Overkill
Studio album by Motörhead
Released	March 24, 1979
Recorded	Dec 1978 – Jan 1979 Roundhouse Studios Sound Development Studios
Genre	Heavy Metal Speed metal
Length	35:15
Label	Bronze Records GWR – 1986 reissue
Producer(s)	Jimmy Miller
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Motörhead chronology
Motörhead (1977) Overkill (1979) Bomber (1979)

Overkill is the second album released by Motörhead, in 1979, and their first for Bronze Records. It peaked at number 24 on the UK charts. Image File history File links This image is of a music album or single cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the album or the artist(s) which produced the music in question. ... A studio album is a collection of previously unreleased, studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... Motörhead are a Grammy Award-winning British heavy metal band formed in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Lemmy (real name Ian Kilmister), who has remained the sole constant member. ... is the 83rd day of the year (84th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Heavy metal (sometimes referred to simply as metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Jimmy Miller (1944-1994) was a Brooklyn-born record producer who produced albums for The Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, Blind Faith, and The Rolling Stones (all albums from Beggars Banquet to Goats Head Soup), New York Citys shock/punk rockers The Plasmatics and Motörhead. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 4. ... Motörhead are a Grammy Award-winning British heavy metal band formed in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Lemmy (real name Ian Kilmister), who has remained the sole constant member. ... On April 1, 1977, Motörhead decided to do their last show at the London Marquee Club. ... Bomber is Motörheads third released (fourth recorded) album. ... Motörhead are a Grammy Award-winning British heavy metal band formed in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Lemmy (real name Ian Kilmister), who has remained the sole constant member. ...

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 the single "Louie Louie" while Chiswick released the Motörhead 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.^[1] Louie Louie is Motörheads title track of their third single. ... On April 1, 1977, Motörhead decided to do their last show at the London Marquee Club. ... BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which began in 1932. ... Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, was a long-running British music chart television programme, made and broadcast by the BBC. It was originally shown each week, mostly on BBC One, from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. ...

The first release from those sessions was a release of "Overkill" backed with "Too Late, Too Late" in 7" and 12" pressings. The Chiswick album "Motörhead" 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.^[1] Overkill is a song by the hevay metal band Motörhead. ... A title track is the name for a song which shares its name with the album its from. ... Reefer Madness was issued in a Special Addiction as a reference to the cult films ironic appeal. ...

In June 1978 "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.^[2] No Class is a song by the heavy metal band Motörhead. ...

The album was reissued on Cassette, CD and vinyl by Castle Communications in 1988, coupled with Another Perfect Day, Bronze having issued a cassette of the album covered with Bomber in 1980.^[3] Castle Communications is a British record label, specialising in the back catalogue of folk and folk-rock artists. ... After guitarist Fast Eddie Clarke left Motörhead on their second US tour, Brian Robbo Robertson (ex- Thin Lizzy) was drafted to complete the tour. ... Bomber is Motörheads third released (fourth recorded) album. ...

Sleeve artwork

Joe Petagno, the sleeve artist, had this to say about the cover of the album, which he felt rushed into because the band could not find him: Joe Petagno, (born January 1, 1948 - ), is an artist known principally for creating images used on heavy metal album covers, for bands such as Motörhead, Marduk, Nightshade, and Illdisposed. ...

I had about a week and a half to get it finished... But it was always a disappointment for me, personally. It should have been multi-layered. It was supposed to have a feeling that there was more to it, there were going to be more bits and pieces. In a way, I kind of did it on the Inferno thing. I sort of took my revenge on the new trinity. In a way.^[4] Inferno is the latest album by Motörhead. ...

Track listing

All tracks composed by Lemmy, Phil Taylor, Eddie Clarke except where noted Lemmy (born Ian Fraiser Kilmister on December 24, 1945, also known as Ian Willis, Lemmy Kilmister, and Lemmy von Motörhead), is an English singer and bass guitarist, most famous for being the founding member of the heavy metal band Motörhead. ... Philthy Animal Taylor Phil Taylor, better known as Philthy Animal Taylor, was the drummer in the British heavy metal band, Motörhead from 1975 to 1984 and 1987 - 1992. ... Edward Clarke, better known as Fast Eddie Clarke, is a guitarist who was a member of the British heavy metal bands Fastway and Motörhead. ...

Original Version

1. "Overkill" – 5:12
2. "Stay Clean" – 2:40
3. "(I Won't) Pay Your Price" – 2:56
4. "I'll Be Your Sister" – 2:51
5. "Capricorn" – 4:06
6. "No Class" – 2:39
7. "Damage Case" (Clarke, Lemmy, Taylor, Mick Farren) – 2:59
8. "Tear Ya Down" – 2:39
9. "Metropolis" – 3:34
10. "Limb from Limb" – 4:54

    The CD re-issues have added tracks;

11. "Too Late, Too Late" [B-side of Overkill] - 3:25
12. "Like a Nightmare" [B-side of No Class] - 4:13
13. "Louie Louie" [Single] (Richard Berry) - 2:47
14. "Tear Ya Down" [Instrumental Version] - 2:39
15. "Louie Louie" [Alternative Version] (Berry) - 2:52

Overkill is a song by the hevay metal band Motörhead. ... No Class is a song by the heavy metal band Motörhead. ... Mick Farren is a UK Underground/counterculture radical and anarchist. ... Louie Louie is Motörheads title track of their third single. ... Richard Berry (April 11, 1935–January 23, 1997) was an American singer and songwriter. ...

Deluxe Edition

Disc 1

1. "Overkill" – 5:12
2. "Stay Clean" – 2:40
3. "(I Won't) Pay Your Price" – 2:56
4. "I'll Be Your Sister" – 2:51
5. "Capricorn" – 4:06
6. "No Class" – 2:39
7. "Damage Case" (Clarke, Lemmy, Taylor, Farren) – 2:59
8. "Tear Ya Down" – 2:39
9. "Metropolis" – 3:34
10. "Limb from Limb" – 4:54

Disc 2

1. "Louie Louie" (Richard Berry) - 2:47
2. "Louie Louie" [Alternative Version] (Berry) - 2:52
3. "Louie Louie" [Alternative Version 2] (Berry) - 2:45
4. "Tear Ya Down" - 2:41
5. "Tear Ya Down" [Alternative Version] - 2:41
6. "Tear Ya Down" [Instrumental Version] - 2:39
7. "Too Late, Too Late" - 3:25
8. "Like a Nightmare" - 4:13
9. "Like a Nightmare" [Alternative Version] - 4:27
10. "Louie Louie" [BBC John Peel Session '78] (Berry) - 2:46
11. "I'll Be Your Sister" [BBC John Peel Session '78] - 3:15
12. "Tear Ya Down" [BBC John Peel Session '78] - 2:39
13. "Stay Clean" [BBC Radio 1 In-Concert] - 3:03
14. "No Class" [BBC Radio 1 In-Concert] - 2:43
15. "I'll Be Your Sister" [BBC Radio 1 In-Concert] - 3:35
16. "Too Late, Too Late" [BBC Radio 1 In-Concert] - 3:24
17. "(I Won't) Pay Your Price [BBC Radio 1 In-Concert]" - 3:19
18. "Capricorn" [BBC Radio 1 In-Concert] - 4:14
19. "Limb from Limb" [BBC Radio 1 In-Concert] - 5:26

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Credits

• Lemmy – bass, vocals, second guitar solo on "Limb from Limb"
• "Fast" Eddie Clarke – guitar
• Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor – drums

• Joe Petagno – sleeve artwork
• Recorded December, 1978 – January, 1979 at Roundhouse Studios and Sound Development Studios, UK – except "Tear Ya Down" originally recorded at Wessex Studios
• Produced by Jimmy Miller – except "Tear Ya Down", produced by Neil Richmond, remixed at Roundhouse Studios by Jimmy Miller
• Engineered by Ashley Howe and Trevor Hallesy

Lemmy (born Ian Fraiser Kilmister on December 24, 1945, also known as Ian Willis, Lemmy Kilmister, and Lemmy von Motörhead), is an English singer and bass guitarist, most famous for being the founding member of the heavy metal band Motörhead. ... Edward Clarke, better known as Fast Eddie Clarke, is a guitarist who was a member of the British heavy metal bands Fastway and Motörhead. ... Philthy Animal Taylor Phil Taylor, better known as Philthy Animal Taylor, was the drummer in the British heavy metal band, Motörhead from 1975 to 1984 and 1987 - 1992. ... Joe Petagno, (born January 1, 1948 - ), is an artist known principally for creating images used on heavy metal album covers, for bands such as Motörhead, Marduk, Nightshade, and Illdisposed. ... Jimmy Miller (1944-1994) was a Brooklyn-born record producer who produced albums for The Spencer Davis Group (in fact, he co-wrote the song Gimme Some Lovin with Steve Winwood), Traffic , Blind Faith, Bobby Whitlock and The Rolling Stones (all albums from Beggars Banquet to Goats Head Soup), New... Jimmy Miller (1944-1994) was a Brooklyn-born record producer who produced albums for The Spencer Davis Group (in fact, he co-wrote the song Gimme Some Lovin with Steve Winwood), Traffic , Blind Faith, Bobby Whitlock and The Rolling Stones (all albums from Beggars Banquet to Goats Head Soup), New...

References

Alan Burridge (May 7, 1951 - ), is the official biographer of the heavy rock band, Motörhead. ... Cover of the Nov 2005 issue Record Collector started in 1979 and is the UK’s longest-running monthly music magazine. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... is the 67th day of the year (68th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Joe Petagno, (born January 1, 1948 - ), is an artist known principally for creating images used on heavy metal album covers, for bands such as Motörhead, Marduk, Nightshade, and Illdisposed. ... Inferno is the latest album by Motörhead. ...

External links

• Overkill on Amazon.com
• Motorhead official website