RockBox - Motorhead - Iron Fist (Deluxe Edition)-2CD [2008]

Motorhead - Iron Fist (Deluxe Edition)-2CD [2008]

Motorhead - Iron Fist (Deluxe Edition)

orignal album
Review by Jason Birchmeier

Another first-rate Motörhead album — the fifth in a row, to be precise — Iron Fist is the final one to feature the band's classic lineup, as guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke would depart following the album's completion. Released in 1982, Iron Fist is mostly distinguished from its predecessors in terms of production, and not favorably. Clarke produced this album himself, whereas industry veterans Jimmy Miller and Vic Maile had respectively manned Motörhead's past four albums. Clarke's production is a bit sterile in comparison, with his guitar in the forefront, sounding slightly more polished than usual. These are minor points, however. Iron Fist is a fine Motörhead album, and there's not much at all to complain about here. As usual, the performance is ferocious and there several standout songs ("Iron Fist," "Heart of Stone," "Speedfreak," "[Don't Let 'Em] Grind You Down"

amid a strong selection overall. If Iron Fist falls a little short of its four-star predecessors, it's still in a class with those albums, at least relative to what would follow in the years to come. Sadly, it was downhill from here for Motörhead, slowly but steadily. Not until the '90s would they reach heights near this again.

band
Upon forming Motörhead in 1975, bassist and vocalist Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister already had quite a lengthy career behind him - most of it as a guitarist. After short stints in Manchester outfits The Rainmakers (1963-1966) and Motown Sect (1966), he joined The Rocking Vicars on guitars. Releasing two singles and achieving popularity in northern England, they earned the distinction of being the first band to play behind the Iron Curtain - in Yugoslavia - and were invited, oddly enough, as special guests to a state banquet with President Marshall Tito.

Quitting the band in '67, Lemmy became a roadie for Jimi Hendrix for about six months, developing an interest in acid-rock which he indulged when he joined his next band, Sam Gopal's Dream, on guitars in '68. Led by the tabla-playing Gopal, the band released an album with Lemmy, who quit a year later, and found himself in the psychedelic Opal Butterfly throughout 1970.

In 1971 he joined the psychedelic rock band Hawkwind. After being fired from Hawkwind in 1975, Lemmy recruited Larry Wallis and Lucas Fox to form "Bastard" who soon changed their name to Motorhead.

Born Dates:
Ian Fraiser Kilmister (24th December 1945, Stoke-On-Trent UK)
Philip Anthony Campbell (7Th May 1961, Pontypridd, Wales)
Michael "Mikkey Dee" Delaouglou (31st October 1963, Gothenburg, Sweden)
Eddie Clarke (5th October 1950, UK)
Brian Robertson (12th February 1956, Glasgow UK)
Michael Burston (23rd October 1949, Cheltenham UK)
Phil Taylor (21st September 1954, Chesterfield UK)
Tommy Aldridge (15th August 1950, Jackson US)

CD1:
1. Iron Fist
2. Heart Of Stone
3. I'm The Doctor
4. Go To Hell
5. Loser
6. Sex And Outrage
7. America
8. Shut It Down
9. Speedfreak
10. (Don't Let 'Em) Grind Ya Down
11. (Don't Need) Religion
12. Bang To Rights

CD2:
1. Remember Me, I'm Gone (B side 'Iron Fist' single)
Live In Toronto, 1982:
2. Overkill
3. Heart Of Stone
4. Shoot You In The Back
5. The Hammer
6. Jailbait
7. America
8. (Don't Need) Religion
9. Capricorn
10. (Don't Let 'Em) Grind Ya Down
11. (We Are) The Roadcrew
12. No Class
13. Bite The Bullet
14. The Chase Is Better Than The Catch
15. Bomber

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scene release

Heavy

heavy metal/hard rock/speed metal

Vbr

113.16 MB

31 files

28/11/2008

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