Kris Needs: Memories of Motorhead with Krusher at Vinyl on Wednesdays was a blast!

The evening came about after Krusher and I were reunited at last October’s launch bash for Motorhead’s Overkill reissue in London. We had so much fun, I knew we had to do it again for our faithful VOW regulars and the larger restaurant was thankfully packed.

Last year, in the days when we would play a whole album then talk about it, we featured Motorhead’s chart-topping No Sleep Till Hammersmith. This time, after some scene-setting tracks by Kenneth Williams as Rambling Sid Rumpo, there were so many riotous rock ‘n’ roll war stories flowing like Jack Daniels that we only managed to play four tracks and even then overran our curfew by 20 minutes!

I first met Krusher when he started designing Motorhead’s tour programmes and other artwork around 1978. For the next five years we both experienced many highs and the odd low as Motorhead rose to become one of the UK’s biggest bands, thanks to albums like Overkill, Bomber and Ace Of Spades. We both shared many long nights with Lemmy, the trio’s legendary singer-bassist, usually standing at his side as he relentlessly fed coins into the nearest fruit machine for hours.

We both agreed that, behind the scary, hell-raising image, Lemmy was lovely, frequently-hilarious company and a true gentleman. Sadly, we lost Lem to cancer four years ago on December 28, so the evening was dedicated to his towering memory.

We loved remembering the awesome life-size replica of a world war two Heinkel bomber that doubled as a lighting rig as it swooped over disbelieving crowds (and the somewhat Spinal Tap ‘iron fist’ that tried to follow it). Krusher now regrets leaving his original bomber plans behind when moving house!

Softly-spoken and dryly eloquent, Krusher made many new friends in the packed VOW crowd and has an extended invitation to return any time. As I’m doing the booklet notes for the mammoth Ace Of Spades reissue coming in October that looks like a date.

I was amazed to discover that, before Motorhead Krusher had done some work for Blondie’s 1978 Parallel Lines UK tour, which I also went on and introduced Lemmy to Debbie Harry! That actually ties in nicely with our next event when I’ll be remembering my time in the late 70s-early 80s in the eye of Blondiemania, and also celebrating their music.

With VOW taking its successful recipe to London’s fabled Troubadour club next month (Vinyl At The Troubadour - VATT!), 2020 is already shaping up.

Have a good one.

Kris and Krusher’s Motorhead memories at Aylesbury Vinyl on Wednesdays

The first Vinyl On Wednesdays of 2020 and the new decade proved to be one of the most enjoyable yet as we welcomed Steve ‘Krusher’ Joule to join me in remembering life with the mighty Motorhead.

The evening came about after Krusher and I were reunited at last October’s launch bash for Motorhead’s Overkill reissue in London. We had so much fun, I knew we had to do it again for our faithful VOW regulars and the larger restaurant was thankfully packed.

Last year, in the days when we would play a whole album then talk about it, we featured Motorhead’s chart-topping No Sleep Till Hammersmith. This time, after some scene-setting tracks by Kenneth Williams as Rambling Sid Rumpo, there were so many riotous rock ‘n’ roll war stories flowing like Jack Daniels that we only managed to play four tracks and even then overran our curfew by 20 minutes!

I first met Krusher when he started designing Motorhead’s tour programmes and other artwork around 1978. For the next five years we both experienced many highs and the odd low as Motorhead rose to become one of the UK’s biggest bands, thanks to albums like Overkill, Bomber and Ace Of Spades. We both shared many long nights with Lemmy, the trio’s legendary singer-bassist, usually standing at his side as he relentlessly fed coins into the nearest fruit machine for hours.

We both agreed that, behind the scary, hell-raising image, Lemmy was lovely, frequently-hilarious company and a true gentleman. Sadly, we lost Lem to cancer four years ago on December 28, so the evening was dedicated to his towering memory.

We loved remembering the awesome life-size replica of a world war two Heinkel bomber that doubled as a lighting rig as it swooped over disbelieving crowds (and the somewhat Spinal Tap ‘iron fist’ that tried to follow it). Krusher now regrets leaving his original bomber plans behind when moving house!

Softly-spoken and dryly eloquent, Krusher made many new friends in the packed VOW crowd and has an extended invitation to return any time. As I’m doing the booklet notes for the mammoth Ace Of Spades reissue coming in October that looks like a date.

I was amazed to discover that, before Motorhead Krusher had done some work for Blondie’s 1978 Parallel Lines UK tour, which I also went on and introduced Lemmy to Debbie Harry! That actually ties in nicely with our next event when I’ll be remembering my time in the late 70s-early 80s in the eye of Blondiemania, and also celebrating their music.

With VOW taking its successful recipe to London’s fabled Troubadour club next month (Vinyl At The Troubadour - VATT!), 2020 is already shaping up.

Have a good one.