Mark Carras: I hear you're in the studio recording another album right now. Is that true?

Lemmy Kilmister: Yeah, that's right.

Mark Carras: Any album title yet?

Lemmy Kilmister: No, not yet. It's going to be something wacky and wonderful.

Mark Carras: Is this going to be through C.M.C. again?

Lemmy Kilmister: Yeah.

Mark Carras: Motorhead's a band that pulls no punches, especially when writing songs. What topics do you think you're going to be tackling on this new one? Or do you have any idea yet?

Lemmy Kilmister: The usual, you know. Pain, death, and dishonesty. Usual stuff, you know. And sex.

Mark Carras: So no certain topics that you're — no certain things that you're attacking at all, would you say?

Lemmy Kilmister: No, there's plenty of stuff out there, isn't there? I mean, it's all good. Like I said, when I sit down to write, things appear. It's really weird, things appear under my pen, and I have no idea where they come from, you know? It's just having a good vocabulary and letting your mind open up, and translate it.

Mark Carras: Do you know if there's going to be a single video for the album?

Lemmy Kilmister: Hopefully, yeah. If it's of a sufficient caliber.

Mark Carras: Do you have any idea when the album's going to be released?

Lemmy Kilmister: It'll be New Year, end of February probably.

Mark Carras: Do you think Motorhead's record label trouble — I know you guys have had a lot of trouble with record labels over the times — do you think all those troubles are over now that you've been with the same label for awhile?

Lemmy Kilmister: Well, we've been with them for six years now. That's pretty good.

Mark Carras: No troubles, though?

Lemmy Kilmister: No, no trouble. I always wish they would push us a bit more energetically, but then again I suppose to them the newer bands are worth more push.

Mark Carras: So do you think that Motorhead's finally getting the push that they deserve?

Lemmy Kilmister: I don't think they ever had the push that they deserve, in my opinion. I think we could — I mean, we're never going to be number one again, but I wouldn't mind them cracking the whip a bit.

Mark Carras: Tell me about the "Make 'Em Deaf Forever" tribute album. Do you think that will ever go to press? Or do you think that will just be an internet thing?

Lemmy Kilmister: I think it's probably going to stay on the internet, unless one of the majors picks it up. I mean, I don't think C.M.C. is going to pick it up.

Mark Carras: I see you're going to be touring in South Africa in a few weeks.

Lemmy Kilmister: Yeah.

Mark Carras: Do you think that fans in countries like that are more crazed and starved for bands like Motorhead?

Lemmy Kilmister: Well, they would be, yeah. It's always true. When we first went back to the eastern countries, after the Iron Curtain came down, it was unbelievable. They're always the best audience, you know, the industrial, deprived people — it's great. It's a shame they had to get that way, to be a good audience.

Mark Carras: You did a ton of guest spots on different people's albums, from The Blues Rock of Boetz to Skunk Anansie . What others have you done recently?

Lemmy Kilmister: I didn't do any recently. We did that wrestling thing, that I was a guest on their album. The last one I did was "Enter Sandman" with Zebrahead, I suppose. I was billed as Motorhead on the album, but it was only me singing with Zebrahead.

Mark Carras: Do you co-write your parts usually when you guest on an album, or do you just let them give you the music?

Lemmy Kilmister: Mostly it's just doing what they're doing.

Mark Carras: So just pretty much contributing, laying down your licks, for a song that they've already written?

Lemmy Kilmister: Yeah, precisely.

Mark Carras: It seems that bands that are influenced by Motorhead get more attention by mainstream media than Motorhead themselves. Do you think that helps the staying power of the band?

Lemmy Kilmister: Well, yeah, it can't hurt, you know? I don't know. We seem to be more or less of a fixture, now. I'm not worried about our survival. I mean, our survival is guaranteed by the three members staying together, right?

Mark Carras: Right. Okay, now, when you did the song "The Game", would you call yourself a pro-wresting fan, or did you do it just because they asked you to?

Lemmy Kilmister: Phil and Mikkey are more of the wrestling people. I've not been keen on wrestling since it started back in the Sixties. It's choreography to me, you know?

Mark Carras: Right, right. I think the biggest person in pro-wrestling is the choreographer. Or at least that's what I hear. Now, with a ton of fests going on right now, in between Ozzfest, and Dynamo, and Wacken, and all the others, and Milwaukee Metal Fest, if you got to choose the lineup for a hard rock fest, what would you say the best bands for that would be?

Lemmy Kilmister: Let's see, then. Probably The Who, Motorhead, Megadeath, Metallica, AC/DC, and, one more you think?

Mark Carras: Sure, one more.

Lemmy Kilmister: Skew Siskin, I think. Yeah. It's a band from Germany.

Mark Carras: Right, yeah, I've heard of 'em. Now, do you see Motorhead ever retiring, or do you think you guys are going to keep going until one of you gets six feet under?

Lemmy Kilmister: To the crack of doom, I don't know. It depends how you feel, you know? I mean, if you feel like ending it, it might suddenly stop, you know? It all depends on how you feel, really, about it. It depends, also, on whether we're still playing with people.

Mark Carras: So, what would you say is in the near future for Motorhead fans?

Lemmy Kilmister: We're always doing the same thing, you know? I mean, we've got this D.V.D. coming out, and later this month I hope, which is the 25th anniversary show in London.

Mark Carras: Oh, there's going to be a D.V.D. of that?

Lemmy Kilmister: Yeah, and a lot of clips of different old stuff, as well. There's a lot of stuff on it, you know?

Mark Carras: Cool! When's that supposed to be released?

Lemmy Kilmister: At the end of this month. Maybe in November, I'm not sure.

Mark Carras: What other, other than the 25th anniversary show, what else is going to be included in that?

Lemmy Kilmister: Oh, there's a lot of stuff, man, there's a lot of stuff from — there's a couple tracks in the video we did for Sony years ago…

Mark Carras: "Everything Louder Than Everything Else"?

Lemmy Kilmister: Yeah, and a lot of things that never got released, you know, bits and pieces. It should be fun for the whole family.

(Both Laugh)

Mark Carras: Motorhead I always think of as good family entertainment.

Lemmy Kilmister: Nuclear family, no doubt.

Mark Carras: You've also done a lot of little guest appearances on films between the independent film, Eat the Rich, and Airheads, and a few others. Are you going to be doing any more of that, or have you gotten bored with it?

Lemmy Kilmister: I wouldn't mind doing it, it's just I haven't been offered any lately. I did an ad in England recently for Kit Kat chocolate. I played the violin.

Mark Carras: Really?

Lemmy Kilmister: Yeah.

Mark Carras: Lemmy Kilmister playing the violin. God, I gotta find a way to get a copy of that.

Lemmy Kilmister: And I was in a Coca Cola ad in America, but apparently it's been on TV, but I've not seen it yet.

Mark Carras: You're in a Coke ad?

Lemmy Kilmister: Yeah, in the background. The Jacob Dylan one.

Mark Carras: Interesting. Okay. Yeah, they need to play that more. Okay, well, one last question, and then I'll let you go.

Lemmy Kilmister: Okay.

Mark Carras: Irish, Canadian, or American sour mash?

Lemmy Kilmister: I'm sorry? Say again.

Mark Carras: Irish, Canadian, or American sour mash whiskey?

Lemmy Kilmister: Oh, American.

Mark Carras: American sour mash?

Lemmy Kilmister: Well, you see, the Irish don't make sour mash, and neither do Canadians. Canadians are blended. And the Irish just do Irish, really.

Mark Carras: Well, it's definitely been an honor to interview you. I've listened to your music since I was just a little kid in high school decades ago.

Lemmy Kilmister: Obviously damaged you forever, didn't it?

Mark Carras: Of course!

Lemmy Kilmister: Where are you at? Where are you from?

Mark Carras: I'm actually from Olympia, WA. We're about two hours drive from Seattle.

Lemmy Kilmister: Yeah, I've just been up there.

Mark Carras: Yeah, I almost went to the show, but we had car trouble like — our car broke down — the day of the show, and I couldn't find a ride. It sucked.

Lemmy Kilmister: That's a drag.

Mark Carras: Yeah.

Lemmy Kilmister: Well, we'll be around again.

Mark Carras: Hopefully soon.

Lemmy Kilmister: It wasn't a very good show, anyway. It was the first show of the tour, you know.

Mark Carras: So it was kind of the warmup?

Lemmy Kilmister: Yeah, well, we fired the soundman after that night, then wouldn't let him on stage.

Mark Carras: You fired him from the stage?

Lemmy Kilmister: We fired him after the jam.

Mark Carras: Wow. Did you pick up a new guy right afterward?

Lemmy Kilmister: Yeah, yeah, we got a local guy.

Mark Carras: Oh, cool. Alright. Well, I thank you for doing the interview, and look forward to the D.V.D. next month, and the new album in February.

Lemmy Kilmister: Yeah, come out and see us next time.

Mark Carras: I will definitely try.

Lemmy Kilmister: I'll buy you a beer.

Mark Carras: Sounds good! Talk to you later.

Lemmy Kilmister: Bye, now.