Motörhead release previously unheard sound check version of “Stay Clean.”

Photo by Rick Saunders

Life on the road isn’t all glamour and rock’n’roll excess and MOTÖRHEAD’s punishing tour schedule in 1981 took them all over the globe as they rode high on the success of Ace Of Spades. One integral part of the daily grind on the road is the sound check, although very little of it is ever seen or documented in the public domain. Fortunately during the Short Sharp Pain In The Neck tour of March 1981, 

MOTÖRHEAD had a mobile recording studio in tow as they recorded their thunderous, number 1 live album, No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith now celebrating its 40th year. This rare recording of them performing “Stay Clean” as they warmed up for the night at Newcastle on March 30 is accompanied by a video containing behind the scenes montages of the backbone of the MOTÖRHEAD live show; the legendary road crew!

Watch the video at https://youtu.be/nTEGnEgUrY4.

The deluxe CD Box-Set and Special 40th Anniversary Editions of No Sleep‘ Til Hammersmith will be released on June 25, 2021.

Preorders and exclusive merch bundles can be found herehttps://motorhead.lnk.to/nosleep40PR

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[Thanks to Maria at Adrenaline PR.]

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Nik Havert

I've been a music fan since my parents gave me a record player for Christmas when I was still in grade school. The first record I remember owning was "Sesame Street Disco." I've been a professional writer since 2004, but writing long before that. My first published work was in a middle school literary magazine and was a story about a zoo in which the animals could talk.

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