No Class
| "Motörhead – No Class" | ||||
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| Producer(s) | Jimmy Miller | |||
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"No Class" is a song by the British heavy metal band Motörhead. It was released in 1979 in 7" vinyl pressings. The song first appeared on the 1979 album Overkill, and became one of the "cornerstones" of the classic 1981 live album No Sleep 'til Hammersmith.[2] It is one of the band's "anthems".[3]
Release
It was available in three different covers, with a picture of
Style and influences
Stylistically, the song is described as "get-down rock boogie".[6] Critics have noted the similarities at the time between Motörhead's music and ZZ Top's, and the guitar riff in "No Class" is said to be "stolen" from ZZ Top's "Tush."[7]
On Motörhead's 1999 live album Everything Louder than Everyone Else, before playing "No Class" Lemmy dedicated the song to long-time friend Wendy O. Williams, who had committed suicide the previous month.[8]
Notable covers
- The Plasmatics covered the song in 1982, as part of the Stand by Your Man EP collaboration with Motörhead.[9][10]
- In 1990 the Argentine Thrash metal band Hermética recorded "No Class" for Intérpretes, a cover album; it is the only English track ever recorded by the band.
- In 2010, the sludge metal band Kingdom of Sorrow covered the song on their album Behind the Blackest Tears.[11]
- In 2012, founding thrash metal band Megadeth covered the song on their Gigantour after Motörhead had to pull out of the last 4 shows. Lemmy had a combination of a viral upper respiratory infection and a voice strain.[12]
Single track listing
- "No Class" (Phil Taylor)
- "Like a Nightmare" (Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor)
Personnel
- "Fast" Eddie Clarke – Guitars, vocals
- Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor – Drums
- Lemmy (Ian Kilmister) – Bass, lead vocals
References
- ^ "Motorhead singles".
- ISBN 978-0-87930-627-4.
- ^ Diehl, Matt (April 2009). "The Spin Interview: Lemmy". Spin. pp. 68–70. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- ISBN 0-9695736-2-6.
- ISBN 978-0-8065-2590-7.
- ISBN 978-0-8264-8217-4.
- ISBN 978-1-84353-105-0.
- ^ Bolton, R. Scott (27 August 2002). "Lemmy Describes Motörhead's Everything Louder Than Everyone Else". Rough Edge. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- ISBN 978-0-87930-848-3.
- ISBN 978-0-8065-2590-7.
- ISBN 978-0-9582684-0-0.
- ^ "Megadeth – No Class (Motörhead cover) – (2012 SxSW Austin)". 6 March 2012. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2016 – via YouTube.
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