10 Hidden Details You Never Noticed In Metallica Tracks
7. Why Is It Called "Murder One"?
If the lyrics and music video haven't clued you into this fact by now, "Murder One", the penultimate cut off Hardwired... to Self-Destruct (2016), is a song dedicated to the late, great Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister, whom we tragically lost in December 2015.
With its countless references to "iron horses" and "aces high", this fact isn't really a surprise. But for those who aren't die-hard Motörhead fanatics, the title of the track may be.
If you aren't in the know, the video's decision to emblazon the song's title onto Lemmy's animated amplifiers is by no means an accident. "MURDER ONE" were the two words that were displayed proudly in gold on the front of one of Lemmy's favourite amps. He also had other cabinets with heads reading "Killer" and "No Remorse" and, before them, "Hammer".
Lemmy brought "Murder One" on-tour with Motörhead from 1976 until it got blown up (of course) circa 2007/8 and replaced with the far-less-cool "Marsha", named in reference to the manufacturer Marshall Amplifiers.
One of the more obscure titbits from the song (and the album), but definitely one worth mentioning.
We still miss you Lem.