Research Catalog

Title

Beer drinkers and hell raisers : the rise of Motörhead / by Martin Popoff.

Author

Popoff, Martin, 1963-

Publication

• Toronto, Ontario, Canada : ECW, [2017]
• ©2017

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Details

Description

xiv, 260 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles; 22 cm

Summary

"Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers is the first book to celebrate the classic-era Motörhead lineup of Lemmy Kilmister, "Fast" Eddie Clarke, and Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor. Through interviews with all of the principal troublemakers, Martin Popoff celebrates the formation of the band and the records that made them legends: Motörhead, Overkill, Bomber, Ace of Spades, No Sleep 'til Hammersmith, and Iron Fist. An in-depth coda brings the story up to date with the shocking recent deaths of Taylor and Kilmister. Motörhead comes to life in this book as bad-luck bad boys -- doused in drink and drugs, most notably speed -- incapable of running their lives right, save for Fast Eddie, who is charged with holding things together. Popoff also examines the heady climate of music through the band's rise to prominence during the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, with detailed reflection on Motörhead's unique position in the scene as both originators and embattled survivors who carried on the renegade spirit of those times."--Publisher's description.

Alternative Title

Motörhead, beer drinkers and hell raisers

Subject

• Motörhead (Musical group)
• Rock musicians > Great Britain > Biography
• Heavy metal (Music) > Great Britain > History and criticism
• Heavy metal (Music)
• Rock musicians
• Great Britain

Genre/Form

• collective biographies.
• Biographies.
• Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-255), and discography (pages 249-252).

ISBN

• 9781770413474
• 1770413472

LCCN

2017415777

OCLC

• ocn960097305
• 960097305
• SCSB-8958543

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library