Chords for The History of Motorhead

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_ _ _ [Eb] They were born to raise hell.
_ [E] _ [Ab] Welcome _ _ to WatchMojo.com and today we're [Abm] taking a look at the history of [N]
Motorhead.
In case you're in the wrong show, by mistake, we are [G] Motorhead.
_ And [Ab] we are going to clean your coin.
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Heavy metal band Motorhead formed in Chelsea, England in [Bbm] 1975
[Eb] after frontman Ian Kilmeister, better known by his stage name Lemmy,
was kicked out of the popular space rock outfit Hawkwind due to his [Ab] serious drug habit.
[B] Lemmy decided to strike out on his own with loud, fast and straightforward [Bb] rock and roll
and Motorhead was born.
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_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ Success was not instant.
Early lineup [B] changes, a record their label refused to release
[Ab] and [B] being named the best worst band in the world [Bb] by NME magazine,
[Abm] left the [Eb] band disheartened.
[Ab] Guitarist [Eb] Fast Eddie Clark [Bb] and drummer Phil Filthy Animal Taylor intended to quit in [Ebm] 1977.
[Bb] Things changed when they received a recording offer [Ebm] from Chiswick Records.
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This led to [Db] the band's first [Ebm] true album,
an eponymous effort that [Ab] spent a week within the UK Albums Chart's Top 50.
Thanks to touring and a Top of the Pops [B] appearance,
the trio developed a following by [Bb] 1978.
[Fm] Motorhead was [Ebm] re-released later that same year and was followed by three albums in [B] 1979. _ _
_ _ _ [Ebm] _ The band's first entry into the Top 40 chart, Overkill,
the [B] Top 20 effort, Bomber,
and the scrapped 1976 [Db] record, On Parole.
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_ _ [Abm] Motorhead found even more [Db] success in 1980
when the Golden [Ab] Years EP reached number 8 on the chart. _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ [Bbm] Motorhead [Eb] _ _ soon settled into a groove of recording [Bb] and [Cm] touring
that finally [Eb] generated the commercial and critical success
that eluded the band in its early years.
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[Eb] _ Their 1980 full-length, Ace of Spades, achieved gold status
and reached number 4 on the UK charts.
Widely considered one of the best metal records of all time,
[Db] it was instrumental in the creation [B] of the thrash metal genre
[Eb] and its title [Ebm] track became an anthem for metalheads around [Db] the world. _ _ _
[B] _ _ [Eb] The _ _ _ _ _ early 80s saw Motorhead top the UK charts
with their first live album, No Sleep Till Hammersmith.
In [Db] 1982, [Abm] following the completion of Iron Fist,
guitarist Fast Eddie left the band and was replaced by Thin Lizzy's Brian Robertson.
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_ _ [Db] _ Unfortunately, the next [Abm] year's Another Perfect Day
did not meet the [Ebm] success of previous [Dbm] recordings
and [Ab] by 1984, both [Db] Robertson and Phil Taylor quit,
leaving Lemmy [Abm] as the only member of the band's classic [Dbm] lineup. _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ They were replaced [Db] by guitarists Phil Wizzo-Campbell and Michael Wurtzel-Burston
[Ab] and drummer [B] Pete [Ebm] Gill.
The new [Abm] lineup then recorded new [Eb] tracks
for the silver-certified 1984 [Ab] compilation No Remorse. _ _
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They [Db] supported themselves by booking dates around the world,
[Eb] including a 10-year anniversary show at the [Fm] Hammersmith Odeon. _
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_ _ The late 80s saw Motorhead release the Orgasmatron and Rock [C] and Roll albums.
They also enjoyed mainstream success [Db] after appearing in the dark comedy Eat the Rich
and by [Ebm] playing Finland's Giants of Rock festival.
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_ By the 1990s, Motorhead was steadily releasing new albums,
with classics [Bb] like [Ab] March or Die and Bastard
producing fan [Db] favorites such as You Better [Gb] Run and Born to Raise [Ab] Hell.
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_ _ _ [Gbm] _ [B] _ [Abm] Meanwhile, Lemmy and Wizzo were joined by drummer Mickey D
[Db] to form a lineup that has remained [Gb] stable for two decades.
[Eb] Further album releases were followed by worldwide tours,
during which Motorhead enjoyed live engagements [Ab] with numerous metal acts
like Metallica, Judas Priest, Alice Cooper and Black Sabbath.
_ [Ebm] 2000's We Are Motorhead coincided with a North and South American tour.
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_ _ _ Later that year, the band celebrated its 25th anniversary in London
and that gig was later [B] released on DVD.
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_ _ Lemmy and the gang were not slowed down by the anniversary.
In fact, they continued recording and touring at the same frenetic pace.
[Ab] From Hammered to Kiss of Death to 2010's [Abm] widely [Ab] acclaimed The World [Eb] is Yours,
Motorhead continued [E] garnering favorable [Db] reviews from fans and the [Eb] press. _ _
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_ _ [E] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] were especially praised for preserving [Eb] Lemmy's original vision
of loud, [Db] fast, heavy rock [Ab] and roll and serving it [Eb] up to a whole new generation.
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_ [Db] For over 30 [Ab] years, [Eb] Motorhead has been raising hell as the elder statesmen
[Db] _ [B] and have shown that they're here to [Eb] stay. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gbm] _ _ Their [Ebm] heavy guitars, gravelly vocals and [B] sheer volume have [Dbm] assaulted countless eardrums
and [B] made them living legends [Ebm] of heavy metal.
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