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How can anyone even argue against the fact that all those Trash bands took Motörhead as an influence?

Motörhead were the godfathers of Thrash, Thrash before there was a name for it, by the merging of Punk & Heavy Metal.

 

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  On 12/06/2021 at 17:38, Killed_by_Death said:

 

Who was doing a sound like this (Thrash) before 1979?

 

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What a band. Having seen (and met) them a few times back in the day, it’s hard to believe they’re not with us anymore. With all due respect to the other incarnations, Motorhead will always be the Three Amigos for me. 

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I would argue Overkill (the song) isn't thrash. Thrash was that fast, hardcore-derived beat, combined with metal riffs, rather than punk-type chord progressions - at least that's what it was back in the 80's, before the term got diluted by lazy journalists to describe the output of a cluster of bands rather than a style of music. It was never the type of double-bass drumming in Overkill. Bear in mind the geography - thrash was pioneered in California, the home of hardcore punk and those early thrash bands were most definitely exposed to it. You combine that fast beat with the riffs of the likes of Judas Priest, Maiden, Motorhead, Venom and NWOBHM and you get thrash. Singling any of them out for individual credit is quite wrong, in my opinion.

Thrash examples:

https://youtu.be/9MsiHRPiXCI?t=107
https://youtu.be/TnRZhLRv6eM?t=30
https://youtu.be/xeK1E1HaMdY?t=52
https://youtu.be/iSHsNbhQkw0?t=15
https://youtu.be/2GNt4UGa4tg?t=7
https://youtu.be/c0VkXJjH-uA?t=18
https://youtu.be/AeififDPVCw?t=3
https://youtu.be/YmWEP6pPzgg?t=30
https://youtu.be/LtaH2yllusU?t=12
https://youtu.be/Hf__tRy0g10?t=74
https://youtu.be/T5SKqEE2U-g?t=4
https://youtu.be/1v6LC6ZsRjo?t=74
https://youtu.be/ASFfYKqJWHA?t=27

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  On 12/06/2021 at 18:30, Doctor J said:

It was never the type of double-bass drumming in Overkill. Bear in mind the geography - thrash was pioneered in California,

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Lars Ulrich would disagree & from there more Thrash was influenced by Metallica.

Motörhead weren't the only influence to Thrash, that would be a daft statement, but they were the primary influence.

 

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corrected Lars name
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  On 12/06/2021 at 18:32, Killed_by_Death said:

Lars Ulrich would disagree & from there more Thrash was influenced by Metallica.

Motörhead weren't the only influence to Thrash, that would be a daft statement, but they were the primary influence.

 

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The same Lars Ulrich who spent years denying Metallica were ever a thrash band? 😉

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  On 12/06/2021 at 18:30, Doctor J said:

I would argue Overkill (the song) isn't thrash. Thrash was that fast, hardcore-derived beat, combined with metal riffs, rather than punk-type chord progressions - at least that's what it was back in the 80's, before the term got diluted by lazy journalists to describe the output of a cluster of bands rather than a style of music. It was never the type of double-bass drumming in Overkill. Bear in mind the geography - thrash was pioneered in California, the home of hardcore punk and those early thrash bands were most definitely exposed to it. You combine that fast beat with the riffs of the likes of Judas Priest, Maiden, Motorhead, Venom and NWOBHM and you get thrash. Singling any of them out for individual credit is quite wrong, in my opinion.

Thrash examples:

https://youtu.be/9MsiHRPiXCI?t=107
https://youtu.be/TnRZhLRv6eM?t=30
https://youtu.be/xeK1E1HaMdY?t=52
https://youtu.be/iSHsNbhQkw0?t=15
https://youtu.be/2GNt4UGa4tg?t=7
https://youtu.be/c0VkXJjH-uA?t=18
https://youtu.be/AeififDPVCw?t=3
https://youtu.be/YmWEP6pPzgg?t=30
https://youtu.be/LtaH2yllusU?t=12
https://youtu.be/Hf__tRy0g10?t=74
https://youtu.be/T5SKqEE2U-g?t=4
https://youtu.be/1v6LC6ZsRjo?t=74
https://youtu.be/ASFfYKqJWHA?t=27

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Outstanding choices there, sir 👍

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  On 12/06/2021 at 18:40, Killed_by_Death said:

Lemmy would never say MH were Thrash, he hated labels & started their shows with "We are Motörhead, & we play Rock & Roll!"

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Indeed they were, and did, that is why there is a clear similarity in sound between motorhead (the track) by hawkwind and their early stuff. When we were going to gigs in 1980+, if we wanted heavy we would go to priest or one of the start of the bands that would be nwobhm, if we wanted rock we would go to motorhead or one of the older school bands that were around.

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It's a matter of opinion  I suppose, but MH weren't included in NWOBHM because they were heavier than that.

I asked Lemmy in 1991 if MH were Heavy Metal or Punk & he said the statement above, loudly, LOL!

 

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I thought this was held to be the common root of all Thrash?

 

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