Motörhead lands in Vegas

An exhibition honoring Motörhead and Lemmy opens at the Punk Rock Museum in Las Vegas this October.

Archive photos and lyrics

The show pulls a deep run of photos from the band's own archive, plus lyric sheets in Lemmy's handwriting.

You get to play it

The draw for bassists: the Rickenbacker and rig are hooked up for visitors to actually use, not just stare at.

“Plug in, pick up the bass, and experience the gear that created Motörhead's unmistakable sound.”

Records and merch too

Vinyl Threat, the museum's in-house record store, stocks Motörhead albums, and the gift shop carries exhibit-only merch.

Eleven years without Lemmy

The opening marks 11 years since Lemmy died in 2015, which ended the band. The museum itself opened in 2023 across 12,000 square feet.

Too punk for metal, too hairy for punk

Motörhead rose in mid-'70s England alongside punk and got claimed by both scenes, even as Lemmy sparred with the movement.

“I always thought we had more in common with punk than with anything else, but we had long hair so we didn't fit in that box.”