Motörhead [SEP] named after
tracks for release as an album. Chiswick issued the single "Motorhead" in June, followed by the album "Motörhead" in August, which spent one week in the UK Albums Chart at number 43. The band toured the UK supporting Hawkwind in June, then from late July they commenced the "Beyond the Threshold of Pain" tour with The Count Bishops.
In August, Tony Secunda took over the management of the band, and their cohesiveness became so unstable that by March 1978, Clarke and Taylor had formed
Paul Kelly
- Jun 1: Mike Edwards from Jesus Jones
- Jun 22: Lemmy from Motörhead
- Jul 13: Capital Q from Dream Warriors
- Sep 7: Siouxsie & The Banshees
- Sep 14: Elvis Costello
- Sep 21: EMF
- Sep 27: Turbo B from Snap
- Oct 12: Vince Neil from Mötley Crüe
- Oct 19: Posdnous from De La Soul
- Nov 2: Gary Clail
- Nov 9: Lars Ulrich from Metallica
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