Orgasmatron Tour

The Orgasmatron Tour was a concert tour played by the 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 album	Orgasmatron
Start date	15 September 1986
End date	28 April 1987
Legs	3 in Europe 2 in North America 5 total
No. of shows	41 in Europe 55 in North America 96 total
Motörhead concert chronology

Overview

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

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.[1] 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." [2] 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

• Lemmy Kilmister – bass guitar, vocals
• Phil "Wizzö" Campbell – guitar
• Michael "Würzel" Burston – guitar
• Pete Gill – drums (26 March 1986 - 10 February 1987)
• Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor (5 March 1987 – 28 April 1987)

Setlist

1. "Iron Fist"
2. "Stay Clean"
3. "Nothing Up My Sleeve"
4. "Metropolis"
5. "Doctor Rock"
6. "Killed By Death"
7. "Ace of Spades"
8. "Deaf Forever"
9. "Steal Your Face"
10. "Ain't My Crime" (Added in 1987)
11. "Bite the Bullet"
12. "Built for Speed"
13. "No Class"
14. "Orgasmatron"
15. "Motorhead"

Encore:

16. "Bomber" (played on occasions)
17. "Overkill"

Tour dates

Date[3][4]	City	Country	Venue	Support Act(s)
Leg 1 — United Kingdom ("Eight Days In June")[5]
14 September 1986[lower-alpha 1]	Southampton	England	Mayfair Suite	Fester & The Vomits
15 September 1986	Birmingham		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]
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	San Diego		California Theatre
18 October 1986	Long Beach		Fender's Ballroom	Cro-Mags Raw Power Dayglo Abortions
19 October 1986	Phoenix		Pride Pavillion	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 Theatre
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
4 November 1986	Aurora		Malo's
5 November 1986	Cuyahoga Falls		Agora
7 November 1986	Buffalo		Buffalo State College	Cro-Mags W.O.W.
8 November 1986	Niagara Falls		Unknown Venue	N/A
9 November 1986	New York City		The Ritz	Cro-Mags Dark Angel
12 November 1986	Hamilton	Canada	Unknown Venue	N/A
13 November 1986	Gatineau		Chaudiere Ballroom	Shock
14 November 1986	Montreal		Le Paladium	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
20 November 1986	Baltimore		Hammerjack's	N/A
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 — Germany[4]
1 December 1986	Hanover	Germany	Rotation	Savatage
2 December 1986	Hamburg		Große Freiheit 36
3 December 1986	Essen		Pink Palace
4 December 1986	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[8]
10 February 1987	Paris	France	Maison de la Mutualité	N/A
5 March 1987	Madrid	Spain	Pabellón de la Ciudad Deportiva del Real Madrid
7 March 1987	San Sebastian		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	N/A
18 March 1987	Milian	Italy	Rolling Stone	Onslaught
19 March 1987	Gorizia		Palasport
21 March 1987	Dornbirn	Austria	Stadhalle
22 March 1987	Appenweier	Germany	Schwarzwaldhalle
23 March 1987	Osnabrück		Gartlage Hall
25 March 1987	Poperinge	Belgium	Maeke Blyde
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	N/A
Leg 5 — United States
4 April 1987	Old Forge	United States	Autograph's	Savage Grace
5 April 1987	Providence		The Living Room	Savage Grace Malice
7 April 1987	Rochester		Penny Arcade	Savage Grace
8 April 1987	Boston		The Channel	Savage Grace Malice
9 April 1987	West Hartford		Agora Ballroom
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
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		Harpo's 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

1. Kilmister, Lemmy; Garza, Janiss (2002). White Line Fever. 850 Third Avenue, New York NY 10022: Kensington Publishing Corp. ISBN 0-684-85868-1.CS1 maint: location (link)
2. Cooper, Mike (27 March 1987). "Music Now!" (PDF). The Hard Report. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
3. "History & Tour Archive". The Official Motörhead Website. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
4. Burridge, Alan (2019). Motorhead - Keep Us On The Road. Cleopatra. p. 137. ISBN 978-0997205664.
5. "Festival Records Clothing & Artist T-Shirts". www.festivalsrecords.com.au. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
6. www.metallipromo.com http://www.metallipromo.com/cro.html. Retrieved 22 August 2020. Missing or empty |title= (help)
7. www.metallipromo.com http://www.metallipromo.com/meg.html. Retrieved 4 May 2020. Missing or empty |title= (help)
8. www.metallipromo.com https://www.metallipromo.com/onslaught.html. Retrieved 22 August 2020. Missing or empty |title= (help)

1. This gig was independent of the main Orgasmatron Tour and thus is not included in the total number of shows for the tour.