St. Valentine's Day Massacre is an EP recorded by members of Motörhead and their Bronze Records labelmates Girlschool, under the moniker Headgirl. It reached number five in the UK Singles Charts in 1981.
Recording
When Girlschool were recording in Rickmansworth with producer Vic Maile, he had the idea that Motörhead and Girlschool should record a single together. A bootleg St. Valentine's Day Massacre exists, a double 12" vinyl album with white labels. It contains recordings of Motörhead and Girlschool's sets from a 1981 Rockstage TV Special from the Theatre Royal in Nottingham.
The songs "Please Don't Touch" and "Emergency" were both on the 1984 compilation album No Remorse and then subsequently the 1996 Castle Records reissue of Ace of Spades. However, the tracks were omitted from the 2005 Sanctuary Records 2 cd deluxe edition, which is part of Sanctuary's remaster series of the first six studio albums released under Bronze and GWR.
Critical reception
Joel McIver points out in his 2011 book on the band Overkill: The Untold Story of Motorhead, "Although the EP reached number 5 on the UK singles chart and even the critics gave it a begrudging thumbs-up, more than a few purists regard it as a sidestep into less serious, almost novelty territory that marked the beginning of a worrying tendency on Motorhead's part to get involved in projects that were beneath them." AllMusic: "This glorious artifact documents one of the most peculiar detours in Motörhead's uniformly pedal-to-the-metal career."
Track listing
Personnel
- Lemmy Kilmister – bass (1 & 3), co-lead vocals (1), backing vocals (3)
- Kelly Johnson – lead guitar (1 & 2), co-lead vocals (1)
- "Fast" Eddie Clarke – lead guitar (1 & 3), lead vocals (3)
- Kim McAuliffe – rhythm guitar (1 & 2), backing vocals (2 & 3)
- Enid Williams – bass (1 & 2), lead vocals (2)
- Denise Dufort – drums all tracks
- Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor – insults & inspiration
Charts
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Certifications
References
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