Motörhead is set to release their covers compilation album, Under Cöver on September 1, highlighted by a previously unreleased cover of David Bowie’s “Heroes.”
The 11-song album features covers of some of Motörhead’s favorite songs by bands like The Sex Pistols, Ted Nugent, The Ramones, Judas Priest and Metallica. The never-before-heard recording of Bowie’s “Heroes” took place during the Bad Magic sessions in 2015 and happened to be one of the last songs the band recorded together. The album will be available on CD, vinyl and in a boxset with streaming on iTunes and can be pre-ordered now.
The band described the inspiration for the new album in a press release:
One thing Lemmy Kilmister, Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee liked to do throughout their years together in Motörhead was grab a favorite song by another artist and give it a good old fashioned ‘Motörheading’. To run them through the Motörizer, if you will. To rock them, roll them and even give them an extra twist and edge.
It’s such a great Bowie song, one of his best, and I could only see great things coming out of it from us, and so it proved to be and Lemmy ended up loving our version.
He [Lemmy Kilmster] was very, very proud of it, not only because it turned out so well but because it was fun! Which is what projects like this should be – fun! We should remember that it’s about having some fun with songs that we all loved.
2. God Save the Queen (Produced by Bob Kulick and Bruce Bouillet) 2000
3. Heroes (Produced by Cameron Webb) 2015
4. Starstruck (Produced by Cameron Webb) 2014
5. Cat Scratch Fever (Produced by Peter Solley) 1992
7. Sympathy for the Devil (Produced by Cameron Webb) 2015
8. Hellraiser (Produced by Billy Sherwood) 1992
9. Rockaway Beach (Mixed by Cameron Webb) 2002
10.Shoot ‘Em Down (Produced by Bob Kulick and Bruce Bouillet) 2001
11. Whiplash (Produced by Bruce Bouillet and Bob Kulick) 2005