‘Ace Of Spades’ Motörhead – covered by punk rock legends Pennywise

Pennywise guitarist Fletcher Dragge comments about their cover of Motörhead’s timeless anthem, ‘Ace Of Spades’: “Getting into punk rock around 1980, basically the only metal band that was allowed to be part of the punk rock scene was Motörhead, as far as I was concerned. If you saw somebody show up in a jean vest with the Motörhead patch on the back it was like, “There’s a metaller, but he can hang with us!”. ‘Ace of Spades’ was the track where you heard that and went, “That’s not metal, that’s punk rock!”

Heavy metal and punk rock! It’s fair to say that these two noisy tribes now have a great deal in common—often melding together, almost indistinguishable, to produce bastard offspring of their own. But it wasn’t always this way. Indeed, there was a time when fists were more likely to be thrown than bumped, and beers more likely to be hurled than shared—except when it came to Motörhead. That was the one band we could all agree on. The one band that was truly ours!

Across the fourteen tracks on this album, cunningly titled ‘Killed By Deaf’, you’ll hear a loving tribute to Motörhead from some of punk rocks’ biggest and most respected bands. Luminaries like Rancid, Pennywise, Lagwagon, GBH, The Bronx and FEAR all contribute raucous versions of their favourite Motörhead tracks… and also up-and-coming upstarts like Slaughterhouse contribute, because, let’s face it, Motörhead always loved and championed the underdogs.  
 
The only non-Motörhead song on this album is from a previously unheard and blistering version of The Damned’s classic, Neat Neat Neat, featuring the great man, Lemmy, himself and The Damned.
 
Killed By Deaf – A Punk Tribute To Motörhead will be released on LP, CD and digital on 31^st October 2025. See below for the full track listing and be sure to visit www.iMotorhead.com for news and updates!

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