Doro to release Lemmy tribute album to mark his 80th birthday and 10 years since his death
It's released this September
German rock icon Doro Pesch has announced she’s releasing a tribute album in honour of her good friend, Motörhead legend Lemmy.
Doro’s ‘Rock to Death’ album will be released in September 2025, three months ahead of what would have been Lemmy’s 80th birthday on Christmas Eve. It’s also the tenth anniversary of his passing on 28th December.
Confirming the album, Doro exclusively told The Metal Voice: 'I want to do something for Lemmy because it would be his anniversary, and it's called 'Rock to Death' and that will come out in September (2025).
“I want to put on the album with all our duets. We did a couple of duets like 'It Still Hurts' together and 'Love Me Forever', a Motörhead classic, 'Alone Again'. And then I did some Motörhead covers, like 'Ace Of Spades', of course, and 'Rock 'N' Roll'. So, I'm just in the middle of putting that together in memory of Lemmy Kilmister."
Asked if ‘Rock to Death’ will include new material, Doro responded: "Actually, all these versions, they are pretty much different versions than you could find on the records.
"I went to the studio, and I was checking out all kinds of bags, and when I'm doing a production, I always have big bags with CDs and stuff, and back in the day cassettes. And it was so funny, underneath my bag, there was a bag, and I didn't even think of it. I didn't open it for a long time. And that day before I went to the studio, I opened that bag and there were all these CDs and all our mixes, like the two duets I did with Lemmy in L.A.
“Actually, Bob Kulick, he was recording everything. It was his studio. And I found all these unreleased tracks. So this record will have a lot of unreleased mixes and tracks and stuff you already know, but it's different versions — alternate takes, alternate mixes. Because when we did our first duets, 'Love Me Forever' and 'Alone Again', man, I think we had 10 mixes and we couldn't decide which one was the best.
“Lemmy and me, we were always a team, and the engineer, he said, 'No, you've gotta have this one.' And we said, 'No, we wanna have the demo.' And then we worked out from the demo again. And it was a lot of fun. So you will hear some different mixes."
Doro continued: “I want to put out a vinyl, like picture-disc vinyl, and maybe CD, but definitely picture-disc vinyl. And then a liquid-filled vinyl with — you know Lemmy's favorite drink was whiskey and Cola, so it will be probably Jack Daniel's and Cola in a liquid-filled vinyl. And I wanna do that.
“So we are just checking it out how we can do it. But I think there's a way. We found a company. And so that's something really special. And you can actually put a little hole in it and then check it out. It's definitely Jack Daniel's and Cola. So that's for people who are really wanna know what's in there."
Earlier this month, Andy Edwards’ stunning statue of Lemmy was unveiled in the Motörhead icon’s birthplace of Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent. Check it out below.