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Heavy metal or punk rock? For Mot\u00f6rhead<\/a><\/strong>, the line never really existed. Lemmy<\/strong> and his wrecking crew stood as the one band both tribes could claim as their own, a unifying force at a time when fists flew more often than pints were shared. As Lemmy<\/strong> himself once put it: “The punks loved us. The only reason we weren\u2019t in that lot was because we had long hair, so obviously we must be heavy metal.”<\/p>\n That crossover spirit is now being honored on Killed By Deaf \u2013 A Punk Tribute To Mot\u00f6rhead<\/em>, out October 31st via BMG. Across fourteen tracks, punk legends and new blood alike tear through Mot\u00f6rhead classics with the ferocity they inspired in the first place.<\/p>\n Pennywise<\/strong> rev up “Ace of Spades,” Rancid<\/strong> dive into “Sex & Death,” The Bronx<\/strong> rip “Over The Top,” Lagwagon<\/strong> tackle “Rock \u2019N\u2019 Roll,” FEAR snarl through “The Chase Is Better Than The Catch,” and GBH<\/strong> detonate “Bomber.” Upstarts like Slaughterhouse<\/strong>, Love Canal<\/strong>, and Soldiers Of Destruction<\/strong> sit comfortably alongside the veterans, a reminder that Mot\u00f6rhead<\/strong> always championed the underdog.<\/p>\n The record closes on a historic rarity: a previously unheard 2002 version of The Damned<\/strong>‘s “Neat Neat Neat,” with Lemmy<\/strong> himself joining the punk pioneers for a blistering run-through that blurs the lines between the two camps once more. The full tracklist is:<\/p>\n Mot\u00f6rhead<\/strong>\u2019s connection to punk runs deep \u2014 from their shared bills with The Damned<\/strong> in the late \u201970s to penning “R.A.M.O.N.E.S.” in honor of New York\u2019s finest, to Lemmy<\/strong>\u2019s brief stint playing bass in The Doomed<\/strong>. It\u2019s only fitting, then, that some of punk\u2019s most respected voices return the favor here.<\/p>\n Killed By Deaf<\/em> will be available on vinyl, CD, and digital formats, with pre-orders live now here<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\n