We Are Motörhead


We Are Motörhead is the fifteenth studio album by the band Motörhead, released 15 May 2000, on Steamhammer, their fifth with the label, equalling their Bronze Records total of full length original album releases.

Recording

The album contains a cover of the punk band The Sex Pistols' song "God Save the Queen," for which the band recorded a promo video atop an open-top London Routemaster bus. In the Motörhead documentary The Guts and the Glory, vocalist and bassist Lemmy Kilmister declares:

Release

At the time of We Are Motörhead's release, the band was in competition with itself as the compilations Deaf Forever and The Best of Motörhead also came out, something the band had no control over.

Artwork

, the sleeve artist, commented on the influences behind the cover concept:

Critical reception

review states:

Track listing

Personnel

Per the We Are Motörhead liner notes.

Charts