80s Jams #08: Motorhead "Ace Of Spades" (1980)

The single best expression of Motörhead's loud-fast-rules aesthetic, "Ace of Spades," also stands as one of heavy metal's all-time greatest anthems, with vocalist/bassist Lemmy Kilmister spitting fearlessly in the faces of failure and death over the visceral blast of the band's speed-freak instrumental work. While followers like Metallica would add high levels of technical flash to Motörhead's dizzying adrenaline rush, the key to "Ace of Spades" is its simplicity. -- Allmusic http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:wxfuxx8rld0e