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Orgasmatron Tour

The Orgasmatron Tour was a concert tour by heavy metal band Motörhead in support of their album, Orgasmatron. It would be the final tour with Pete Gill, as he would be fired in 1987 and replaced with Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor for the remainder of the tour.

Orgasmatron Tour
Tour by Motörhead
Associated albumOrgasmatron
Start date15 September 1986
End date28 April 1987
Legs3 in Europe
2 in North America
5 total
No. of shows
  • 41 in Europe
  • 55 in North America
  • 96 total
Motörhead concert chronology
  • 10th Anniversary Tour
    (1985)
  • Orgasmatron Tour
    (1986–1987)
  • Rock 'n' Roll Tour
    (1987–1989)

Overview

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Originally the band was planning on having a life sized replica of the train from the cover of Orgasmatron, akin to the Bomber rig and the Iron Fist prop. In his biography White Line Fever, Lemmy described how it was supposed to work:[1]

The drums went on the front of the train, and it came out on rails in the middle of the stage – basically Pete was riding out to the front on the train. But it never fucking worked. You couldn't get the rails on the stage properly and things like that.

During the band North American leg in 1986 Lemmy recalls it "not being our most stellar tour". Megadeth opened for a few dates but were dropped due to frustrations with their manager. During their show in Chalmette, Louisiana the band cut their set short due to the crowd continuously spitting on the band, which resulted in a riot.[2] In 1987, Motörhead appeared in the Peter Richardson film Eat the Rich. As the band was about to film their cameo, however, drummer Pete Gill was fired and Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor rejoined after having quit in 1984. Gill tried to downplay his firing saying in The Hard Report that his departure was "by mutual agreement. I left for business reasons, not musical or personal. There has been no great rift."[3] Lemmy adds that he knew Taylor, who had been playing with Frankie Miller and ex-Thin Lizzy guitarist Brian "Robbo" Robertson, wanted to come back. Phil would go on to finish the last remaining dates of the tour.

Personnel

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Setlists

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Tour dates

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Date[4] City Country Venue Support act(s)
Leg 1 — Europe ("Eight Days In June")[5]
15 September 1986 Birmingham England Birmingham Odeon Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction
16 September 1986 Newcastle Newcastle City Hall
17 September 1986 Edinburgh Scotland Edinburgh Playhouse
18 September 1986 Bradford England St George's Hall
20 September 1986 Manchester Manchester Apollo
21 September 1986 Cardiff Wales St David's Hall
22 September 1986 London England Hammersmith Odeon
23 September 1986 Nottingham Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
Leg 2 — North America[6][7][8][9][10][11]
10 October 1986 Oakland United States Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center Megadeth
Cro-Mags
12 October 1986 San Bernardino Orange Pavilion
14 October 1986 Portland Pine Street Theatre
15 October 1986 Seattle Paramount Theatre
17 October 1986[12] San Diego California Theatre Cro-Mags
Raw Power
Dayglo Abortions
18 October 1986 Long Beach Fender's Ballroom
19 October 1986 Phoenix Pride Pavilion Cro-Mags
Kaiser
22 October 1986 Austin Unknown venue Cro-Mags
23 October 1986 Corpus Christi The Ritz Theatre Cro-Mags
Omen
24 October 1986 San Antonio Sunken Gardens Amphitheater
25 October 1986 Dallas Longhorn Ballroom Cro-Mags
Wendy O. Williams
Scratch Acid
26 October 1986 Houston Cardi's Cro-Mags
27 October 1986 Chalmette St. Bernard Civic Auditorium Agnostic Front
Cro-Mags
29 October 1986 Cincinnati Bogart's Cro-Mags
30 October 1986 Detroit Harpos Concert Theatre
31 October 1986 Chicago Aragon Ballroom Cro-Mags
T.T. Quick
1 November 1986 West Hartford Agora Ballroom Cro-Mags
3 November 1986 Racine Memorial Hall Cro-Mags
Screamer
4 November 1986 Aurora Malo's Cro-Mags
5 November 1986 Cuyahoga Falls Agora
7 November 1986 Buffalo Buffalo State College Cro-Mags
Wendy O. Williams
8 November 1986 Niagara Falls Canada Uncle Sam's —
9 November 1986 New York City United States The Ritz Cro-Mags
Dark Angel
12 November 1986 Hamilton Canada Unknown venue —
13 November 1986 Gatineau Chaudiere Ballroom Shock
14 November 1986 Montreal Le Paladium Lizzy Borden
Deaf Dealer
15 November 1986 Toronto The Concert Hall Razor
16 November 1986 Cleveland United States Cleveland Agora Cro-Mags
19 November 1986 Boston The Channel Cro-Mags

Knightmare

20 November 1986 Baltimore Hammerjack's —
21 November 1986 New York City L'Amour Lizzy Borden
22 November 1986 Bay Shore Sundance
23 November 1986 Washington, D.C. Warner Theatre Cro-Mags
Lizzy Borden
24 November 1986 Providence The Living Room Lizzy Borden
Leg 3 — Europe[4]
1 December 1986 Hanover West Germany Rotation Savatage
2 December 1986 Hamburg Große Freiheit 36
3 December 1986 Essen Pink Palace
4 December 1986 West Berlin Neues Schauspielhaus
6 December 1986 Bremen ÖVB Arena
7 December 1986 Ludwigshafen am Rhein Friedrich-Ebert-Halle
8 December 1986 Ulm Donauhalle Ulm
9 December 1986 Neunkirchen am Brand Hemmerleinhalle
10 December 1986 Munich Alabamahalle
11 December 1986 Offenbach Stadthalle Offenbach
12 December 1986 Ludwigsburg Rockfabrik
Leg 4 — Europe[13]
10 February 1987 Paris France Maison de la Mutualité —
5 March 1987 Madrid Spain Pabellón de la Ciudad Deportiva del Real Madrid
7 March 1987 San Sebastián Polideportivo Anoeta
9 March 1987 Toulouse France L'Apocalypse
10 March 1987 Dijon Le Forum
11 March 1987 Reims Théâtre
12 March 1987 Nancy Parc des Expositions
13 March 1987 Geneva Switzerland Palladium
14 March 1987 Zürich Volkshaus Onslaught
16 March 1987 Naples Italy Teatro Palapartenope
17 March 1987 Nancy France Parc des Expositions —
18 March 1987 Milian Italy Rolling Stone Onslaught
19 March 1987 Gorizia Palasport
21 March 1987 Dornbirn Austria Stadhalle
22 March 1987 Appenweier West Germany Schwarzwaldhalle
23 March 1987 Osnabrück Gartlage Hall Onslaught
Zeltinger Band
25 March 1987 Poperinge Belgium Maeke Blyde Onslaught
26 March 1987 's-Hertogenbosch Netherlands Brabanthallen
28 March 1987 Copenhagen Denmark Saga Cinema
29 March 1987 Oslo Norway Unknown venue
30 March 1987 Stockholm Sweden Fryshuset
31 March 1987 Lund Olympen —
Leg 5 — North America[14][15]
4 April 1987 Old Forge United States Autograph's Savage Grace
Malice
5 April 1987 Providence The Living Room
7 April 1987 Rochester Penny Arcade Savage Grace
8 April 1987 Boston The Channel Savage Grace
Malice
Knightmare
9 April 1987 West Hartford Agora Ballroom Savage Grace
Malice
10 April 1987 New York City L'Amour East Savage Grace
11 April 1987 Commack L'Amour Far East
12 April 1987 Philadelphia Trocadero Theatre Savage Grace
Anvil Bitch
She-Male Experience
14 April 1987 Washington, D.C. The Bayou Savage Grace
15 April 1987
16 April 1987 Cleveland Shadow's Night Club
17 April 1987 Detroit Harpos Concert Theatre
18 April 1987 Milwaukee Eagles Ballroom Savage Grace
Zoetrope
19 April 1987 Minneapolis First Avenue Savage Grace
21 April 1987 Cincinnati Bogart's
22 April 1987 Chicago Vic Theatre
24 April 1987 Los Angeles Hollywood Palladium Savage Grace
Lizzy Borden
25 April 1987 Berkeley Pauley Ballroom Savage Grace
26 April 1987 Los Angeles Reseda Country Club
27 April 1987 San Francisco The I-Beam
28 April 1987 Santa Clara One Step Beyond

References

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  1. ^ Kilmister 2002, p. 141.
  2. ^ Kilmister 2002, p. 142.
  3. ^ Cooper, Mike (27 March 1987). "Music Now!" (PDF). The Hard Report. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b Burridge 2019, p. 137.
  5. ^ "Festival Records Clothing & Artist T-Shirts". www.festivalsrecords.com.au. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Calendar". The Buffalo News. 7 November 1986. p. 58. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Nightlife". The Boston Globe. 13 November 1986. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  8. ^ Tancill, Karen B. (31 October 1986). "Motorhead promises a LOUD time Monday". Racine Journal Times. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Pop Music". Montreal Gazette. 14 November 1986. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Cro-Mags;". www.metallipromo.com. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Megadeth;". www.metallipromo.com. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  12. ^ "Calendar". Daily Times-Advocate. 7 October 1986. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Onslaught;". www.metallipromo.com. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  14. ^ "Nightlife". The Boston Globe. 2 April 1987. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  15. ^ "Pop Music". The Times Leader. 8 April 1987. Retrieved 10 February 2021.

Sources

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  • Kilmister, Lemmy (2002). White Line Fever. New York: Kensington Publishing Corp. ISBN 0-684-85868-1.
  • Burridge, Alan (2019). Motörhead - Keep Us On The Road. Cleopatra. ISBN 978-0997205664.
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