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Ace of Spades

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This is fun: Blackie Jackett Jr.s cover of Motorhead’s “Ace of Spades”

August 27, 2021August 27, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ace of Spades, Blackie Jackett Jr., Cover Version, Finger Eleven, Motorhead

Blackie Jackett Jr, a project “born in the back of a tour bus in the minds of Finger Eleven guitarists

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Motorhead’s “Ace of Spades” played on church bells

August 9, 2021August 10, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ace of Spades, Church Bells, Motorhead

How…pious and holy.

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Can you mash up Motorhead’s “Ace of Spades” with the Isley Brothers’ “Shout?”

June 4, 2020June 4, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ace of Spades, Isley Brothers, Mashup, Motorhead

Yes. Yes, you can. (Via Laughing Squid)

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The Inevitable Bowie-Lemmy Mashup

January 16, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ace of Spades, David Bowie, Lemmy, Mashup, Space Oddity

Well, it’s about time. What took you, Internet? (Via Danny)

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Music News
Music News 

Random Music News for Thursday, December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015December 31, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ace of Spades, Black Sabbath, Blur, Burundi, Cancer, Damon Albarn, Lemmy, Michael Jackson, Motorhead, Neverland, Racism, Rap

Day 365 of the year. I will be in bed by 10:30 because New Year’s Eve is the most over-hyped

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Music History 

Happy Birthday, “Ace of Spades”

November 8, 2014November 8, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ace of Spades, Lemmy, Motorhead

It was 34 years ago today–and it still smokes. Thanks to Tom for the reminder.

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