Rancid release ‘Sex & Death’ cover, taken from the ‘Killed By Deaf:A Punk Tribute To Motörhead’ album

Heavy metal and punk rock! It’s fair to say that these two noisy tribes now have a great deal in common—often melding together, almost indistinguishable, to produce bastard offspring of their own. But it wasn’t always this way. Indeed, there was a time when fists were more likely to be thrown than bumped, and beers more likely to be hurled than shared—except when it came to Motörhead. That was the one band we could all agree on. The one band that was truly ours!

Across the fourteen tracks on Killed By Deaf, you’ll hear a loving tribute to Motörhead from some of punk rock’s biggest and most respected bands. The latest of which to be revealed is “Sex and Death” covered by punk legends Rancid out now.

Lars Frederiksen (guitar/vocals) from Rancid says of their cover: 

“It’s like, it’s the perfect Motorhead song for me. You know as well as I do how much of a big Ramones fan Lem was. And it sounds to me like his take, Motörhead doing the Ramones. But there’s that little itty bitty guitar solo there. And it was the most Rancid style song that Motörhead did that I thought it’s close enough to like a song we would write”

Watch Lars talk about their cover, along with discussing Motörhead’s influence on heavy music and why the band were both a punk AND a metal band.

Joining Rancid on this tribute are luminaries like Pennywise, Lagwagon, GBH, The Bronx and FEAR all contribute raucous versions of their favourite Motörhead tracks… and also up-and-coming upstarts like Slaughterhouse contribute, because, let’s face it, Motörhead always loved and championed the underdogs. The only non-Motörhead song on this album is from a previously unheard and blistering version of The Damned’s classic, “Neat Neat Neat,“ featuring the great man, Lemmy, himself and The Damned.

Killed By Deaf – A Punk Tribute To Motörhead will be released on LP, CD and digital on October 31. See below for the full track listing and be sure to visit www.iMotorhead.com for news and updates!

Pre-orders here.

Tracklisting:

1. Pennywise – Ace Of Spades
2. Rancid – Sex & Death
3. The Bronx – Over The Top
4. Lagwagon – Rock ‘N’ Roll
5. FEAR – The Chase Is Better Than The Catch
6. GBH – Bomber
7. Murphy’s Law – Stay Clean
8. Slaughterhouse – Love Me Like A Reptile
9. The Casualties – The Hammer
10. Anti-Nowhere League – Born To Raise Hell
11. Love Canal – Voices In The Sky
12. Soldiers Of Destruction – Overkill
13. Wisdom In Chains – Iron Fist
14. Motӧrhead & The Damned – Neat, Neat, Neat