio Bremen, to promote No Sleep till Hammersmith, one month later or so, they played. the golden summernights festivals 1981

[@ScramblerMotorcycle]

Those germans know how to have fun!!!!! Hahaha

[@jurgenv.6030]

Because it's not a Motörhead audience. Do you see any leather jackets, jeans wests, patches, bullet belts? Lemmy would laugh at your stupidity.

[@CaseyMaki]

That was first a Hawkwind song with Lemmy

[@shanefrance5071]

Flipping awesome 😂

[@adrock0801]

It looks so bizarre, how the audience is sitting there almost completely emotionless :D XD

[@jurgenv.6030]

Because it's not a Motörhead audience. Do you see any leather jackets, jeans wests, patches, bullet belts?

[@heikeluthmann3048]

I,Love this soöong sooooöo much ,Love you Lemmy,and er Player Rock and Roll,raise Up my Glas of Jack Daniels Form you thats the truth 💋💋💋💋😘🤘🤘

[@MarvDawk]

Rock and Roll!

[@Oiak1086]

This is the Motörheadish thing I have ever seen..........

[@nicholasbal8580]

Few songs go harder than this.

[@windkraft0670]

🤘🏻❤️

[@brunovallesmunoz4757]

Hawkwind cover my ass Feel that wall of crushing sound!!

[@stievboyo636]

Only 20 of the audience have damaged hearing now

[@alandesouzacruz5124]

Lemmy kilmister badass frontman

[@noelduggan72]

Good Stuff!!! - 👍

[@christophersanders5007]

I do not think this was German TV. This was their second appearance on Top of the Pops in Britain.

[@lucyfaire1980]

BADASS.

[@なぷ-x4z]

カッコイイ！

[@77asgaard]

Sehr schade, dass die Leute es damals nicht zu würdigen wussten dass sie Philthy und Eddie lauschen durften.

[@whytegroovin]

a brain workin ' out as a motorhead

[@ronelferrolino3269]

Disco club turns into a grinder ....😂😂😂

[@alexblankenburg1784]

Remember me i m motörhead all right

[@ashie259]

It was mayhem down the front

[@tsierfeld]

Shit i graduated from H.S. in 1981 didn't find out about Motorhead until 83-84?I surely would of loved it because the music was going to shit with everyone creaming in there pants over New Wave,and shit like Springsteen 🤢 Wasn't like today with You Tube and other outlets

[@jimmytgoose476]

Should have checked out the underground hardcore scene for your fix of fast and nasty . I was usually the only long hair at the local punk shows because most so called metal of the era was that transvestite crap .

[@Fortwentt]

RIP

[@kellygrudzinski184]

Now that's wireless! Not even plugged in lol😅

[@antoniosibilia511]

Top

[@markplant9946]

Burslem boys…

[@dodibenabba525]

The audience! 😂😂😂😂😂😅😅

[@dafxtone]

Lol, i see Nirvana invented nothing with the finishing...

[@tracycase4520]

Expecting ABBA. Enter Motorhead.

[@mightyturkeyneck3498]

Lemmy, flippin the Bird to a whole gang of clueless Teutons expected dinner theatre or something. Classic. Also, this is the tuffest version of "Motörhead" ever-- raw as fuck... 🦃⚡🎸😵🦃⚡🎸😵🦃⚡🎸😵🦃⚡🎸😵🦃

[@клонярославастрона]

неужто такой безбашенный рок-н-ролл не вернётся никогда ?!? почему сейчас рок играют прилизанные полупокеры ?? где драйв и задор брутальных хулиганов ?!

[@grindfreakmike5754]

People are (c)rap music listening wussies.

[@shabbos-goy9407]

High watermark of Western Culture

[@thursoberwick1948]

No, that's Wagner. No Wagner, no metal.

[@h.m.8137]

@@thursoberwick1948 +1

[@DaveAnchovies]

@@thursoberwick1948 they aint metal. come on.

[@thursoberwick1948]

@@DaveAnchovies Motorhead aren't metal? They helped invent speed metal. Richard Wagner is still the high water mark of western music though.

[@brianbirc]

YES Motorhead a great Punk sound too! IT IS GREAT Built TO ROCK& roll EVERYTHING i Need WAS BORN to HAMERDOWNI WASBUILT FOR SPEEDlEMMY SAID TO ME QHWN i TOLD HIM mOTORHEAED IS Classified a hard rock or heavy metALl BAND BUT ME A SURF PUNK MORE OR LESS THINK motorhead HAS A GOOD PUNK SOUND TOO IT NOT THE YHRASH PUNK SO MUCH THE KIND YOU CAB UNDERSTAND THE LYRICS THAT ARE SANG THE GOOD PUNK ROCK & ROLL STUFF IN SOME OF MY FAVORITE MOTORHEAD SONGS ! THEY ARE PLAYED TIGHT AND SOUND GREAT THE GOOD pUNK rock is what Iam TALKING ABOUT IS REALY GOOD Lemmy smiled big & nodded yes with agreement & happy to hear He told me " You are smart w it was good talking with someone like you who knows what's really going on I like to play it my way and that is what punk is all about"A night meeting him and sugesting backstage when he said there must be someplace going on around heere better yhan this. I understand bein in a clesn but plain backstage area is why I only say was only shruged shouldersbut knowing a topless bar not far at all I liked a lot . He may like it also so I might as well try. he REPLIED NO jACK IS WHISKY bourbon & COKE i BOUGHT THAT & AFTER GOT A ROUND EITH SOME jACK FOR ME 7 i HEARD WHERE HE FREWUENTED WHEyemR HE LIVED A jACK & cOKE IS CALLEDaA Lemmy! I can no say it had anything to do eiyh yhat but either way it gives me some permagrinbeing a drnk I like a lot I teach bartenders that at a few places I go I like it a lot & orfering a Lemmy brings me good memory aipping drinks talking to Lemmy the rodie for Jimmy Hendrix & some with Black Sbsth with Ozzy friends wth Ozzy & sharon He knows THE RAMONES & i think dated & performes music on a video along with others with Motorhead too Wendy O Wiliams from ThePlasmatics kzbin.info/www/bejne/iaCokHp-nqybgqs & The Ramones don by Motorhead with a great intro kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6jEh3d-YpukirM

[@akaski777]

Fast Eddie

[@chrisfletcher7854]

No one did it faster,harder or louder.....

[@jimmytgoose476]

Not then but Discharge and GBH were paying attention....😃🤘

[@ricardojosearruda8052]

Lemmy kilmister Fast Eddie clark Philty Animal taylor

[@oskarterrier6495]

Obwohl ich Mötorhead liebe, ist der Anfang von Hawkwind geklaut.

[@christianbredlowbln]

Nicht doch. Lemmy hat den Song geschrieben, als er noch bei Hawkwind spielte. Ich glaub das letzte Stück, das er da gemacht hat, bevor er ging. Die neue Band sollte wohl erst "Bastard" heißen, aber dann hat er sie nach dem Song benannt.

[@richtee9888]

Nothing woke about that kids !

[@ast3663]

yeah, rip it down ..lol

[@darrenalmli9465]

Voted the worst band in 1975- The year they formed. LEMMY WAS SERIOUSLY BUMMED! Wanted to say Fuck it! Thankfully he didn't. Motorhead is the greatest band ever in my opinion. LEMMY IS THE FUCKING KING OF ROCK AND ROLL!

[@inlakesh555]

Playback to a live-track😂🤪

[@paskakarpanen]

where the fuck is the original one? with better sound and audio?

[@PB-bt8tf]

Quelle energie .....🤪🤪🤪🤪😑😑

[@peat1971]

Dont play this driving a golf R 400bhp😁 lol

[@wannabeadrummer]

No fucking band like em😬😬😬😬

[@CharlyHutmacher]

Lovesong Bomber one 😘