Napalm Death vocalist Barney Greenway recalls his early years and considers what makes the perfect song. Anything fast and heavy, surprisingly… The first song that I remember hearing… Hawkwind – Silver Machine (1972) “There was a lot of terrible pop music around when I was a kid, but my dad was a big rock fan and this is the first song that registered with me. It charted, so it was on the radio and it really stuck out. It has this crazy spacey-ness to it, and a pulsating ambience that really draws that feeling out. It also started my lifelong love of [then-bassist] Lemmy, who would go on to become my hero in Motörhead.” The song that reminds me of my school days… Conflict – The Ungovernable Force (1986) “Conflict were an anarcho-punk band and this is the tit...
