I love Motorhead. I love Lemmy (platonically). To me, the band have perhaps the longest run of making astoundngly great records of almost any band ever, metal or not. But I'm not enough of a sycophant to blindly adore anything Motor-related. And that's where the semi-legendary "Stand By Your Man" Wendy O. Williams and Lemmy collaboration comes in. Oh dear. I always wondered what made this record so bad it would prompt Fast Eddie to leave Motorhead to avoid being associated with Lemmy. I still think he overreacted, but this is god-awful. Not that either Wendy or Lemmy sound any worse or better than usual, but the production is shit, especially on the vocals, and this was just not a good idea all the way around. Okay, Wendy does sound like shit on Motorhead's "No Class." There's no getting around it. Lemmy is well known for getting drunkenly involved with dubious studio side projects, such as happened with the Damned. So lesson learned...just because it's linked to the greatest band in metal is no guarantee of quality. Please believe me. The children must be protected.
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