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Motorhead - Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Motorhead with UK Subs and Anti NoWhere League
Wolverhampton Civic Hall - 3rd November 2011
When bands reach a certain age there is often a fear that they will go acoustic or provide a slowed down version of the performances they were well known for.
This was not the case for this happy gig attender.
The night was kicked off by UK Subs performing a 40 minute warm up set. Punks streamed in to the Mosh Pit, with shirts off, proper spiked hair and pogoing to the opening tracks. An accolade to UK Subs old energy.
Anti NoWhere League followed up with a 40 minute session, with as much aggression and hate as they did in 70's and 80's. Needless to say when they came out with classics like “I Hate People”, “We are the League” and “Let's Break the Law” there was a frenzy of activity in throughout the standing area of this great venue.
So time for the main event, Motorhead. With the line up of Lemmy on Bass and Vocals, Philip Campbell on Lead & Backing Vocals and Mikkey Dee on Drums & Backing Vocals. They are as loud, possibly louder than they have ever been and clearly there are no signs of slowing down. The running order for the gig was roughly the following but to be honest I was partying hard, headbanging and generally enjoying a cracking set, including tracks from their new albumn “The World Is Yours” (TWIY):
- Bomber
- Roll Over
- I know how to die (TWIY)
- Say Please
- Metropolise
- Over the Top
- Look Back
- Teach How To Sing the Blues
- Born to lose (TWIY)
- Nikky Dee's amazing Drum Solo
- Orgasmatron
- Dead men tell no lies
- Kill By Death
- Stay Clean
The Encore was brought back with an amazing rendition of Ace of Spades sending us in to a frenzy, followed by Motorhead and then 3 runs through of Overkill.
An epic gig, played well with energy and meaning. Motorhead remain the loudest band and I seriously walked away from the gig concerned about my hearing, with a rattling in my right ear.
Will I see them again? Hell yes and you should too.
David Wilkes - 07/11/2011 19:47:49
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