Motorhead is overrated
The band Motorhead gets a lot of credit these days as being pioneers of heavy metal. The band is regularly sited as influencing many of the most popular metal bands of the past 25 years. But for me, Motorhead is overrated.
Yes, Lemmy is cool. He’s an uncompromising personality who’s still going strong after 30 plus years. He’d be a great guy to have a few beers and hang out with. But if you put aside the fact that Lemmy is cool, the music of Motorhead just doesn’t hold up. Granted, they’ve released tons of albums and I haven’t heard all of the stuff they’ve done in the last 20 years, but their legacy and influence was made longer than 20 years ago (which is the music of theirs that I have heard).
Other than the fact that Lemmy is cool, nothing I’ve heard convinces me that Motorhead is anything other than overrated.
youandianddominoes replied:
Lemmy still writing great songs and Motörhead still doing great albums. The same as always? Yes. But cool and energic as the first day.
August 2, 2009 7:45 pm at 7:45 pm. Permalink.