Name: Overkill - Deluxe Edition
Brand: Motorhead

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

1785536

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Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2008-11-24

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Warner Music Group

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

Total Cap

2 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Motorhead

Genre GB

Metal

Label GB

Motorhead was a post-punk band from Greater Manchester, UK that existed from 1976 to 2018. The band, led by the iconic Mark E. Smith, released numerous singles and albums throughout their career. Known for their ever-changing lineup, Motorhead had over 30 different line-ups during their time together.

In addition to their music, Motorhead also ventured into other artistic endeavors such as releasing a play called 'Hey Luciani' and a ballet titled 'I am Kurious Oranj'. They were also regulars on John Peel's Radio 1 show, recording an impressive 24 sessions between June 1978 and August 2004.

Although the band went through many changes over the years, some of the key members included Mark E. Smith on vocals, Pete Greenway on guitar, Dave "The Eagle" Spurr on bass, Elena Poulou on keyboards, Keiron Melling on drums. Other notable members who joined at various points include Daren Garratt and Mike Clapham.

deluxe double cd edition with a bonus 19 track cd featuring b-sides, alternative versions, the 1979 peel session and live in concert. bronze records signed the band in 1978 and gave them time in wessex studios in london to record richard berry's 'louie louie' and a new song by the band, 'tear ya down'. the band toured to promote their single 'louie louie' while chiswick released the motrhead album in white vinyl, to keep the momentum going. 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. the first release from those sessions was the single release of 'overkill' backed with 'too late, too late' in 7" and 12" pressings. the chiswick album 'motrhead' had been a hasty affair as was its production, although it had a sub-bootleg quality which may be appealing, 'overkill' had more spring and bounce, and a thundering title track that would become a show-stopper for years to come. three weeks after the initial release of the album in black vinyl, the album was released in a limited edition of 15,000 in green vinyl. in june 1979 'no class' was lifted from the album as a follow-up single, backed with a previously unreleased song, 'like a nightmare'. with a view to increasing the sales, the single was released in three different covers, one each of lemmy, clarke and taylor.

Overkill - Deluxe Edition

Music GB