Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers

Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers
EP by
Released14 November 1980[1]
Recorded27–29 April 1977[2]
StudioEscape Studios, Kent, England[2]
Genre
Length14:47
LabelBig Beat Records[2]
ProducerSpeedy Keen[2]
Motörhead chronology
Ace of Spades
(1980)
Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers
(1980)
St. Valentine's Day Massacre (EP)
(1981)
Alternative cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers is an EP by the band Motörhead, released in November 1980. The EP consists of four tracks recorded during sessions for their first album Motörhead, in 1977 at Escape Studios, Kent, England, but were previously unreleased.[2] The EP was released by Big Beat Records, a subsidiary of Chiswick Records, who the band were signed to when the tracks were recorded in 1977. The release was not authorized by the band, though they did not oppose it. The EP entered the UK Singles Charts on 22 November, where it peaked at No. 43.[4]

  1. ^ "New Singles". Music Week. 15 November 1980. p. 40.
  2. ^ a b c d e Motörhead, Motörhead, Chiswick Records & Ace Records, CDWIKM 2, January 2001 Liner Notes by Ted Carroll, page 1 & rear cover
  3. ^ Allmusic review
  4. ^ "Motorhead official charts".

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