It’s often that younger rock acts might get a few pieces of advice from other more experienced fellow rockers. So, it was appreciated by Clutch’s Neil Fallon when none other than Motörhead’s Lemmy Kilmister shared a few insights from his book. As Fallon recalled the piece of mind Kilmister shared with him to Louder Sound, it seemed that it wasn’t your usual advice.
“We toured with Motörhead at the end of their run,” told Fallon as he continued mentioning how disciplined the cult band had been while touring. “This wasn’t 1980, but it was an incredibly disciplined machine. From the top down, there was an expectation of professionalism. You can do what you want, but if it compromises the show, it has to go. Everything was about that set.”
And when Kilmister decided to give some advice, the frontman’s wisdom mattered greatly to Neil. The rocker said, “Although Lemmy said the only songs that matter are the first song and the last song because no one ever remembers anything in the middle. Maybe that was cheeky wisdom, but it was wisdom nonetheless.”
So, Lemmy knew how important it was to open and end a gig, as every other detail in between would be forgotten by the audience. Fallon was also quite fond of how disciplined Motörhead was, so maybe, this advice wasn’t the only thing he learned from Lemmy and his pals.
