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On this day, 14 March 1976, heavy rockers Motörhead played Cardiff’s Top Rank.
Lead by bassist, singer, and songwriter Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister (who was the sole constant member), the band contained guitarist Larry Wallis and drummer Lucas Fox.
The band are often considered a precursor to the new wave of British heavy metal, which re-energised heavy metal in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Lemmy had been dismissed from his previous band Hawkwind in May 1975 after being arrested in Canada for drug possession, he said the band dismissed him for "doing the wrong drugs".
Now on his own, Lemmy decided to form a new band called Motörhead, the name was inspired by the final song he had written for Hawkwind.
