lemmy: the lost interview

In July 1981, shortly after No Sleep ’Til Hammersmith topped the charts, Hammer’s Malcolm Dome met the great man to talk about Motörhead’s fast-rising fame. Unpublished until now, here is their conversation in full

WORDS: MALCOLM DOME

When Motörhead released their first live album, No Sleep ’Til Hammersmith, in June 1981, few people expected it to debut at the top of the UK chart. But that’s exactly what happened. The band – Lemmy, ‘Fast’ Eddie Clarke and Phil ‘Philthy Animal’ Taylor – had been steadily building up a commercial head of steam. However, No Sleep ’Til Hammersmith put them on another level. The album was recorded in March/April of that year when they played five dates in the UK. The shows at the Queens Hall in Leeds (March 28) and the City Hall in Newcastle (the following night) were captured for the live album, although it was mostly the latter recording that ended up being used. When the album bulleted its way to the peak of the chart, the…

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Metal Hammer UK (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2021

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