Sometimes you get to a Saturday and you just need to rock. This week on Teenage Kicks, we're looking back 40 years ago to the release of Motörhead's classic, Ace of Spades. It was November 1980, and Lemmy Kilmister's band was doing the impossible, bridging the distance between punk and metal, two opposing rock magnets. Along with Iron Maiden and Saxon, Motörhead found themselves at the forefront of what was termed the New Wave of British Metal, which would go on to influence the emerging thrash-metal movement and bands like Metallica. In later years, Lemmy became Rock and Roll Legend personified - often found holding court at the Rainbow Bar and Grill in Los Angeles until his death in late 2015 at the age of 70. This week we rock: with Motörhead on Teenage Kicks!

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