1982: LEMMY and the New Wave of British HEAVY METAL | Riverside | Classic BBC Music | BBC Archive

In a special edition of Riverside, Steve Blackwell joins the one and only Lemmy Kilmister, frontman of Motorhead - "a classic example of a heavy metal band" - for an orange juice and a chat about the New Wave of British Heavy Metal: "music your mother shouldn't like". This report also features Brian Harrigan - the author of the Encyclopaedia Metallica - discussing the likely origin of such heavy metal staples as head-banging, air guitar and always wearing black. The piece ends with an interview with all-female metal band Rock Goddess, aka sisters Jodie and Julie Turner and Tracey Lamb. Originally broadcast 13 December, 1982. You have now entered the BBC Archive, a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate, entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on our amazing journey through the BBC Archive - https://www.youtube.com/c/BBCArchive?sub_confirmation=1

Added 6 Apr 2026