by Harry Keogh

Created on: September 18, 2010

On 29th November 1993 the British heavy metal band Motorhead returned to what they do best with their album Bastards, originally to be titled “Devils”. This was later to be changed to the slightly more controversial title “Bastards” which is not meant in the vulgar term but merely as a reference to a child born out of wedlock. After their last album “March or Die” which was a very commercial and toned down form of the band, it is good to hear them returning to full force with this album.

At the time of recording the band consisted of the following members;

Lemmy Kilmister – Bass guitar and Vocals
Phil Cambell – Guitar
Wurzel – Guitar
Mikkey Dee – Drums

• Track Listing

1. On your Feet or On your Knees
The album’s opening track kicks off full tilt with the band playing as fast as their little hands will allow them too. The guitar work sets a blistering pace which is continued through the rest of the album.

2. Burner
Ok so the first track on the album was quick but in comparsion to “Burner” it sounds like the band was half asleep at the time. Mikkey Dee’s drum work through the entire song sounds exhausting just to listen to yet alone try to play along with.

3. Death or Glory
The relentless pace carries on as Lemmy sings of the life and deaths of various soldiers through the history of war. The mid section of the song has an almost military marching sound to it.

4. I am the Sword
The pace of the album slows down a bit to give us all a breather, however the sheer aggression of the song more than makes up for this slightly slower tempo.

5. Born to Raise Hell
Perhaps the most famous song off of the album, and the first single to be released from the album. However the single version differs to this version slightly in the fact that Lemmy sings on the album version on his own. Whilst the single version also includes the vocal talents of Whitfield Crane of Ugly Kid Joe and Ice-T. The song featured at the start of theBrendan Frasier film “Airheads” in which Lemmy makes a cameo appearance and also over the ending credits for the film “Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth”.

6. Don’t let Daddy Kiss Me
Reported as one of Lemmy’s favourite songs that he has written he had previously asked such rock singers as Lita Ford and Joan Jett to record the

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