Rancid Release Motorhead Cover For “Sex And Death”

KILLED BY DEAF: A PUNK TRIBUTE TO MOTÖRHEAD FEATURING THE DAMNED, RANCID, PENNYWISE, FEAR & MORE ARRIVES OCTOBER 31

A final preview of Killed By Deaf – A Punk Tribute to Motörhead (Oct. 31, BMG Recordings) arrives today with the release of Rancid’s “Sex and Death” cover.

Across the fourteen tracks on this album, you’ll hear a loving tribute to Motörhead from some of punk rocks’ biggest and most respected bands. The latest of which to be revealed is “Sex and Death” covered by punk legends Rancidout now.

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

“It’s like, it’s the perfect Motörhead 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 contributing raucous versions of their favorite Motörhead tracks… along with up-and-coming upstarts like Slaughterhouse, 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 available on vinyl, CD and digitally. Pre-orders are available now: https://motorhead.lnk.to/killedbydeaf.

Killed By Deaf – A Punk Tribute To Motörhead album cover

Killed By Deaf – A Punk Tribute To Motörhead tracklist:

1. Pennywise – Ace of Spades
2. Rancid – Sex and 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. Motörhead & The Damned – Neat Neat Neat

Photo Credit: Rancid