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keefriff99
To all my fellow Stones fan: just remember how damned lucky we are that the band we all love has been blessed with relatively good health as they enter the middle of their eighth decades.
Given all the musical legends we've lost over the years, we're truly lucky to have all current and former Stones (sans Brian) alive and healthy.
Very sad about Lemmy. Not too surprising, but it kind of caught me off guard - I'm still mourning the loss of Meadowlark Lemon who also died today...
I was able to see Motorhead for the first time finally about two years ago at Club Nokia in L.A.
I knew it would be an out of control crowd in GA floor, so with my bad knee I opted for a first row balcony seat to hover directly over the mayhem.
I sat back, put my feet on the rails, drank shitloads of beer, and watched total chaos down below as Motorhead blasted off.
Mosh pits, punches being thrown, bouncers being dickheads, and Lemmy....
While a bit feeble, he still was in control - standing there like a general leading the troops through armageddon.
He even brought Slash onstage to accompany the assault for Ace of Spades and Overkill.
As the smoke rose and the dust finally settled, I left the show knowing I had just witnessed something very intense and agressive.
There aren't many (or really any) other bands that are as genuinely heavy as Motorhead was - they took no prisoners...legends.
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edit: Just found this review of the Club Nokia show:
Motorhead/Club NokiaAfter canceling show dates when iconic vocalist and bassist Lemmy Kilmister battled health issues last year, Motörhead is picking up speed again with select tour spots in light of his recovery and their 21st studio album “Aftershock” released late 2013. The band’s fast and loud return to the stage happened at a sold-out Club Nokia on Friday, April 11 in Los Angeles, Calif., two days before playing Coachella.
The dark and intimate Club Nokia, which hosted many past Motörhead gigs, seemed to recharge many new and old Motörhead traditions such as song selection, vicious mosh pits, strippers on stage right and Lemmy’s famous opener (which he actually closed the show with), “We are Motörhead, and we play rock n’ roll.” Their songs’ intense movement penetrated everything that was previously still.
Ironically after Kilmister’s recent health scare, the band opened with “I Know How to Die,” coupled with the mass forced entrance of fans from the back of the venue to the front of the stage that belittled efforts of Club Nokia security. Special guests stood straight and caged up in the balcony as the multigenerational mob of fans swallowed the main floor, erupting in circle pits in every corner.
Motörhead’s setlist included favorites such as “Damage Case,” “Metropolis” and “Killed by Death;” drummer Mikkey Dee performed a mid-length solo relentlessly whipping his hair in sync with the crowd; guitarist Phil Campbell mesmerized the crowd during his solo with his guitar that conducted a green-dragon illumination.
Slash made a special appearance at the closing of the show to perform “Ace of Spades” and “Overkill” with the trio. “Ace of Spades” sounded a bit off in several sections and was slightly slower than usual. The most recognizable Motörhead song with Slash’s extra six-string still drew up cell phones attempting to capture a photo or video.
_____________________________________________________________Rip this joint, gonna save your soul, round and round and round we go......Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2015-12-29 05:09 by Hairball.