![]() Speaking to James McNair of Mojo in 2011, frontman Lemmy concurred: Also we had a great following, and we always felt we owed the fans who had been with us from the beginning." "We had so many false starts and disappointments by the time Overkill came around in 1978 we had stored up a lot of energy and ideas – and we were just waiting for the opportunity to show what we could do. In the 2011 book Overkill: The Untold Story of Motörhead, biographer Joel McIver quotes guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke: Sales of the single brought the band their first appearance on BBC Television's Top of the Pops, which gave Bronze the confidence to get the band back into the studio to record a second album. But I actually put the record out as a favour." The bigger shock was, having put out a record I thought was terrible, it went straight into the charts at #72. I thought it was the worst record I've ever heard, so it was a bit of a shock. "The first time I heard Motörhead was when I listened to a single that I put out without hearing, which is "Louie Louie," and when I heard it I was absolutely horrified. ![]() In the Classic Albums documentary on the making of Ace of Spades, Gerry Bron of Bronze Records admits: The band toured to promote the single "Louie Louie", which became a modest hit, while Chiswick released the Motörhead album in white vinyl, to keep the momentum going. 6.2 Sanctuary Records 2005 2-CD deluxe editionīronze Records signed Motörhead in 1978 and booked them time in London's Wessex Studios to record a single consisting of Richard Berry's " Louie Louie" and a new song by the band called "Tear Ya Down". ![]()
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