Motörhead - Overkill 4K - No Sleep ’Til Hammersmith - HD Video

When ‘Overkill’ was written, it was, ‘Man, try this!’” exclaims Eddie. “I remember Phil got a new double drum kit, and we were sitting in rehearsals, and he would go in early and set it all up and we’d come ’round from the pub. And he said, ‘All right, man,’ and we started playing, and he stops after . . . we played for, I don’t know, half an hour or something. And he says, ‘Hey man, why can’t we do a song like this?’ That’s when he decided to do the double bass drums of ‘Overkill.’ So he’s sitting there going da-da-da-da-da-da, thundering away with the double bass drums. Because he was always speeding; he was kind of a bit like that. So he’s thumping away at this beat and we’re sitting there looking at him, so Lemmy starts playing that high bass part, ‘grrrrr,’ and then I started making a bit of noise, ‘grrrrr,’ and then we all crashed in on E, and that was the making of ‘Overkill.’ ” Only way to feel the noise is when it’s good and loud, So good you can’t believe it’s screa