The George Lite Zone

Get your diaries out pop pickers. Get Ready To ROCK Radio is doing a Rock Profile on Motörhead on the 27th of September. It's certainly music I want to hear. Here's the rest of the schedule for the show: - Sunday 16 August - Wishbone Ash New album/DVD in September; on tour in October 23 August - Jethro Tull Ian Anderson on tour in September 30 August - Porcupine Tree On tour in October and December 6 September - Fleetwood Mac On tour in October/November 13 September - Steve Hackett New album in October; on tour in November 20 September - Alice Cooper On tour in November/December 27 September - Motörhead On tour in November 4 October - Queensryche The band play 'Hard Rock Hell' in December Note that several of the above bands were listed in my last post so the shows should ROCK. Thinks for the heads up by Mr H courtesy of a comment on a post on Jimmy's esteemed blog Moving Like A Parallelogram! .

Quel surprise, the band return for an encore of Whorehouse Blues , Ace Of Spades and a cracking version of Overkill , Mickey Dee's drumming on this was superb. Cue more serious head banging and the obligtory Lemmy machine gun base playing, mowing down ranks of Belgian body serfers carried by their peers into the arms of the waiting security team. The tremendous trio bow take a final bow as Lemmy's base blasts out feedback from its resting position propped against an amp. The base fades, as does the crowd melting out into a Brussels night like the weekend snow. Ears still ringing I head for the 63 bus and back to the flat. Another perfect gig.

The main part of the gig ends with Danko Jones coming on stage to clown along to Killed by Death followed by a rousing version of Bomber . Firestorm coming closer, napalm to the bone... More moshing, more head banging and the band leave the stage to the chant of Motorhead, Motorhead. Will they return? Will my ears stop ringing? Will Tom Baker return as Dr Who? Tune in for my next post, same bat time, same bat channel. Down the Line

Opening up with a blistering rendition of Iron Fist segueing seamlessly into Stay Clean , Motorhead strut the boards at Ancienne Belgique Brussels and the crowd go wild, including yours truly. It's been 27 years since I first saw Motorhead and some things never change, Lemmy till has more charisma in his little finger and he plays base like some mad god of rock while messrs Campbell and Mickey Dee just get better every year. There follow Be My Baby and Rock Out . A special prize for anyone who can identify yours truly in the following footage. The angle I took the above picture at and the fact I was in the front row are a clue, as is my arm that periodically stabs the air with the intensity of Norman Bates on speed. Back to a couple of golden oldies Metropolis and Over The Top , followed by One Night Stand , I Got Mine and the second song off the new album, Thousand Names Of God . Civil War and Another Perfect Day, are then followed by a nice little guitar solo from Phil ...

I'm currently listening to Lemmy on Planet Rock, the home of rock radio. Here are his choices for the My Planet Rocks show: - The Beatles - Slow Down , She was Just Seventeen MC5 - Human Being Lawnmower Lemmy was one of the artists who supplied vocals when the 3 surviving members of MC5 performed a reunion concert at the 100 Club in London in 2003. The Rolling Stones - Route 66 - Live Hendrix - Love or Confusion Lemmy roadied for Hendrix for 8 months, just before he joined Hawkwind, allegedly he used to score acid for the guitar maestro. The Who - Summertime Blues The Ramones - I Want To Be Sedated Another band Lemmy's performed with, not to mention R.A.M.O.N.E.S. The Sex Pistols - Anarchy In the UK The Damned - Neat neat neat Led Zeppelin - Black Dog Good choices !