Name: Bastards
Brand: GOLDEN CORE
SKU: 51460869
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Bastards

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Performer Notes

Motorhead: Lemmy The Arrogant Bastard (vocals, acoustic guitar, bass); The Welsh Bastard: Zoom (acoustic guitar, guitar); Wurzel The Bastard (guitar); Mikkey Bastard Dee (drums).
Additional personnel: Howard (keyboards).
Recorded at A&M Studios, Hollywood, California.
After doing the unthinkable (selling out!) on their commercially minded -- and only -- major-label release March or Die, underground heroes Mot”rhead thankfully returned to a more familiar sonic formula (extremely loud and fast) on the excellent Bastards. Gloriously distorted thrashers such as "On Your Feet or on Your Knees" and "Death or Glory" set the pace, and "Born to Raise Hell" is undoubtedly one of the band's greatest latter-day classics. As usual, major departures such as the acoustic-driven and socially conscious "Don't Let Daddy Kiss Me" stick out like a sore thumb, but the more balanced "Lost in the Ozone" (some acoustic, but also lots of noise) is a pleasant surprise. Though it is often overlooked, this album remains one of the band's strongest releases in the '90s. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia

Professional Reviews

Entertainment Weekly (10/29/93, p.64) - "...[Motorhead] once again demonstrate why punks and metalheads alike bow down before them..." - Rating: A-