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Motörhead leader Lemmy Kilmister could be honoured with statue in Stoke-On-Trent birthplace

A statue of Motörhead’s late frontman is being proposed for his hometown of Burslem, England

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The 50 best collaborations in rock

Guest spots, duets, team-ups and mashups – we take a look at the weird, wonderful world of the rock’n’roll collaboration…

Louder

Every cover song by Metallica, ranked from worst to best

We’ve listed the 40 covers that metal’s biggest band recorded in the studio and released to the public in reverse-order of excellence

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The 11 greatest final shows in heavy metal history

From Black Sabbath to Metallica’s Cliff Burton, these excellent gigs also proved to be bittersweet goodbyes

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The 10 greatest guest spots in heavy metal history

From Bruce Dickinson teaming with Rob Halford to Dave Grohl’s Probot album, here are the times big names made great metal songs even greater

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10 amazing metal albums that were too ahead of their time

From Black Sabbath’s debut album to Cynic’s Focus, these metal masterpieces were either lambasted or ignored when they first came out

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"I have never drunk milk, and never will": Revisiting Lemmy's bizarre appearance in the Finnish milk advert filmed weeks before his death

Motorhead's iconic frontman Lemmy kept busy until his final days, and even appeared in a promotional ad for Finnish dairy company Valio, despite never drinking milk

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10 hard rock and heavy metal music videos that got banned for the dumbest reasons

Classic songs by Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Slipknot have all been taken off the airwaves with the most frivolous excuses

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30 insanely obscure underground rock albums that only connoisseurs know about

Looking for something beyond Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath? Check out these bona fide buried treasures that all but the most avid crate digger will have heard

Louder

Heroes: The 6 best covers of David Bowie's classic (and three that are not quite so heroic)

Many have tried and many have failed, but here are six artists that nailed one of the best songs of our time

MusicRadar

15 bands to check out if you miss Motorhead

The world will never see another legend like Lemmy. Luckily, there are some brilliant bands keeping his legacy alive

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10 brilliant but overlooked albums turning 40 this year

1983 was the year heavy metal truly took off in America, but some of rock and metal's biggest bands released albums that fell by the wayside

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Demons, hair metal and Ozzy Osbourne playing a priest: Why Trick Or Treat is the 80s’ unsung metal horror classic

In 1986, director Charles Martin Smith made an underrated horror movie lambasting the PMRC – and he got Gene Simmons, Ozzy Osbourne and Motörhead to help.

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"I was still up at seven in the morning, howling away at the top of my voice" - How Lemmy wrote Motorhead by Motörhead

When Motörhead recorded the definitive version of Motorhead, it was third time lucky: this version would change Lemmy's life

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Lemmy's golden rules of songwriting, and the three songs he loved the most

Late Motörhead mainman Lemmy on the genius of Abba, what he shares with Jimi Hendrix, the best lyric he ever wrote, and the greatest songs ever written

Guitar World

"You can’t talk about distorted bass without mentioning Ace of Spades": Listen to Lemmy’s isolated bass on Motörhead’s born-to-lose anthem

"His tone was so huge!" The secrets behind Lemmy's distorted bass tone

Louder

The mind-boggling story of how former Thin Lizzy guitarist Brian Robertson ended up in Motorhead

"Being in Motörhead was crazy 24 hours a day" says Brian Robertson – but the story of how he came to be part of Lemmy’s chaotic crew is even stranger

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4 brilliant new metal bands you need to hear this month

From former Megadeth bassist David Ellefson's Insane Clown Posse collab The Lucid to nu metalcore newcomers Graphic Nature, you need to check out these brilliant new metal bands

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Algy Ward, bassist with The Saints and The Damned and founder of Tank, dies aged 63

The UK bass player played a role in several acclaimed punk and metal bands, yet refused to be pigeonholed by either camp

Louder

Algy Ward, former bassist with Tank, The Damned and The Saints, dead at 63

Alasdair Mackie 'Algy' Ward passed away on May 17, it has been confirmed

Metal Hammer

You can now listen to Motorhead's cover of Metallica classic Enter Sandman - complete with a "horrifying" animated video

Motörhead's cover of Metallica's Enter Sandman comes from from a digital EP that includes songs by Hawkwind, Bob Seger and the Sex Pistols

The Guardian - UK

The unspoken truth about gardening? It is a relentless, unwinnable war

Peace is simply not possible in my garden. If I snooze, I lose. The green tide just keeps coming and I can never beat it back

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Lemmy once tried to kick Tenacious D off a Motorhead show...so they snuck on stage and played anyway

Lemmy didn't feel Motorhead needed a warm-up band for their LA show in 2011: "We were like, ‘Oh ****, Lemmy hates us."

Evening Standard

Jeremy Deller: ‘I’m probably the only person who’s ever cried at a Motörhead concert’

Curious, down-to-earth, satirical: Jeremy Deller is an artful master of the absurd, as Laura Antonia Jordan discovers ahead of the launch of his spirited new book

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Jethro Tull legend Ian Anderson says Motörhead and Mötley Crüe are misappropriating umlauts: "it ought to make you either laugh or get angry"

Jethro Tull will be using the umlaut properly for new album RökFlöte - unlike some certain rock and metal legends

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