Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers: The Rise of Motörhead

Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers: The Rise of Motörhead celebrates the classic-era Motörhead lineup of Lemmy, Phil “Animal” Taylor, and guitarist Fast Eddie Clarke. The book covers the 1977-1982 years when the legend of Motörhead was created. Every album gets a chapter and five or six records.

This isn't a good book. But firstly, I want to say that I love Motörhead and seen them many times play live. But the audio book suffers from a number of bad flaws:

. It feels disjointed and poorly put together. A collection of interview clips, bit and pieces from various magazine articles and autobiographies. It also has a number of repetitions too. The same story told at various points in the text.
. Why get an American narrator to relay the story of a very English rock band? Not only that but his English pronunciations are terrible and he clearly has no understanding of the band. The voice of the band is lost. Quotes are delivered without any of the self-deprecating humour often laced with attitude.

He. Is. Literally. Reading. The. Quotes. Out. Word. For. Word.

Maybe the printed version is better? Couldn't be much worse than the audiobook. No new insights and not at all well edited. Disappointing and not worth your time.