‘We are Motörhead and we play rock’n’roll .......’ This is the usual opening line for a live Motörhead show and everyone can be sure that this band will kick some ass.... Motörhead’s approach has remained the same over the band’s career, preferring to play what they enjoy and do best; their appreciation of early rock and roll, enriched with a dash of punk, a pinch of heavy metal and their well known sound intensity with lots of decibel where you can feel the bass in your stomach and maybe better protect your ear canals. Simply: Rock’n’Roll – that’s what the band is referring to. Lemmy: ‘I come from way before Metal. I’m playing Rock’ n’ Roll and I think Rock’ n’ Roll should be sacred – it is to me. I don’t see why it should not be for everybody else." Motörhead was and isunquestionable influential to many, many other bands. The trademark and famous Snaggletooth, one of the best known logos around the world, is the fanged face that serves as the symbol of Motörhead. Artist Joe Petagno drew it in 1977 for the cover of the band's debut album. Petagno stated: The inspiration came from just being a naturally pissed off bastard! And Lemmy is the same way! So it was bound to be an alchemal wedding of a more "primordial nature". I did a lot of research on skull types and found an x-breed gorilla-wolf-dog combination would work nicely with some oversized boars horns. Lemmy added helmet, chains, spit, spikes and grit. The British rockband was formed in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Ian Frazer Kilmister, better known as Lemmy. The current line up with Phil Campbell (1984) on guitar and Mikkey Dee (1992) on drums is a well matching team that has a blind understanding for each other as the success over the years has proven it enough.