Motörhead Live At Wacken 2013: 30 Minutes of Rock n Roll; Pro-Shot Footage Posted Online

German ZDFkultur aired the Motörhead performance at this years Wacken Open Air Festival. You can watch the footage below.

The band left the stage after just six numbers and details of exactly what happened are not yet totally clear.

MetalTalk.net reports that Lemmy told the crowd: "I've been ill recently - I've come onstage to play some rock n' roll and fuck myself even more."

Apparently Phil Campbell was paying close attention to Lemmy during the whole of the set.

Motörhead played six songs and Lemmy looked "pale". The band apparently sounded good although they played slower than usual.

The band opened with "I Know How To Die", "Damage Case" and "Stay Clean" and after the fourth song, "Metropolis", Lemmy went for a "breather" and left Phil Campbell to solo away.

The band continued with "Over The Top" and "The Chase Is Better Than The Catch" then left the stage with no announcement or no warning. It is believed that Lemmy collapsed behind the speakers after the sixth song.






More photos here.

Bill Ward: "I'm the Drummer In Sabbath And Quite Capable of Doing the Job"; New Interview Available

Bill Word Photo Credit: Christopher Wagner

Robert Cavuoto of Guitar International recently conducted an interview with Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward. Read an excerpt from the chat below:

Guitar International: There are so many stories about why you are not playing with Sabbath on the  CD as well as with them on tour. Can you set record straight on why you didn't join in with the reunion?

Bill Ward: [laughs] I was offered a contract and I couldn't sign it. As for some of the stories - I would never, ever show up for a commitment that I could not do physically. So that should answer that one. In the statement that I did last year, I was quite clear that I came to the end of the road and promised myself and my family that I would never sign a contract that was not workable. It was one of the toughest decisions that I ever had to make. Because I absolutely and without question wanted to play. I haven't left the band. Everybody thinks I have left the band. I didn't walk out; it wasn't like that at all. I just didn't sign the contact and life took its own course.

Guitar International: Ozzy said he still loves you, and hopes next time around you will be there. Do you think there is any truth to that?

Bill Ward: I have a complete open mind to the idea. All the nicety and placations in the world will mean nothing unless I get the right contract.

Guitar International: I heard that they wanted you to come out to play on a few songs each night.

Bill Ward: I'm the drummer in Black Sabbath so I want to do the entire show. I play all or nothing. Playing partially would kind of be aligning to my demise in Sabbath and minimize me. I'm the drummer in Sabbath and quite capable of doing the job.

Guitar International: What advice would the Bill Ward of today give to the Bill Ward in the early days of Black Sabbath?

Bill Ward: Never, ever, ever, ever give away anything that you signed in a contact. Never sign it off, never sell it! Whatever belongs to you, hold on to it with all your heart and soul because it could be a calamitous situations in the future. That would be the first thing, because that's the most primary thing. But I would also say that you have to stay true to your heart and make a stand and sometimes you have to make a very painful stand. I hated the fact that I'm not on the tour and I couldn't play Birmingham and all the young fans that wanted to see me play. That was absolutely punishing to go through. Tony was sick and I wanted to be with Tony. It was a very hardcore decision to make.

Read the entire interview at Guitar International. Visit the official Bill Ward site here.

AC/DC: "Back In Black" Classic Album Review (Full DVD)

AC/DC: "Back In Black" Classic Album Review (Full DVD)
This documentary is the ultimate review and critical analysis of AC/DC`s most influential and successful album. With the entire album dissected track by track, and with rare footage, band interviews and live performances all under the gaze of our panel of esteemed experts, this could be the most thorough exploration of this extraordinary band.

It includes Comment, Criticism and Insight from engineer for "Back In Black" and "Highway To Hell" sessions, Tony Platt, rock journalist, Total Rock FM DJ and AC/DC expert, Malcolm Dome, AC/DC biographer Paul Stenning, Classic Rock Magazines Jerry Ewing, BBC 6 Music DJ Jane Gazzo, AC/DC author Clinton Walker and much more.

Motörhead: "Aftershock"; Tracklist Revealed

Motörhead have revealed the tracklist for upcoming album "Aftershock".

The 13-song record, their 21st studio outing, is set for release in the autumn, although the date remains to be confirmed. The album is produced by Cameron Webb.

"Aftershock" tracklist

01. Death Machine
02. Heartbreaker
03. Coming Back To You
04. Going To Mexico
05. Courage
06. Queen Of The Damned
07. Lost Woman Blues
08. Crying Shame
09. Paralyzed
10. Dust And Glass
11. Coup De Grace
12. Silence When You Speak To Me
13. Knife

Deep Purple: "Perfect Strangers Live"; DVD Out In October

Deep Purple will release a DVD entitled "Perfect Strangers Live" via Eagle Rock on October 14.

It was shot during the Mark II reunion tour of 1984. The concert in Melbourne, Australia, is the only full-length recording of the band from that time.

Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice had reunited for their Perfect Strangers album, marking the first time the lineup had worked together since 1973. Guitarist Blackmore has said the title track is his favourite Purple song of all time.

Eagle Rock say: “Perfect Strangers Live is a stunning concert with the band in incendiary form. The setlist mixes then new tracks from the Perfect Strangers album with favourites from the early seventies, culminating in the brilliant Smoke On The Water finale. This is without doubt one of the finest Deep Purple concerts ever filmed – and a must-have for their legions of fans.”

Tracklist

01. Highway Star
02. Nobody’s Home
03. Strange Kind Of Woman
04. A Gypsy’s Kiss
05. Perfect Strangers
06. Under The Gun
07. Knocking At Your Back Door
08. Lazy (including Ian Paice drum solo)
09. Child In Time
10. Difficult To Cure
11. Jon Lord Keyboard Solo
12. Space Truckin’ (with Ritchie Blackmore guitar solo)
13. Black Night
14. Speed King
15. Smoke On The Water