PENNYWISE RELEASE ‘ACE OF SPADES’ COVER TAKEN FROM THE FORTHCOMING ALBUM 'KILLED BY DEAF - A PUNK TRIBUTE TO MOTӦRHEAD'

 

Pennywise guitarist Fletcher Dragge comments about their cover of Motörhead's timeless anthem, 'Ace Of Spades': “Getting into punk rock around 1980, basically the only metal band that was allowed to be part of the punk rock scene was Motörhead, as far as I was concerned. If you saw somebody show up in a jean vest with the Motörhead patch on the back it was like, “There’s a metaller, but he can hang with us!”. ‘Ace of Spades’ was the track where you heard that and went, “That’s not metal, that’s punk rock!”


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!

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Across the fourteen tracks on this album, cunningly titled ‘Killed By Deaf’, you’ll hear a loving tribute to Motörhead from some of punk rocks’ biggest and most respected bands. Luminaries like Rancid, 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 31st October 2025. See below for the full track listing and be sure to visit www.iMotorhead.com for news and updates!

TRACKLISTING

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

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