Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Lemmy

Ian Fraser "Lemmy" Kilmister (born 24 December 1945), is best known as the founding and sole constant member of the heavy metal band Motörhead. He uses the bridge pickup exclusively (giving his bass sound more definition) and turns all the tone and volume knobs on the bass up full. On the amplifiers, he turns off the bass and treble and he turns the midrange up all the way. The result is a biting, almost guitar-like tone which is somewhat distorted and well-suited to his use of open-string drones and power chords. Lemmy positions his microphone uncommonly high. He said that, "In the days when we only had ten people and a dog, it was a way of avoiding seeing that we only had ten people and a dog."




















Not one of the best known Motörhead songs. But a fantastic showcase of Lemmy's sound and playing style.

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