Motörhead

Continuing to this day with unimpeachable respect as forefathers of Metal, Motorhead's harder/louder/faster biker rock anthems remain some of the hardest, loudest and fastest music ever recorded. Since 1975, Lemmy Kilmister and his shifting line-up have played raw, stripped-down rock at painful volumes. Leading their uber-rock anthems is Lemmy's unmistakable voice. Hoarse and world-weary, he screams with as much aggression and anger as his bass. Punk and Metal are indebted to Motorhead's aggressive, anti-social grind, which pre-dates them by years and creates desperate immediacy and simplicity in every one of their brief seek-and-destroy songs.