Stand by Your Man is an EP released in 1982. It is a collaboration of the bands Motörhead and the Plasmatics. It is notorious as the reason "Fast" Eddie left Motörhead, more so than the bad reception the EP received. Lemmy and Wendy O. Williams had organised to do a duet of the famous Tammy Wynettecountry song, though most critics, and fans, to this day are baffled by the choice, Wendy coming from the punk scene in the mid-late 1970s and Lemmy from a mixture of Rock genres.
Following the success of the Motörhead/Girlschool collaboration, St. Valentine's Day Massacre EP, Lemmy kept getting asked to do another collaboration. Having seen pictures of O. Williams and knowing of her reputation, alongside Lemmy's penchant for "making records with birds," the band flew to Toronto for a recording session with her group, the Plasmatics.[3] Lemmy explained about the session:
"..Eddie was supposed to produce the tracks for us, and unfortunately he had (producer) Will Reid Dick – whom I generally refer to as Evil Red Dick – in tow again. The session was problematic to say the least. Wendy took a long time to get in tune, and it wound Eddie up. She tried her parts a few times and sounded terrible, I will say that. You'd think she was never going to get it, but I knew she would if I just worked with her. In addition to this, Eddie wasn't playing guitar – he was only working as producer. We were using Wendy's guitarist's from the Plasmatics, with me and Phil on bass and drums. Eddie wasn't acting terribly thrilled with the whole scenario and finally he said he was going out to eat, but we found him in the other room, sulking with Evil Red.."[3]
Lemmy believes that if Dick had not been there, they could have worked through the problems, but ended up exchanging a few words and Clarke left the studio. Back at the hotel, drummer Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor told Lemmy "Eddie's left the band". Clarke was replaced a week later by Thin Lizzy man, Brian Robertson.[3] In the book Overkill: The Untold Story of Motorhead, biographer Joel McIver quotes Taylor saying:
"..we all knew it wasn't going to be a Stevie Wonder-meets-Paul McCartney production job. It was basically an over-the-top single...I said to him, well, that's no problem. Easy. If you want, you can put on the back of the single, 'Eddie Clarke is on no way involved with this. He hates it. He thinks it's a bunch of shit'...I still don't think that was his reason for leaving.."
It is more likely that Clarke left because of mounting tension with Kilmister, who had been unhappy with Clarke's production on the Iron Fist album and fed up with Clarke's continued threats to leave. In an interview with Scott Adams that appears on Clarke's official website, the guitarist insists:
"..I suppose at that time Motorhead had in fact gone as far as it could. I had not decided to quit. I was forced out by the other guys who for different reasons felt the need for a change. This kind of happened around the Iron Fist album. We had stopped working well together so the demise was inevitable..”
Release
It was released to little fan fare and sold poorly according to Lemmy.[3] It was reissued in various countries in the eighties; but since then it is only available on the Bronze Records compilation album No Remorse, of 1984, remastered reissue by Sanctuary Records in 2005, as part of the deluxe edition remastered series they did.
Reception
One reviewer[who?] commented that although "Lemmy has always said that the late Wendy O’Williams was a wonderful person, this doesn’t alter the fact that [Stand By Your Man] is a truly horrible track".[4]
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Stand by Your Man is an EP released in 1982 It is a collaboration of the bands Motorhead and the Plasmatics It is notorious as the reason Fast Eddie left Motorhead more so than the bad reception the EP received Lemmy and Wendy O Williams had organised to do a duet of the famous Tammy Wynette country song though most critics and fans to this day are baffled by the choice Wendy coming from the punk scene in the mid late 1970s and Lemmy from a mixture of Rock genres Stand by Your ManEP by Lemmy Wendy O WilliamsReleased1982 1 RecordedMay 1982StudioEastern Sound Studios Toronto CanadaGenrePunk rockLength8 37LabelBronzeProducerIan Lemmy KilmisterRod SwensonDan HartmanThe CompanyLemmy Wendy O Williams chronologyIron Fist 1982 Stand by Your Man 1982 What s Words Worth 1983 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 2 Contents 1 Recording 2 Release 3 Reception 4 Track listing 5 Personnel 6 Production 7 ReferencesRecording EditFollowing the success of the Motorhead Girlschool collaboration St Valentine s Day Massacre EP Lemmy kept getting asked to do another collaboration Having seen pictures of O Williams and knowing of her reputation alongside Lemmy s penchant for making records with birds the band flew to Toronto for a recording session with her group the Plasmatics 3 Lemmy explained about the session Eddie was supposed to produce the tracks for us and unfortunately he had producer Will Reid Dick whom I generally refer to as Evil Red Dick in tow again The session was problematic to say the least Wendy took a long time to get in tune and it wound Eddie up She tried her parts a few times and sounded terrible I will say that You d think she was never going to get it but I knew she would if I just worked with her In addition to this Eddie wasn t playing guitar he was only working as producer We were using Wendy s guitarist s from the Plasmatics with me and Phil on bass and drums Eddie wasn t acting terribly thrilled with the whole scenario and finally he said he was going out to eat but we found him in the other room sulking with Evil Red 3 Lemmy believes that if Dick had not been there they could have worked through the problems but ended up exchanging a few words and Clarke left the studio Back at the hotel drummer Phil Philthy Animal Taylor told Lemmy Eddie s left the band Clarke was replaced a week later by Thin Lizzy man Brian Robertson 3 In the book Overkill The Untold Story of Motorhead biographer Joel McIver quotes Taylor saying we all knew it wasn t going to be a Stevie Wonder meets Paul McCartney production job It was basically an over the top single I said to him well that s no problem Easy If you want you can put on the back of the single Eddie Clarke is on no way involved with this He hates it He thinks it s a bunch of shit I still don t think that was his reason for leaving It is more likely that Clarke left because of mounting tension with Kilmister who had been unhappy with Clarke s production on the Iron Fist album and fed up with Clarke s continued threats to leave In an interview with Scott Adams that appears on Clarke s official website the guitarist insists I suppose at that time Motorhead had in fact gone as far as it could I had not decided to quit I was forced out by the other guys who for different reasons felt the need for a change This kind of happened around the Iron Fist album We had stopped working well together so the demise was inevitable Release EditIt was released to little fan fare and sold poorly according to Lemmy 3 It was reissued in various countries in the eighties but since then it is only available on the Bronze Records compilation album No Remorse of 1984 remastered reissue by Sanctuary Records in 2005 as part of the deluxe edition remastered series they did Reception EditOne reviewer who commented that although Lemmy has always said that the late Wendy O Williams was a wonderful person this doesn t alter the fact that Stand By Your Man is a truly horrible track 4 Track listing EditNo TitleWriter s Players s Length1 Stand by Your Man Tammy Wynette Billy SherrillLemmy Wendy Richie Wes Phil3 062 No Class Kilmister Clarke TaylorLemmy Wendy Richie Wes Phil2 323 Masterplan Rod Swenson Richie StottsLemmy Richie Wes Phil2 55Personnel EditLemmy Kilmister lead vocals on Stand by Your Man amp Masterplan bass guitar Phil Philthy Animal Taylor drums Wendy O Williams lead vocals on Stand by Your Man amp No Class Richie Stotts lead guitar Wes Beech rhythm guitarProduction EditProducer Engineer amp Mixer Fast Eddie Clarke amp Will Evil Red Neck ReidReferences Edit citation will be added when No Remorse album is finished editing Allmusic review a b c d White Line Fever Lemmy and Janiss Garza pub Simon amp Schuster 2002 pp 160 162 ISBN 0 684 85868 1 review of Born to Lose Live to Win Music from the Hawkwind family tree Part 2 Archived from the original on 14 April 2017 Retrieved 30 March 2021 Portal 1980s Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Stand 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