motorhead
Noun
Meaning
(US, Canada, slang) A car, truck, or motorcycle enthusiast.
(UK, slang) A heavy user of amphetamines.
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To some people heavy metal is Motorhead and to others it's Judas Priest.
Phil Taylor, 61, a former drummer with the heavy metal band Motorhead nicknamed “Philthy Animal,” died in London.
In the late '70s, a cache of British bands dubbed the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (including Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, and Motorhead) started playing metal faster, leaner, and with more menace than ever before.
In addition to managing the career of her husband, she has managed numerous artists, such as Black Sabbath, Electric Light Orchestra, Smashing Pumpkins, Motorhead and Slade.
When Lemmy was three months old, his father, an ex- Royal Air Force chaplain and concert pianist (who died within six months of Kilmister's stepfather, in 2011) Overkill: The Story of Motorhead, Joel McIver, Omnibus Press, 2011 separated from his mother.
So it was surprising when Motorhead guitarist Phil Campbell recalled in an interview with Australian Rock Show that one golden piece of advice Lemmy gave him was "just don't wear shorts on stage."