Motorhead’s breakthrough Overkill now stands as a widely praised, towering achievement in heavy-rock history. That's wonderfully ironic since the album should, by all rights, have never even happened.

Happy anniversary to Motorhead's Overkill album. With their 1977 self-titled debut, Motörhead opened the floodgates for a new style of bluesy, bombastic biker metal, but two years later, on March 24, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Motörhead were formed by bassist/vocalist Lemmy in 1975, after he’d been kicked out of Hawkwind for allegedly doing the wrong type ...

Each LP will be available in expanded, deluxe hardback book CD and vinyl formats, while a box set titled 1979 will bring both together. They're being released on Oct. 25. You can see its full contents ...

During the course of 365 days, the group put out 'Overkill' and 'Bomber,' two albums that inspired everybody from Metallica to Mudhoney to play over the top Although Overkill was the band’s second ...

Motörhead’s Ace of Spades, Overkill, and Bomber return to four U.K. charts each as fans celebrate the band’s 50th anniversary. (MANDATORY CREDIT Watal Asanuma/Shinko Music/Getty Images) British hard ...