History Trivia / Motorhead

* [[FanCommunityNicknames Fan Community Nickname]]: Motörheadbangers.
* NamesTheSame: "Killed by Death" single has two different tracks named "Under the Knife".

** Music/{{Slash}} also appears on "Hellraiser" and does some solo work on "You Better Run".

** Lemmy also wasn't that fond of Wrestling/TripleH's WWE themes, which he refused to play at concerts. Though he'd confirm [[https://youtu.be/PKy8I_MfuWE in a later-released interview in 2019]] to have liked "King of Kings" among the three songs they made for the big Dub.

** Lemmy also wasn't that fond of Wrestling/TripleH's WWE themes, which he refused to play at concerts. Though he'd confirm to like "King of Kings" as his favorite among the three songs they made for the WWE.

** Lemmy also wasn't fond of Wrestling/TripleH's WWE themes, which he refused to play at concerts.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Motörhead was disbanded upon Lemmy's death at the age of 70, in December 28, 2015.

** Music/{{Queen}} guitarist Brian May did a solo on "The Devil" from ''Bad Magic''.

** Steve Vai did lead guitar on "Terminal Show" and the solo on "Down on Me" from ''Inferno''
** Music/{{Queen}} guitarist Brian May did a solo on "The Devil" from ''Bad Magic''

* ThePeteBest: Contrary to popular belief, "Fast" Eddie Clarkand "Philthy Animal" Taylor were not the band's original guitarist and drummer. That would be Larry Wallis and Lucas Fox, respectively. They left before the band's first album was finished, but they can still be heard on some tracks in ''On Parole''.

** Lemmy admitted that he had gotten sick of playing "Ace of Spades" at every concert, but he continued to do so because he knew that the fans wanted to hear it.

** [[Music/GunsNRoses Slash]] also appears in "Hellraiser" and does some solo work on "You Better Run".

* OldShame: Lemmy expressed regret over appearing in the film ''The Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years'' because he felt that the movie makes heavy metal fans and musicians look like idiots.

** After WTG shut itself down, the band went to the German ZYX Eecords because they gave the best offer. Unfortunately, ZYX didn't want to put much effort to promote the band (beceause they claimed it would cost too much) and the album ''Bastards'' went unnoticed by the consumers.

** After WTG shut itself down, band went to the German ZYX Eecords because they gave the best offer. Unfortunately, ZYX didn't want to put much effort to promote the band (beceause they claimed it would cost too much) and the album ''Bastards'' went unnoticed by the consumers.

* NoExportForYou: Thanks to ZYX Records' incompetence, ''Bastards'' is rather hard to find.

** Despite being the archetype of heavy metal, Lemmy preferred 'Rock And Roll' to describe his band's genre. This was a backlash because he displayed some disdain for this before. He was quoted as saying 'heavy metal was too slow and boring' at the time, and they wanted to play fast rock and roll as an antidote to it.

* HeyItsThatVoice:
** Creator/MichaelPalin makes an appearance on the ''Rock 'n' Roll'' album.
** Music/OzzyOsbourne, on "I Ain't No Nice Guy". It helps that Lemmy wrote the song "Hellraiser" for Ozzy, which was later done by Motörhead themselves on ''March Or Die''.
** [[Music/GunsNRoses Slash]] also appears in "Hellraiser" and does some solo work on "You Better Run".

* OldShame: Lemmy expressed regret over appearing in the film ''The Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years'' because he felt that the movie makes heavy metal fans and musicians look like idiots.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Motorhead was disbanded upon Lemmy's death at the age of 70, in late December of 2015.

** Lemmy also wasn't fond of [[Wrestling/TripleH Triple H's]] WWE theme, which he refused to play at concerts.

** The band made some poor business decisions earlier in their career with the result that many labels have released their own compilations featuring Motorhead tracks without being endorsed by the band.

** After WTG shut itself down, band went to the german ZYX records because they gave the best offer. Unfortunately, ZYX didn't want to put much effort to promote the band (beceause they claimed it would cost too much) and the album ''Bastards'' went unnoticed by the consumers.

** Despite being the archetype of heavy metal, Lemmy prefers 'Rock And Roll' to describe his band's genre. This is a backlash because he's displayed some disdain for this before. He is quoted as saying 'heavy metal was too slow and boring' at the time, and they wanted to play fast rock and roll as an antidote to it.
** Lemmy has admitted that he has gotten sick of playing "Ace of Spades" at every concert, but he will continue to do so because he knows that the fans want to hear it.
** Lemmy has publicly spoken out against the recent "Complete Early Years" box set due to its outrageous price tag ($600 at time of release).
** Lemmy also isn't fond of [[Wrestling/TripleH Triple H's]] WWE theme, which he refuses to play at concerts.

* OldShame: Lemmy has expressed regret over appearing in the film ''The Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years'' because he feels that the movie makes heavy metal fans and musicians look like idiots.

** Creator/MichaelPalin makes an appearance on the "Rock 'n' Roll" album.

* NoExportForYou: Thanks to ZYX Records' incompetence, ''Bastards'' is rather hard to find.

** MichaelPalin makes an appearance on the "Rock 'n' Roll" album.

* CreatorBacklash: Lemmy has admitted that he has gotten sick of playing "Ace of Spades" at every concert, but he will continue to do so because he knows that the fans want to hear it.

** OzzyOsbourne, on "I Ain't No Nice Guy". It helps that Lemmy wrote the song "Hellraiser" for Ozzy, which was later done by Motörhead themselves on ''March Or Die''.