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Motorhead 
w/ Morbid Angel
House of Blues Anaheim 5/18/02   Review by Phil Dis.

�Ozzy may be the Godfather of Metal, but Lemmy is God!� � Texas Terri (Texas Terri and the Stiff Ones)

I�m a vermin He�s a vermin She�s a vermin We�re the  vermin wouldn�t you like to be a vermin too? Motorhead graced the stage for one incredible night at Anaheim�s House of Blues on Saturday May 18th, 2002 touring in support of their latest release �Hammered.�  It�s always amazing to see some of the creatures that crawl out from under a rock when Motorhead comes to town.  Believe me, you wouldn�t want to meet up with a pack of Motorhead�s most hardcore fans in a dark alley.

We�re talking potential serial killer types here.  I got the confirmation for press and photo passes via e-mail at 6:15 P.M. the day of the show from Motorhead publicist Carol Phillips who also set-up an interview I was  supposed to do at 6:30 P.M. that night.  As punishment for not checking my e-mail until that late I missed my opportunity to do an interview I�ve been begging Carol to set-up for me for over a year now.  Sooner or later in this lifetime I�m gonna interview this band for antiMUSIC, I swear!

There were three opening bands for this show and I missed the first two.  I got there in time to catch Morbid Angel�s performance though.  I�ve never been a big Morbid Angel fan but nonetheless they do have a  HUGE, and very devoted following of fans that I would have to say most definitely contributed to the vermin factor.  Musically?  Morbid Angel can be described as  the three R�s.  Relentless, Repetitive, and Redundant.  But their fans really like it.

I got past the bouncers and was allowed into the photo pit where I secured my position in front of the center of the stage and tested out my camera and zoom on  different areas of the stage where I thought I might be able to get some good pictures from.  Motorhead�s crew worked fast and efficiently getting Morbid Angel�s gear off the stage and setting up Motorhead�s stuff.  The curtains at the front of the stage were left open giving the crowd a glimpse into the inner workings of all that�s involved in order for Motorhead to put on their  show.

The energy level was very high in anticipation for Motorhead to take the stage and start the show.  After the crew finished setting up Motorhead�s equipment the stage lights dimmed and the noise level went up in response.  But it was a false alarm.  A voice came over the PA and said �Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the House of Blues.  For your safety moshing,  thrashing, and crowd surfing are not allowed in the venue, and I forget the rest of the spiel but as far as I�m concerned House of Blues can mosh, thrash, and crowd surf theez nutz!

A few short minutes after that, Motorhead appeared and was greeted by the crowd going hysterical.   Lemmy was so appreciative of the adoration from the fans that he could hardly keep a straight face as he  casually approached the microphone and told the crowd �We are Motorhead, and we�re gonna clean your clock!�  The energy level tripled at that moment and the band wasted no time in tearing into �We Are Motorhead.�  Motorhead rocked harder, faster, and louder than I�ve ever seen them do before this night.

Motorhead played a great mix of old Motorhead, newer Motorhead, and lots of material from the new album �Hammered.�  Mikkey Dee did an amazing drum solo and I have to agree with what Lemmy keeps saying in his introduction of Mikkey to the audience about Mikkey being the best drummer in the world.  I�ve never seen any drummer play that hard for two straight hours.  Mikkey is definitely dedicated to putting on a great show.  Phil also did a short but sweet guitar solo that showed-off his six string ability to the crowd.

Motorhead didn�t move next door to my house but they did play in Anaheim on this night, and when I got home to Long Beach at three in the morning...MY LAWN WAS DEAD!

Photos by Phil Dis. Copyright 2002 Iconoclast Entertainment Group and Phil Dis - All Rights Reserved.

Phil Dis is a contributing writer for antiMUSIC and the iconoFAN Network. 
 

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