Killing Joke – ‘What’s THIS For…!’ (1981) On a separate note, why do bands not dress up as cowboys and pose for pictures on Margate Beach any more? While every self-respecting rock fan should own ‘Overkill’ and ‘Bomber’, the third part of the Motorhead Imperial Period trilogy has its own fair share of peaks including a rare slow number in the form of unreconstructed and rampant ‘The Chase Is Better Than The Catch’, the work ethic flaunting ‘We Are The Road Crew’ and the priapic ‘Love Me Like A Reptile’.

The reason why it’s not important however is that it’s such a fucking great record, that it stands to be repeated. No one wants to admit that all Motorhead albums prior to ‘Orgasmatron’ in 1986 are all essentially the same record. This list is unranked but know this: all of these albums are evidence of true genius and should rightfully be listened to while standing on a hillock constructed from the bloodied limbs of your vanquished enemies, naked from the waist down and dressed as Idi Amin from the waist up while drinking a fine pale cream sherry from the hollowed out skull of your accountant (and if this is not practical, then lying face down on your kitchen floor in a blissful haze of Jagermeister will suffice). And yes, I have actually heard albums by Ozzy Osbourne/ W.A.S.P./ Helloween/ Tank/ Van Halen/ Motley Crue/ GunsN’Roses/ Stryper/ Saxon/ Anthrax/ Red Hot Chili Peppers/ Faith No More/ Testament/ Def Leppard/ Twisted Sister/ UFO/ Girlschool/ Queensryche etc… I just don’t like them as much, if at all. Not that it needs spelling out, but I will do anyway: this list reflects my own taste in music and isn’t by any means what you’d call scientifically or even logically constructed. With this in mind, there will be no hair metal on my watch – it is an unsightly, festering, pus-laden boil on the otherwise flawless silken smooth buttocks of this fine musical form. It is a testament to the unimpeachable strength of metal in this decade that there is only room for bona fide classics here.

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