On This Day in Music History

[Herman]

Ten years ago today Lemmy died at age seventy.

[J E B Stuart]

I can't say I'm a fan of Motörhead. I'm not. And nothing against them.  It's just that I never heard anything that really hooked me.  In all fairness, though, I have never got around to taking a deep dive into their catalog.  That said, RIP Lemmy, RIP.

Here's an interesting bit from Wikipedia:

"The name "Motörhead" is a reference to users of the drug amphetamine. The band's distinctive fanged-face logo, with its oversized boar's tusks, chains, and spikes, was created by artist Joe Petagno in 1977 for the cover of the Motörhead album and has appeared in many variations on covers of ensuing albums. The fanged face has been referred to variously as "War-Pig" and "Snaggletooth". The band's name is usually printed in a lowercase form of blackletter. The umlaut character ö is possibly derived from the similar "heavy metal umlaut" in the name of their 1975 acquaintances Blue Öyster Cult. However, this umlaut does not alter the pronunciation of the band's name. When asked if Germans pronounced the band "Motuuuurhead", Lemmy answered "No, they don't. I only put it in there to look mean".

Amen.