0:00:03 > 0:00:05In one word, sum up heavy metal for us.
0:00:07 > 0:00:08Noise.
0:00:08 > 0:00:10MUSIC: The Ace Of Spades by Motorhead
0:00:10 > 0:00:11# I see it in your eyes
0:00:11 > 0:00:13# Take one look and die
0:00:17 > 0:00:18# The only thing you see
0:00:18 > 0:00:20# You know it's gonna be
0:00:20 > 0:00:22# The ace of spades
0:00:22 > 0:00:23# The ace of spades. #
0:00:27 > 0:00:29Ace Of Spades.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31A number written by a man called Lemmy of Motorhead.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34Can we please call Lemmy of Motorhead?
0:00:34 > 0:00:36ROCK GUITAR PLAYS
0:00:36 > 0:00:39CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:42 > 0:00:44And now, Mr Lemmy, with the book.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48I can't do it with that, you see. Cos, er...
0:00:48 > 0:00:51- it's not got any dots on it. I'm a professional.- Right.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Yes, exhibit A.
0:00:53 > 0:00:54# It flies
0:00:55 > 0:00:57# Out of a dream
0:00:59 > 0:01:02# It's antiseptically clean
0:01:02 > 0:01:06# You're gonna know where I've been
0:01:06 > 0:01:08# Do you wanna ride... #
0:01:08 > 0:01:10I went to audition for Hawkwind on guitar, right,
0:01:10 > 0:01:14and they decided that morning not to get a guitarist
0:01:14 > 0:01:17and their bass player didn't show up and, like a dickhead,
0:01:17 > 0:01:20he left his bass in the van, you know?
0:01:20 > 0:01:22That's... Steal my gig, so I stole his gig, you know?
0:01:22 > 0:01:24# I
0:01:24 > 0:01:26# I just took a ride
0:01:28 > 0:01:30# In a silver machine
0:01:31 > 0:01:36# And I'm still feeling mean... #
0:01:36 > 0:01:37I'd found my instrument.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40I wasn't supposed to play guitar, I'm supposed to play the bass,
0:01:40 > 0:01:43I'm good at it. I make it howl, man, you know? I make it roar.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47About halfway through that, I got a bit flash but it didn't last,
0:01:47 > 0:01:50cos I knew it was like posing, really.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Just went back to me.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54# I've got a silver machine
0:01:55 > 0:01:58# I've got a silver machine
0:01:59 > 0:02:02# I've got a silver machine
0:02:03 > 0:02:05- # I've got a silver machine - Silver machine
0:02:06 > 0:02:09- # I've got a silver machine - Silver machine
0:02:10 > 0:02:13- # I've got a silver machine - Silver machine
0:02:14 > 0:02:16- # I've got a silver machine - Silver machine
0:02:17 > 0:02:21# I've got a silver machine. #
0:02:21 > 0:02:26The first time I ever took acid, we was like blind for 18 hours.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29It was American stuff, you know. It was, like, lethal.
0:02:29 > 0:02:301967.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33I couldn't see anything but like - buzz-zuzz! - you know.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35I can't describe it to you, anyway.
0:02:35 > 0:02:36And then we came down off it
0:02:36 > 0:02:39and we went to see The Nice at the Speakeasy.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41It was the first light show I'd ever seen,
0:02:41 > 0:02:43with Keith hurling knives into the keyboard.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46That was an eye-opener, I don't mind telling you.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50You have to be careful about what's offered.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52You know, you can't do it all, because it'll kill you.
0:02:52 > 0:02:53You know, simple.
0:02:53 > 0:02:58You have to know who you are before you start doing anything like that.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01And, in the '60s, we did a lot of that stuff, you know?
0:03:01 > 0:03:05I mean, acid like dolly mixtures, you know I mean? It was silly.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07# Ain't a hope in Hell
0:03:07 > 0:03:10# Nothing's gonna bring us down
0:03:14 > 0:03:19# The way we fly five miles off the ground
0:03:22 > 0:03:24# Because
0:03:24 > 0:03:25# We shoot to kill
0:03:25 > 0:03:28# And you know we always will
0:03:28 > 0:03:31# It's a bomber It's a bomber
0:03:32 > 0:03:35# Scream a thousand miles
0:03:35 > 0:03:37# Hear the black death, the rising moan
0:03:41 > 0:03:44# Firestorm coming closer
0:03:44 > 0:03:46# Napalm to the bone
0:03:49 > 0:03:50# Because
0:03:50 > 0:03:52# You know we do it right
0:03:52 > 0:03:55# A mission every night...
0:03:55 > 0:03:57# It's a bomber It's a bomber
0:03:57 > 0:03:59# It's a bomber... #
0:03:59 > 0:04:02Plans are anathema to real life.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Never had a plan. We just, like...
0:04:04 > 0:04:07You know, when you stay at a hotel and the lights go
0:04:07 > 0:04:10and you're just blundering into the furniture - that's like...
0:04:10 > 0:04:11That's our plan.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Trying to find the door, you know?
0:04:15 > 0:04:17The emergency light's out there.
0:04:17 > 0:04:18That's us.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30# No night fighter gonna stop us getting through
0:04:34 > 0:04:37# The sirens make you shiver
0:04:37 > 0:04:39# You bet my aim is true
0:04:42 > 0:04:44# Because
0:04:44 > 0:04:46# You know, we aim to please
0:04:46 > 0:04:48# We bring you to your knees
0:04:48 > 0:04:50# It's a bomber It's a bomber
0:04:50 > 0:04:52# It's a bomber. #
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Heavy metal music - you once described it
0:04:54 > 0:04:57as music that your mother shouldn't like. Is it really that nasty?
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Well, she pretends to like it. You know, they come to gigs
0:05:00 > 0:05:02and they always leave before the gig actually starts.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04"Got to get the last bus home," you know?
0:05:04 > 0:05:07What does she think of you being involved in it all?
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Oh, she was quite relieved to see me with a job, you know.
0:05:09 > 0:05:10HE LAUGHS
0:05:10 > 0:05:13You've been around for quite a time now, if you don't mind me saying.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15I mean, one thinks of Hawkwind and things.
0:05:15 > 0:05:16What else am I qualified for?
0:05:16 > 0:05:18THEY LAUGH
0:05:18 > 0:05:21- One-armed bandits? - Guttersnipe?- That'll do.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24It's a very loud kind of music. What's it done to your health?
0:05:24 > 0:05:27I mean, what's it done to your ears, for instance?
0:05:27 > 0:05:28Eh?
0:05:31 > 0:05:33# Only way to feel the noise
0:05:33 > 0:05:35# Is when it's good and loud
0:05:35 > 0:05:37# So good I can't believe it
0:05:37 > 0:05:40# Screaming with the crowd
0:05:40 > 0:05:42# Don't sweat it
0:05:42 > 0:05:44# Give it back to you... #
0:05:46 > 0:05:50Most people have to do a job they hate all their life. You know?
0:05:50 > 0:05:51Every day. Can you imagine?
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Not me, man.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57I grew my hair so they fired me.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00I was making parts for washing machines for Hotpoint.
0:06:00 > 0:06:01# Overkill... #
0:06:04 > 0:06:07People said, "Why don't you get your hair cut short?
0:06:07 > 0:06:09"You'll appeal to a much wider audience."
0:06:09 > 0:06:12I said, "I don't... want to cut it short."
0:06:13 > 0:06:16"Oh." And they went away again, you know?
0:06:16 > 0:06:17# Shake your head You must be dead
0:06:17 > 0:06:19# If it don't make you fly
0:06:21 > 0:06:22# Don't sweat it
0:06:22 > 0:06:24# Give it back to you
0:06:29 > 0:06:31# Don't sweat it
0:06:31 > 0:06:33# Give it back to you... #
0:06:33 > 0:06:35All the best stuff that lasts
0:06:35 > 0:06:38shocks people when it shows up at first, you know?
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Like, look at Elvis.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42He was denounced as the spawn of the devil
0:06:42 > 0:06:44right across the United States, you know.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48Now he's a cross between Joan of Arc and bloody Billy Graham, you know.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51- That's not going to happen to you, though.- No, it's not, no.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54The hat doesn't fit through the church door, you see.
0:07:09 > 0:07:10# You know your body's made to move
0:07:10 > 0:07:13# You feel it in your guts
0:07:13 > 0:07:15# Rock 'n' roll ain't worth the name
0:07:15 > 0:07:18# If it don't make you strut
0:07:18 > 0:07:20# Don't sweat it
0:07:20 > 0:07:22# Give it back to you
0:07:26 > 0:07:28# Don't sweat it
0:07:28 > 0:07:30# Give it back to you
0:07:34 > 0:07:35# Overkill
0:07:36 > 0:07:37# Overkill
0:07:38 > 0:07:40# Overkill! #
0:07:46 > 0:07:48The weird thing about being in a band is, like I said before,
0:07:48 > 0:07:50running around the world,
0:07:50 > 0:07:53seeing places that make you go, "Wow!"
0:07:53 > 0:07:56and having all the locals turn up and steal their girlfriends,
0:07:56 > 0:07:58you know, basically.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02Well, we give them back. It's not like we keep them.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04# Love of a woman is a wonderful thing
0:08:06 > 0:08:08# But the way you treat 'em is a crying shame
0:08:10 > 0:08:12# One day, one day, and it won't be long
0:08:14 > 0:08:16# Until all them crying chicks will be gone
0:08:17 > 0:08:19# I'm leaving here
0:08:19 > 0:08:21# Leaving here
0:08:21 > 0:08:23# I'm leaving here
0:08:23 > 0:08:25# Leaving here
0:08:25 > 0:08:27# Two by two
0:08:27 > 0:08:29# Yeah, four by four
0:08:29 > 0:08:31# Oh, yeah
0:08:31 > 0:08:33# Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah
0:08:33 > 0:08:35# I'm leaving... #
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Oh!
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Chicks!
0:08:47 > 0:08:48All right.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52We were too obnoxious, you know.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55And we liked being obnoxious, you see.
0:08:56 > 0:08:57I always wanted to be obnoxious,
0:08:57 > 0:09:01cos all the bands I liked were obnoxious, you know. MC5.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03And we came out the same time as the punks
0:09:03 > 0:09:07and I thought they were splendid, you know. The Damned.
0:09:07 > 0:09:08Great fun.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10To the station!
0:09:10 > 0:09:11Music.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15MUSIC: The Ace Of Spades
0:09:23 > 0:09:27# If you like to gamble, I tell you I'm your man
0:09:27 > 0:09:31# You win some, lose some - it's all the same to me
0:09:37 > 0:09:41# The pleasure is to play, makes no difference what you say
0:09:44 > 0:09:46# I don't share your greed
0:09:46 > 0:09:48# The only card I need
0:09:48 > 0:09:51# The ace of spades The ace of spades
0:09:55 > 0:09:57# Going for the high one
0:09:57 > 0:09:59# Dancing with the devil
0:09:59 > 0:10:00# Going with the flow
0:10:00 > 0:10:02# It's all a game to me... #
0:10:06 > 0:10:09LAUGHTER
0:10:09 > 0:10:10# Seven or eleven
0:10:10 > 0:10:13# Snake eyes watching you
0:10:16 > 0:10:18# Double up or quit
0:10:18 > 0:10:19# Double stake or split
0:10:19 > 0:10:23# The ace of spades The ace of spades... #
0:10:26 > 0:10:29LAUGHTER
0:10:30 > 0:10:32# You know I'm born to lose
0:10:32 > 0:10:33# And gambling is for fools
0:10:33 > 0:10:35# But that's the way I like it, baby
0:10:35 > 0:10:37# I don't wanna live forever
0:10:42 > 0:10:44# And don't forget the joker! #
0:11:07 > 0:11:08LAUGHTER
0:11:11 > 0:11:15# Pushing up the ante, I know you've gotta see me
0:11:15 > 0:11:19# Read 'em and weep - the dead man's hand again... #
0:11:24 > 0:11:25LAUGHTER
0:11:25 > 0:11:27# I see it in your eyes
0:11:27 > 0:11:29# Take one look and die
0:11:32 > 0:11:34# The only thing you see
0:11:34 > 0:11:36# You know it's gonna be
0:11:36 > 0:11:40# The ace of spades The ace of spades. #
0:11:46 > 0:11:49I was inspired by people like Buddy Holly and the Everly Brothers.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Best songs you'll ever hear, no question.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55And then, of course, you've got The Shadows, you know.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Cos they were the first thing over here that really was any good.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01And Cliff Richards, believe it or not, he was good then.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04I mean we all know he's crap now, you know.
0:12:04 > 0:12:05He was good then.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08He was our answer to Elvis - he was mean and moody.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Big sideburns and things, you know.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16# Well, I don't know why she's got her claws in me
0:12:16 > 0:12:18# Cos I ain't fighting, baby can't you see?
0:12:18 > 0:12:21# Sneaking up the stairway, running like a thief
0:12:21 > 0:12:24# Spend the night, just shaking like a leaf
0:12:24 > 0:12:25# I remember the first time
0:12:25 > 0:12:27# I took you to a cheap motel
0:12:27 > 0:12:29# Don't you touch me, baby, cos I'm shakin' so much
0:12:29 > 0:12:30# I woke up drunk
0:12:30 > 0:12:32# You know I felt like Eskimo Nell
0:12:32 > 0:12:34# Don't you touch me, baby, cos I'm shakin' so much
0:12:34 > 0:12:36# Please don't touch
0:12:36 > 0:12:39# I shake so much
0:12:39 > 0:12:41# Please don't touch
0:12:41 > 0:12:45# I shake so much
0:12:47 > 0:12:49# Don't you touch me, baby, cos I'm shakin' so much
0:12:49 > 0:12:52# Don't you touch me, baby, cos I'm shakin' so much
0:12:52 > 0:12:55# Don't you touch me, baby, cos I'm shakin' so much... #
0:12:57 > 0:13:00It was fairly simple and it was very loud and it was very fast.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02And it's great driving music
0:13:02 > 0:13:04if you like driving into the side of bridges.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07Don't try and make love in time to it, though.
0:13:07 > 0:13:08You'll get a hernia.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10# Don't you touch me, baby, cos I'm shakin' so much
0:13:10 > 0:13:13# Don't you touch me, baby, cos I'm shakin' so much
0:13:13 > 0:13:15# Don't you touch me, baby, cos I'm shakin' so much. #
0:13:21 > 0:13:23CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:13:24 > 0:13:27I do it cos I like it.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29I don't know why. I just like it.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31I like it. Is that so wrong?
0:13:31 > 0:13:34# Motorhead, you can call me
0:13:34 > 0:13:36# Motorhead, all right
0:13:40 > 0:13:43# Ow-ow-ow-ow
0:13:43 > 0:13:45# Ow-wow... #
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Being on the road is one of the best workouts
0:13:53 > 0:13:55you'll ever see in your life. That's when I'm all right.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57It's when I get home I get in trouble.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59On the road, I'm fine, you know.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01That's where I'm supposed to live, you know.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20# Fourth day, five-day marathon
0:14:20 > 0:14:22# We're moving like a parallelogram
0:14:22 > 0:14:23# Don't move
0:14:23 > 0:14:25# I'll shut the door and kill the lights
0:14:25 > 0:14:27# I guess I'll see you all on the ice
0:14:27 > 0:14:30# I should be tired
0:14:30 > 0:14:32# And all I am is wired
0:14:32 > 0:14:35# Ain't felt this good for an hour
0:14:36 > 0:14:39# Motorhead, remember me now
0:14:39 > 0:14:41# Motorhead, all right
0:14:43 > 0:14:45# Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
0:14:45 > 0:14:47# Motorhead, remember me now
0:14:47 > 0:14:50# Motorhead, remember me now
0:14:50 > 0:14:52# Motorhead, you can call me
0:14:52 > 0:14:53# Motorhead
0:14:53 > 0:14:55# Yeah, yeah, yeah. #
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Lemmy, we're always told that heavy metal's
0:14:57 > 0:14:59meant to be progressing and developing. It seems to me that
0:14:59 > 0:15:01they're all pretty much the same sort of subject matter.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04Yeah, I agree with you. I think that actually heavy metal,
0:15:04 > 0:15:08the great strength of heavy-metal is that it doesn't progress, actually.
0:15:08 > 0:15:09- That's a strength, is it?- Yeah.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Why is that a strength?
0:15:11 > 0:15:13Because people keep enjoying it the way it is.
0:15:13 > 0:15:14MUSIC: Iron Fist
0:15:31 > 0:15:33# Black night, nothing to see
0:15:35 > 0:15:37# Invisible hand in front of me
0:15:38 > 0:15:40# Scared to death there's someone near
0:15:42 > 0:15:44# Scared to move but you can't stay here
0:15:45 > 0:15:48# You know me, evil eye
0:15:48 > 0:15:51# You know me, prepare to die
0:15:51 > 0:15:55# You know me, the snake might hiss
0:15:55 > 0:15:57# Devil's grip, the Iron Fist... #
0:15:58 > 0:16:00You have to be an egomaniac
0:16:00 > 0:16:02to be up there in the first place, playing anything,
0:16:02 > 0:16:05cos the stage fright at first is terrible, you know.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08You can fake it up to a point, but if you fake it completely,
0:16:08 > 0:16:10then they're going to know, you know.
0:16:10 > 0:16:11Excuse me. Sorry.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15PHONE RINGTONE: Theme from Halloween
0:16:19 > 0:16:20Hello?
0:16:22 > 0:16:24No, I'm halfway through an interview.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Where does it go back to? Where did you start?
0:16:26 > 0:16:28What's the thing that first got you going?
0:16:28 > 0:16:30- Little Richard. - Yeah.- Elvis, Jerry Lee.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32- Jerry Lee? Love Jerry Lee.- Yeah.
0:16:32 > 0:16:33He is The Killer.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36He was The Killer. I think he's The Killed now.
0:16:36 > 0:16:37He's the man. I think...
0:16:37 > 0:16:40- I bet you could sing a Jerry Lee song, couldn't you?- I bet I could.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Shall we have Lemmy sing a Jerry Lee song?
0:16:42 > 0:16:43CHEERING
0:16:43 > 0:16:46No, shall we have Lemmy singing a Jerry Lee song?
0:16:46 > 0:16:47LOUDER CHEERING
0:16:47 > 0:16:50# You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain
0:16:50 > 0:16:53# Too much love drives a man insane
0:16:53 > 0:16:55# You broke my will but what a thrill
0:16:55 > 0:16:59# Goodness, gracious, great balls of fire
0:16:59 > 0:17:02# Laughed at love cos I thought it was funny
0:17:02 > 0:17:04# You came along and moved me, honey
0:17:04 > 0:17:07# You changed my mind, the girl is fine
0:17:07 > 0:17:10# Goodness, gracious, great balls of fire
0:17:10 > 0:17:12# Kiss me, baby
0:17:12 > 0:17:15# Woo, feels good
0:17:15 > 0:17:17# Hold me, baby
0:17:17 > 0:17:21# Well, I want to love you like a lover should
0:17:21 > 0:17:24# You're fine, so kind
0:17:24 > 0:17:27# Want to tell this world that you're mine, mine, mine, mine
0:17:27 > 0:17:30# I chew my nails and I twiddle my thumbs
0:17:30 > 0:17:33# I'm real nervous, but it sure is fun
0:17:33 > 0:17:35# Come on, baby, you drive me crazy
0:17:35 > 0:17:38# Goodness, gracious, great balls of fire! #
0:17:40 > 0:17:42CHEERING
0:17:42 > 0:17:44Kind of like that.
0:17:44 > 0:17:45Thank you.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47'I did a lot of fooling around, you know.'
0:17:47 > 0:17:48I've had a good time out of rock and roll
0:17:48 > 0:17:50and it's had a good time out of me.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Oh, I love Jerry Lee.
0:17:52 > 0:17:53- In C.- In C, always?
0:17:53 > 0:17:55- No, not always.- No, not always?
0:17:55 > 0:17:58It was in D when we done it in the dressing room.
0:17:58 > 0:17:59- Was it? - LAUGHTER
0:17:59 > 0:18:03Do we go out like a little candle or do we reincarnate?
0:18:03 > 0:18:06Do we go and live with Jesus?
0:18:06 > 0:18:08- I don't think so.- What do you think?
0:18:08 > 0:18:11Oh, I think it's all wonderful
0:18:11 > 0:18:13and we go and live in Snowdon.
0:18:13 > 0:18:14At the top
0:18:14 > 0:18:16By the bar.
0:18:16 > 0:18:17I'm going to hell, anyway.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20That's where the pool tables are, you know what I mean?
0:18:20 > 0:18:23You can't imagine a pool table in heaven, can you?
0:18:23 > 0:18:25# The only thing you see,
0:18:25 > 0:18:27# You know it's gonna be
0:18:27 > 0:18:31# The ace of spades The ace of spades. #
0:18:35 > 0:18:38CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Well, that was that one.