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Sunrise, wrong side of another day

"Motorhead" was written by Ian Kilmister, Lemmy, while he was the bass player with Hawkwind and was the last song he wrote before his departure from the band. The song was written in the Hyatt Hotel (nicknamed the "Riot House") in West Hollywood, California: "I was on tour with Hawkwind in 1974, we were staying at the Riot House and Roy Wood and Wizzard were also in town. I got this urge to write a song in the middle of the night. I ran downstairs to the Wizzard room, got Roy's Ovation acoustic guitar, then hurried back to mine. I went on to the balcony… read more
"Motorhead" was written by Ian Kilmister, Lemmy, while he was the bass player with Hawkwind and was the last song he wrote before his depar… read more
"Motorhead" was written by Ian Kilmister, Lemmy, while he was the bass player with Hawkwind and was the last song he wrote before his departure from the band. The song was writ… read more

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Hawkwind is an English rock band and one of the earliest groups. The band was formed by ex-busker and blues man Dave Brock in Ladbroke Grove, London, who intended to marry simple three-chord rock with experimental electronic music. He cites his influences for the band at the time as The Moody Blues, Steve Miller Band and the krautrock scene of Kraftwerk, Neu! and particularly Can. The band was formed in 1969 by visionary Dave Brock and although it has been subject to numerous line-up changes it is still led by him. The early line-up featured Dave Brock on vocals and rhyth… read more
Hawkwind is an English rock band and one of the earliest groups. The band was formed by ex-busker and blues man Dave Brock in Ladbroke Grove, London, who intended to marry simple… read more
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