DEATH ALLEY – Release ‘Motorhead’ Cover Song

Amsterdam heavy rock jackhammers DEATH ALLEY pay homage to the recent passing of Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister of Motörhead by covering the original song from whence that band took its name. “Motorhead” — sans umlaut — was the final song Lemmy penned during his time in Hawkwind, which came to a close in 1975. It originally appeared as the B-side to the single “Kings of Speed” from the Warrior on the Edge of Time album, but it’s shown up in so many places, release by Motörhead and Hawkwind as well as other bands’ versions, that it really belongs to Lemmy more than either band over the other. Check out the song HERE.

Death Alley, who’ll make a return to Roadburn this year in addition to playing Desertfest Berlin, are getting ready to release a 7″ cover of “Motorhead” as a tribute to the Man Himself. They would seem to be perfectly suited to the task. If you heard the four-piece’s 2015 debut, Black Magick Boogieland (review here), then you already know their sound takes heavy influence from both Motörhead and Hawkwind, but it’s specifically on the space rock impulse that they draw for “Motorhead,” drawing a three-minute original into an extended cosmic jam — much truer to live versions — while keeping in mind the hook at the song’s core. If you’re wondering how they could get it together so quickly after Lemmy‘s death, they didn’t. The song was reportedly put to tape a couple weeks ago and it just so happened that because 2015 had to get one more bummer in on its way out, the timing fit.

Death Alley‘s “Motorhead,” like the album, was recorded by Pieter Kloos.

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