Orgasmatron (album)
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| Orgasmatron | ||
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| Studio album by Motörhead | ||
| Released | August 9, 1986 | |
| Recorded | 1986 Master Rock Studios, London, UK |
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| Genre | Heavy Metal | |
| Length | 35:36 | |
| Label | GWR | |
| Producer(s) | Bill Laswell Jason Corsaro |
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| Motörhead chronology | ||
| No Remorse (1984) |
Orgasmatron (1986) |
Rock 'n' Roll (1987) |
Orgasmatron is the only full Motörhead album to feature Pete Gill on the drums, although he also played on the four new tracks recorded for the No Remorse compilation album.
The album's working title was Ridin' With The Driver and later changed to Orgasmatron, it was too late for Joe Petagno to change the cover art and the train design was used.[1]
It features some of Motörhead's heaviest songs ("Orgasmatron" and "Deaf Forever") and it is the album (along with No Remorse) that got Motörhead back on track after the unsuccessful 1983 album Another Perfect Day. The album reached number 21 in the UK charts.[2]
The song "Orgasmatron" was re-recorded in 2000 and was available as an internet download under the name "Orgasmatron 2000". It was later included on the band's 2003 five-disc box-set Stone Deaf Forever!.
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[edit] Sleeve artwork
As well as alluding to the original name of the album, Joe Petagno also commented on the concept behind the album cover:
[Lemmy] was living on a houseboat then, and collecting train models. He said, "You know, Joseph, I want a fucking train." It seemed weird to me... [laughs] but, yet again it worked.[1]
The preliminary sketch had the Orgasmatron train going in the opposite direction, but Petagno "decided to turn it so it was going out of the picture rather than [you] coming into it."[1]
It gave me a lot of trouble, because [of] trying to fit the head in front of the train with this cow scoop. But it worked in the end.[1]
[edit] Track listing
All tracks composed by Würzel, Phil Campbell, Pete Gill, Lemmy Kilmister except where noted
[edit] Original Version
- "Deaf Forever" – 4:25
- "Nothing Up My Sleeve" – 3:11
- "Ain't My Crime" – 3:42
- "Claw" – 3:31
- "Mean Machine" – 2:57
- "Built For Speed" – 4:56
- "Ridin' With The Driver" – 3:47
- "Doctor Rock" – 3:37
- "Orgasmatron" – 5:27
[edit] Bonus Tracks
- "On The Road" [live version - B-side of Deaf Forever] – 4:59
- "Steal Your Face" [live version - B-side of Deaf Forever] – 4:15
- "Claw" [Alternative Version] – 3:31
[edit] Deluxe Edition
In 2006, the album was re-issued with a bonus CD, featuring the band's performance at the Kerrang! Wooargh Weekender (Caister, Great Yarmouth - October 13, 1984):
[edit] Disc 1
- "Deaf Forever" – 4:25
- "Nothing Up My Sleeve" – 3:11
- "Ain't My Crime" – 3:42
- "Claw" – 3:31
- "Mean Machine" – 2:57
- "Built For Speed" – 4:56
- "Ridin' With The Driver" – 3:47
- "Doctor Rock" – 3:37
- "Orgasmatron" – 5:27
[edit] Disc 2
- "On The Road" – 4:59
- "Steal Your Face" [live] – 4:15
- "Claw" [Alternative Version] – 3:31
- "Stay Clean" [live] (Eddie Clarke, Lemmy Kilmister, Phil Taylor)
- "Heart Of Stone" [live] (Eddie Clarke, Lemmy Kilmister, Phil Taylor)
- "Nothing Up My Sleeve" [live]
- "Metropolis" [live] (Eddie Clarke, Lemmy Kilmister, Phil Taylor)
- "Killed By Death" [live]
- "Ace of Spades" [live] (Eddie Clarke, Lemmy Kilmister, Phil Taylor)
- "Steal Your Face" [live]
- "(We Are) The Road Crew" [live] (Eddie Clarke, Lemmy Kilmister, Phil Taylor)
- "Motörhead" [live] (Lemmy Kilmister)
- "Bomber" [live] (Eddie Clarke, Lemmy Kilmister, Phil Taylor)
- "Overkill" [live] (Eddie Clarke, Lemmy Kilmister, Phil Taylor)
[edit] Credits
- Lemmy Kilmister – bass, vocals
- Phil Campbell – guitar
- Würzel – guitar
- Pete Gill – drums
- Recorded at Master Rock Studios, London, UK
- Produced and engineered by Bill Laswell and Jason Corsaro
[edit] Miscellanea
- Brazilian thrash metal band, Sepultura, did a cover version of the song "Orgasmatron" which was released on the B-Side of their 1991 single, "Under Siege (Regnum Irae)"
- It was also covered by the Norwegian black metal band Satyricon, the Mexican thrash metal band transmetal, the Tuvan band Yat-Kha, with throat-singing frontsman Albert Kuvezin and the Swedish band Hellsongs
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d About Joe Petagno - interview section with Joe Petagno, bonus DVD with Inferno 30th Anniversary edition SPV69748.
- ^ Burridge, Alan Illustrated Collector's Guide to Motörhead Published: 1995, Collector's Guide Publishing ISBN 0-9695736-2-6.
[edit] External links
| Motörhead |
| Members |
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| Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister - Phil Campbell - Mikkey Dee |
| Former members: Larry Wallis - "Fast" Eddie Clarke - Brian "Robbo" Robertson - Michael "Würzel" Burston |
| Lucas Fox - Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor - Pete Gill - Tommy Aldridge |
| Discography |
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Albums: On Parole - Motörhead - Overkill - Bomber - Ace of Spades - No Sleep 'til Hammersmith - Iron Fist - Another Perfect Day - No Remorse - Orgasmatron - Rock 'n' Roll - No Sleep at All - 1916 - March ör Die - Bastards - Sacrifice - Overnight Sensation - Snake Bite Love - Everything Louder Than Everyone Else - We Are Motörhead - The Best Of - Hammered - Live at Brixton Academy - Inferno - BBC Live & In-Session - Kiss of Death |
| Related articles |
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Motörhead discography - Joe Petagno - Alan Burridge - Headgirl |
