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Head Motorhead: Lemmy, as he calls himself, is leader-bassist-singer of noisy rock band that overloaded on sonic booms at the Music Hall last night
Head Motorhead: Lemmy, as he calls himself, is leader-bassist-singer of noisy rock band that overloaded on sonic booms at the Music Hall last night

Head Motorhead: Lemmy, as he calls himself, is leader-bassist-singer of noisy rock band that overloaded on sonic booms at the Music Hall last night

Date5/7/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: Head Motorhead: Lemmy, as he calls himself, is leader-bassist-singer of noisy rock band that overloaded on sonic booms at the Music Hall last night.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0101519F
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