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8. "We Are Motorhead And We Play Rock N Roll" - Motorhead
When metal was in its infancy, Motorhead were the band that injected that extra level of attitude back into rock and roll. With the perfect amount of sonic bite, frontman Lemmy Kilmister led this power trio through decade after decade, casually redefining the metal landscape at every turn.
Although the band gets endless accolades as the founders of metal music, Lemmy always contested that Motorhead was not a metal band but just your average rock and roll band who happens to play extremely loud. Once you sit back and listen to the music, you can really see where the man is coming from. Kilmister's vision for the band has seemed to be a harder-edged update of the trailblazers of the rock genre. Put Little Richard together with the brashness of something like the MC5 and you've practically already heard some of these tracks.
Regardless of the holding pattern, Lemmy's defiant attitude and remarkabe tenacity powered the group through years of drug abuse and debauchery until his untimely passing in 2015. This band's distinct mix of blues, rock and roll, and punk is something that even the hardest metalheads still hold in the highest regard. Sure the sound might not change, but who the hell was asking them to?