{"id":22733,"date":"2026-09-24T09:33:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T14:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=22733"},"modified":"2026-09-24T09:33:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T14:33:28","slug":"motorhead-proudly-announce-the-40th-anniversary-edition-of-orgasmatron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=22733","title":{"rendered":"MOT\u00d6RHEAD PROUDLY ANNOUNCE THE 40th ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF \u2018ORGASMATRON\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"699\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/unnamed-1-1-1024x699.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22734\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4649524874231414;width:716px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/unnamed-1-1-1024x699.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/unnamed-1-1-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/unnamed-1-1-768x524.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/unnamed-1-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Photo by Tony Mottram<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>PROUDLY ANNOUNCE THE 40<\/em><\/strong><sup>th<\/sup> <strong><em>ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF \u2018ORGASMATRON\u2019 CELEBRATING 40 YEARS<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>OF A MOT\u00d6RHEAD CLASSIC<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>FEATURING A BRAND-NEW REMIX OF THE LANDMARK 1986 ALBUM FROM LONGTIME COLLABORATOR CAMERON WEBB ALONGSIDE THE REMASTERED ORIGINAL RECORDING FROM BILL LASWELL<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>PLUS PREORDERS HERE \u2013<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/5cfyfkvab.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001WOn1bxqvX_U93WckmjZitUTP_gnronjLgPUV_kn91ADKlNgZLANzsjKg78pfjS7nquKJ7y5JJocE4fvk4LiB7LnVa8csbSS0vQvp7SPryIQ7qfS2IGenHHXoA-tLjysFOqPSAyIrzQsUTOclPXyCVk_OfSwscdZ-Xj402pxceXS84o8fpdS_mQ==&amp;c=3ThNX-Ugr6NH6vU1Ubm4lTav-KVn06ZCAyMCX0saJB9NYoLYg6tA4g==&amp;ch=vk7zIj9C4vFBskT_jhPFyEQKQ5McxcTTBJAJM-7GiL5SW3YRh_r8TA==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>motorhead.lnk.to\/orgasmatron40thPR<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Released in 1986, <strong><em>Orgasmatron<\/em><\/strong> featured the line-up of <strong>Lemmy<\/strong>, <strong>Phil Campbell<\/strong>, <strong>W\u00fcrzel<\/strong> and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pete Gill<\/strong>. It marked a new chapter for the band, pushing further into heavier territory while retaining the speed, aggression and raw energy that had defined <strong>Mot\u00f6rhead<\/strong> from the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The album\u2019s production was the subject of much discussion among the band and their fans, but beneath it was a formidable collection of songs. \u201c<strong>Orgasmatron<\/strong>\u201d, \u201c<strong>Deaf Forever<\/strong>\u201d and \u201c<strong>Built For Speed<\/strong>\u201d became key parts of the Mot\u00f6rhead live repertoire, while the album\u2019s combination of hard rock, heavy metal and punk influences gave it a character all of its own. Four decades on, <em>Orgasmatron<\/em> has taken its place as one of the most distinctive and respected records in the Mot\u00f6rhead catalogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"Orgasmatron (Cameron Webb 40th Anniversary Remix) (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TlMcDKpcoWA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, 40 years after its original release, <em>Orgasmatron<\/em> is revisited in a <strong>new anniversary edition<\/strong> that explores both the album itself and the story behind its creation. The original studio recordings have been remastered for the anniversary and cut at half speed from the original tapes, while longtime Mot\u00f6rhead collaborator <strong>Cameron Webb<\/strong> has created a brand-new remix and remaster from the original stems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Mot\u00f6rhead team explain: \u201c<em>Orgasmatron is a special album. Part of that is down to the stylized production of Bill Laswell, who approached the work from a unique perspective. Bill\u2019s work stands in its own right as something special in the Mot\u00f6rhead library, and Orgasmatron stands as one hell of an album. However, there was some controversy in the sense that both Lemmy and Phil Campbell felt that some of the power, bite and energy had been lost in Laswell\u2019s final delivery.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cAs old-school Mot\u00f6rhead fans, we found ourselves sitting around the coffee table one night several months ago, drinks in hand, pondering what Orgasmatron would sound like if it were to be remixed by Mot\u00f6rhead\u2019s longtime producer, Cameron Webb. Cameron helmed six studio albums, and it\u2019s fair to say he had the trust, love \u2014 and grumbles too! \u2014 of Lem, Phil and Mikkey. Would it be \u2018right\u2019 to ask him if he wanted a crack at remixing Orgasmatron? Would it be disrespecting the original album if we were to offer such a thing alongside Bill\u2019s original work? We concluded a big fat \u2018no\u2019! It would be an added adventure if people wanted to take it. So we asked Cameron if he was up for it. And he screamed a rather enthusiastic \u2018yes\u2019!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Cameron, the opportunity was particularly personal:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cMy brother introduced me to Orgasmatron when I was 14 years old. I heard the song and thought, \u2018Is this even music?\u2019 It was like the devil coming through my cassette tape. And I loved it. That record and Rock \u2019N\u2019 Roll were my Mot\u00f6rhead records, so being asked to work on this is incredibly special to me. I honestly don\u2019t know anyone in the world who would be more excited than me to do it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, Webb was keen to preserve the character of the original recording and acknowledge the work of producer Bill Laswell and engineer Jason Corsaro:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cI love the fact that the original is wild and a little messy. I wanted to be respectful to what Jason Corsaro and Bill Laswell created, rather than simply trying to make it sound like a modern heavy metal record. When we opened up the original 24-track tapes, you could really hear how creative they were with the sounds, particularly the drums. There\u2019s so much character in that recording, and I wanted to preserve that.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the original mix in mind, Webb also approached the remix by considering what Lemmy and Phil might have wanted to hear:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cLemmy and Phil both said they didn\u2019t like the original mix, so I thought about what they might have asked me to do if they were sitting next to me. I tried to channel what I knew about them and their approach to recording \u2014 bringing out the bass here, defining the guitars there \u2014 while still respecting what was already there. The aim was never to replace the original, but to reveal more of what was inside it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">?The <em>Orgasmatron<\/em> 40th Anniversary Edition will be available as a deluxe 3LP bookpack and 2CD, featuring the remastered original mix, the Cameron Webb Remix, additional studio rehearsals and outtakes recorded in 1985, and the complete BBC Radio 1 <em>Friday Rock Show<\/em> session from 1986, capturing the band during the <em>Orgasmatron<\/em> era. The 40th anniversary edition is also available as a 1LP pressing on transparent violet vinyl, featuring the original studio album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/5cfyfkvab.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001WOn1bxqvX_U93WckmjZitUTP_gnronjLgPUV_kn91ADKlNgZLANzsiYAbVXj12aecw3PZSgDguaoQc_-aIP04w0QNsFgji388k56ihUPE0o2W74eFmTRCn8399kWEM5TGnejkQiBCGeiNZ8jwsaPSrw_9edw6sx5&amp;c=3ThNX-Ugr6NH6vU1Ubm4lTav-KVn06ZCAyMCX0saJB9NYoLYg6tA4g==&amp;ch=vk7zIj9C4vFBskT_jhPFyEQKQ5McxcTTBJAJM-7GiL5SW3YRh_r8TA==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>www.iMotorhead.com<\/strong><\/a> <strong>for news and updates!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo by Tony Mottram PROUDLY ANNOUNCE THE 40th ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF \u2018ORGASMATRON\u2019 CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF A MOT\u00d6RHEAD CLASSIC FEATURING A BRAND-NEW REMIX OF THE LANDMARK 1986 ALBUM FROM LONGTIME COLLABORATOR CAMERON WEBB ALONGSIDE THE REMASTERED ORIGINAL RECORDING FROM BILL LASWELL PLUS PREORDERS HERE \u2013 motorhead.lnk.to\/orgasmatron40thPR Released in 1986, Orgasmatron featured the line-up of Lemmy,&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=22733\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MOT\u00d6RHEAD PROUDLY ANNOUNCE THE 40th ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF \u2018ORGASMATRON\u2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22733"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22735,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22733\/revisions\/22735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}