Iron Fist

Iron Fist is the fifth album by the British heavy metal band Motörhead. Released on 17 April 1982, it peaked at 6 on the UK album charts. It was preceded by the release of the title track “Iron Fist” as a single on 3 April, which peaked in the UK singles chart at 29. It was the final album to be recorded by the Lemmy, Eddie Clarke and Phil Taylor line-up.As with previous albums, recording commenced with producer Vic Maile at his Jackson’s Studio in Rickmansworth in 1981. A break in recording for the band to play some November and December dates with Tank was followed by Clarke producing Tank’s debut album with help from Will Reid Dick. The writing of lyrics and recording of vocals are tasks that Lemmy performs once the recording of the music has been completed. Struggling to think of a name for the title track for the album, he remembered the time the band had performed live under the name Iron Fist and the Hordes from Hell for contractual reasons (a subsequent album What’s Wordsworth? was released of that event), and decided this was an apt name for this project. The name was eventually shortened to simply Iron Fist.