Artist	Song
Diamond Head	Helpless
from Am I Evil? - The Anthology (2008)
Killing Joke	The Wait
from Killing Joke (2005)
The Misfits	Green Hell
from Collection (1986)
Diamond Head	Am I Evil
from Am I Evil (2009)
Queen	Stone Cold Crazy
from Classic Queen (1994)
Anti-Nowhere League	So What
from The Punk Rock Anthology (2008)
Motörhead	Damage Case
from The Very Best of Motörhead (2009)
Motörhead	Overkill
from The Very Best of Motörhead (2009)
Discharge	Free Speech for the Dumb
from Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (2009)
Diamond Head	It's Electric
from Am I Evil? - The Anthology (2008)
The Misfits	Die, Die My Darling
from Collection (1986)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	Loverman
from Let Love In (1994)
Mercyful Fate	Evil
from Melissa (2007)
Mercyful Fate	Curse of the Pharaohs
from Melissa (2007)
Mercyful Fate	A Corpse Without Soul
from The Best of Mercyful Fate (2007)
Mercyful Fate	Into the Coven
from Melissa (2007)
Blue Öyster Cult	Astronomy
from Don't Fear the Reaper - The Best of Blue Öyster Cult (1996)
Thin Lizzy	Whiskey in the Jar
from Dedication - The Very Best of Thin Lizzy (1991)
Lynyrd Skynyrd	Tuesday's Gone
from The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd (2011)
Discharge	The More I See
from Decontrol: The Singles (2009)
Diamond Head	The Prince
from Am I Evil? - The Anthology (2008)
Ennio Morricone	L'estasi dell'oro (The Ecstasy of Gold) [2004 Remaster]
from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (2008)
Ramones	53rd & 3rd
from Ramones (Deluxe Version) (2009)
Ramones	Commando
from Hey Ho Let's Go - Greatest Hits (Remastered) (2008)
Ramones	Cretin Hop
from Hey Ho Let's Go - Greatest Hits (Remastered) (2008)
Ramones	Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
from Ramones (Deluxe Version) (2009)
Ramones	Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World
from Ramones (Deluxe Version) (2009)
Ramones	We're a Happy Family
from Hey Ho Let's Go - Greatest Hits (Remastered) (2008)
Savage	Let It Loose
from Loose 'N' Lethal (2009)

Comment:

When James Hetfield shouts, "Gimme fuel, gimme fire, gimme that which I desire" on Metallica's [i]Reload[/i] album, he might as well be talking about the unbelievable original versions of cuts the band's covered over the past couple of decades. One longstanding obsession on that crate-digging expedition is Motörhead — and not just because Lemmy's one of the baddest men ever to stalk a stage. For one thing, the power-trio practically invented speed metal, leading Metallica to devote an entire EP — 1995's [i]Motörheadache[/i], which is tacked onto the tail-end of the [i]Garage Inc.[/i] album — to four of their fiercest pedal-to-the-metal pieces. Which makes perfect sense, given Metallica's undying devotion to the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (crank up also: Maiden's "Run to the Hills" and "Remember Tomorrow," just the way the band first heard 'em). For a taste of the not-so-obvious, check out Thin Lizzy ("Whiskey in the Jar") and, believe it or not, Nick Cave ("Loverman"). And that's not all: Metallica also pulled from the likes of Blue Öyster Cult and Blitzkrieg, Mercyful Fate and the Misfits, and more. But don't take our word for it — check out all the originals . . . before they got manhandled by Metallica.

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