Joel McIver - Overkill: The Story of Motorhead

Authors interviews Lemmy in 1999, 2003 and 2005; interview with Cameron Webb for Classic Rock Presents Motrhead in 2010; interviews with Joe Petagno, Ginger, John Lydon, Girlschool, Kris Needs, Ed Stasium, Alan Burridge and Mick Stevenson between 2005 and 2010.

Other sources Steven Dalton, Kris Needs, Philip Byrne, Dr Brian Damage, Emma Brockes/The Guardian, Rock City, Mat Snow/Q, James Doorne/Bizarre, Christine Natanael, Paul Du Noyer, Roger Lotring, Keith Carman, Calgary Herald, Robin Fleming, David Wilson, Vice, Diego Silva, Rolling Stone, Grindline, Contactmusic.com, Kerrang! Radio, John Mendelsohn, Jim Markunas/CWG, Scott Heller, Nick Duerden/The Independent, The Telegraph, Chris Salewicz, Sunday Times, Philip Byrne, Sarah L. Myers, Matt Pike/Revolver, Valerie Potter, Dave Thompson/Goldmine, Garry Bushell/Sounds, Geoff Barton/Sounds, Scott Adams, Joy Williams, Andrew Dansby/Rolling Stone, Pete Silverton, StayThirstyMedia.com, Gary James, Mat Scanlan and Dave Bourgoin, Over The Top fanzine, issue 1, Pete Makowski/ Classic Rock, Adam Sweeting, David Necro/Crypt, Sylvie Simmons, Brian Harrigan/Melody Maker, Sandy Robertson, Don Snowden/Los Angeles Times, The Age, Rockconfidential.com, IMWT, K2K, Roadie Crew, Classic Rock Revisited, Creem-Metal, Roger Lotring, Inked, Big Shout, Marko Syrjala, Samuel Barker, Joe Garden/The Onion, Belfast Telegraph, Riverfront Times, Fajsz Deaky, Steve Appleford/LA Times (heart murmur story), Gary James, NME, BBC, Pop-Rock Candy Mountain, AMZ, Melanie Falina, Noisecreep, Metal Hammer, Record Collector, Bass Guitar Magazine, Slow Blues, Ultimateguitar.com, Stay Thirsty, Guitar International, Metal Edge, Metal Maniacs, Todd Brown/Twitch, Radio Metal, Artisan News Service.

Quotes from Kris Needs, Mat Snow, Stephen Dalton, Pete Makowski, Marko Syrjala, Steven Rosen and Dave Ling used with kind permission.

Sources, Chapter 21 Lemmy quotes: Jamie Blaine (@JMBlaine)/ Bass Guitar Magazine, Mikkey Dee, He was terribly gaunt... Expressen, Lemmy, Im feeling very sad... Classic Rock, Steve Luna quotes: authors own interview/ Bass Guitar Magazine, Todd Singerman quotes: Classic Rock.

Chapter 1

C hristmas came a day early in 1945 at least in Burslem, part of the town of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England. On December 24 that year just months after the end of World War Two, a son was born to an ex-Royal Air Force chaplain and his wife, the Kilmisters. The boy, Ian, was born four weeks premature and came complete with a perforated eardrum and whooping cough, causing his parents to fear for his life and request an emergency christening in case he didnt recover. He recovered all right, but the family were about to experience more turbulence.