Lemmy On AC/DC In Their Early Years: “It Was Obvious They Were Going To Be Huge”
In a previously-unheard Lemmy interview from 2015, the late Motörhead can not only be heard paying tribute to fellow musical legends AC/DC, but also recalling his very first time seeing the rock titans and predicting a bright future for them. “AC/DC are a rock’n’roll band – they’re like us,” he enthuses in the interview, which has been uploaded to series two, episode one of the AC/DC: Beyond The Thunder podcast. “We don’t play metal and AC/DC don’t play metal. Deep Purple doesn’t play metal. It’s been interpreted as that but this was before the term ‘heavy metal’ existed. There’s not much heavy metal that’s my kind of music.” Read this: Every song on Highway To Hell, ranked from worst to best Lemmy later adds of any similarities between his band and AC/DC: “We’re basically from t...
