Motorhead’s breakthrough Overkill now stands as a widely praised, towering achievement in heavy-rock history. That's wonderfully ironic since the album should, by all rights, have never even happened.

Happy anniversary to Motorhead's Overkill album. With their 1977 self-titled debut, Motörhead opened the floodgates for a new style of bluesy, bombastic biker metal, but two years later, on March 24, ...

Motörhead were formed by bassist/vocalist Lemmy in 1975, after he’d been kicked out of Hawkwind for allegedly doing the wrong type of drugs. So, he brought in drummer Lucas Fox and ex-Pink Fairies ...

If a "Motorhead Album Name Generator" had existed back in 1979, then it probably would have thrown up the titles of the two records the band put out in that year. Starting in March, Lemmy and his ...

During the course of 365 days, the group put out 'Overkill' and 'Bomber,' two albums that inspired everybody from Metallica to Mudhoney to play over the top Although Overkill was the band’s second ...

Let's be honest, the word 'classic' has been overused to the point of redundancy. A couple of hit songs do not make a classic album. A true classic stands the test of time, not just for a few years ...

The new Motorhead "1979" box set (arriving Oct. 25 on Sanctuary) contains half-speed remasters of the band's classic '79 albums "Overkill" and "Bomber," as well as items like two newly unearthed live… ...