"When Live Albums Do Matter" - 40th Anniversary of the "No Sleep..." and "The Eagle Has..." albums

[Luxi]

Time flies and it's been 40 long years since the uncrowned British metal legends, Motörhead and Saxon, released their first live albums. We are talking about Motörhead's No Sleep 'til Hammersmith and Saxon's The Eagle Has Landed (the latter recorded in 1981 and released in 1982). Both albums showed that heavy rock/metal music was meant to be loud, heavy, shamelessly honest and uncompromisingly rebellious, full of raw energy and power that goes straight through the listener's mind and body.

Those two live albums have been very important and meaningful for many of us (like yours truly) over these past four decades, being one of the main reasons we started loving those two pioneering metal bands in the first place. They also inspired some of us to become very active concertgoers. Many other live albums (some good, some bad) have been released since but... hell, both No Sleep... and The Eagle... have withstood the test of time beautifully, making them true classic live albums.

We here at the shiny ivory tower of The Metal Crypt wanted to hear what these albums have meant for metal musicians, the kinds of influences they were and most importantly, how they see them today among the other live albums that have been released since...

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