After what seemed like an hour, but was really only 30 minutes, the stage dims, the music stops, and Lemmy emerges from stage right. He calmly walks to his microphone as the crowd chants LEMMY! LEMMY! LEMMY! His first words to the crowd are "We are Motorhead and we play rock n roll." In case you didn't know.
 
The band busts into Dr. Rock at an ear busting volume. The crowd erupts into a giant pit, recently whipped up into a frenzy thanks to the opening acts, ASG, Year Long Disaster, and Valient Thorr.

Lemmy's voice is snarled, grizzly, and husky. Pretty much what you would expect from a man who has only drank whiskey most of his life. Mikkey Dee and Phil Campbell back Lemmy and round out the trio that is now Motorhead. Phil hurling solos at it as if he's not even trying. Mikkey Dee, one of metal's best drummers, in my opinion, kept the beat and gave us a steady beat at which to bang our heads.
 
The band ripped through two more hits, Stay Clean and Be My Baby, before halting while Lemmy addressed the crowd. "We have a new album out called Motorizer. Here is a song from it." That is when the band played a much harder song than the previous three entitled Rock Out.
 
It took me back, I wasn't expecting the new Motorhead sound to be BETTER than the old Motorhead, but there it was. Rock Out was figuratively ear raping me and I was enjoying every moment of it.
 
Motorhead played another song from Motorizer and it too sounded amazing. I immediately went home and bought the album because of how awesome they translated live. The most aggressive pits were during the two new songs and Ace of Spades. That proves how well the new album has been accepted.
 
The band slowed it down a bit with Metropolis, but only for a short time until they started Over the Top.
 
One highlight for me was the drum solo. I usually don't like drum solos because I believe they take away from the music. The band could easily fit another song in that time frame, but instead we get a drum solo. Anyway, I was in complete awe of Mikkey Dee as he rolled around his drum kit. I stood there trying to identify how many drums were being hit simultaneously to get the sounds Mikkey was producing. It was impossible. So many drum beats and only four limbs.
 
Killed By Death, my personal favorite, showcased Mikkey Dee once again. Mikkey was throwing drumsticks into the air and after each backward toss, grabbing a new stick and playing again. He didn't miss a beat. Not one.
 
Another highlight of this show was the cover of a cover of a cover. Motorhead covered Thin Lizzy's cover of Bob Seger's song Rosalie. This is when Lemmy asked the crowd if they liked Thin Lizzy. The crowd cheered mildly. He then said something to effect of "This is for Phil Lynott (lead singer and bassist of Thin Lizzy) wherever the hell you are." It was a good cover version.
 
Motorhead concluded their set with Iron Fist. They waved to the crowd and walked off stage while roadies prepared it for the encore. They moved a couple of stools to the front, moved Lemmy's microphone to the middle of the stage, brought out a bass drum, and two acoustic guitars. The lights came back on and a washed the stage in a red light. Mikkey Dee sat behind the bass drum and took an acoustic guitar. Phil took the other acoustic guitar as Lemmy walked to center stage.
 


Then band played my second favorite Motorhead song, Whorehouse Blues. Again I was in awe of Mikkey Dee who was able to play rhythm guitar and the bass drum at the same time. I can't even balance on one foot and tie my shoe, let alone play two different instruments at once. Lemmy serenaded us as best he could with that grizzly voice and then played the harmonica.
 
With Whorehouse Blues concluded the band ripped through Ace of Spades which was clearly the crowd favorite. It was at this point that two large bouncers speared this rowdy mosher who was hellbent on taking out the smaller guys and girls in the pit. He was taken outside immediately and I can only suspect raped anally...or at least he should have been.
 
Lemmy spoke one more time reminding the crowd "We are Motorhead and we play rock n' roll." That is when they concluded with the song Overkill. After Overkill, the three members, Phil Campbell, Mikkey Dee, and Lemmy Kilmister, met center stage, waved to the crowd, and thanked everyone for continuing to show up after 30 some years.
 
Setlist:
 
Dr Rock
Stay Clean
Be My Baby
Rock Out
Metropolis
Over the Top
One Night Stand
I Got Mine
Rosalie
In the Name of Tragedy
Drum Solo
Back into In the Name of Tragedy
Just 'Cos You Got the Power
Going to Brazil
Killed By Death
Iron Fist
 
Encore:

Whorehouse Blues
Ace of Spades
Overkill




There were so many awesome pictures, we can't put them all up in the review. Check out the other pictures in our Motorhead album. And as always, any picture in the review you can click to enlarge.