I wish Motorhead would come back...

December 26, 2011 3:18 PM

Euclid James "Motorhead" Sherwood, 1942-2011. Motorhead Sherwood from the Mothers of Invention passed away on Christmas Day. He was one of the original Mothers, appeared in 200 Motels and Uncle Meat, and was on all of the albums with the original Mothers line-up. (He even showed up again with Jimmy Carl Black, the Indian of the Group, on 1981's You Are What You Is.) An immensely talented saxophonist, Motorhead played on both Cruisin' With Ruben & The Jets AND the album For Real! by the real Ruben & The Jets.
posted by Rev. Syung Myung Me (18 comments total)

Well, damn.

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posted by mykescipark at 3:34 PM on December 26, 2011

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posted by parki at 3:42 PM on December 26, 2011

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posted by Superfrankenstein at 3:43 PM on December 26, 2011

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posted by peterkins at 3:47 PM on December 26, 2011

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posted by bjgeiger at 4:01 PM on December 26, 2011

You threw my best sharkskin suit out on the lawn, right on top of some dog waste and my best white shirts with the Mr. B collar laying all over the front lawn.

Where's my cuff links?
posted by PeterMcDermott at 4:06 PM on December 26, 2011

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posted by stubby phillips at 4:41 PM on December 26, 2011

well, when weasels ripped your flesh, you knew sooner or later it'd get infected

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posted by oneswellfoop at 4:47 PM on December 26, 2011

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posted by dbiedny at 4:55 PM on December 26, 2011

200 Motels appears to be available on Netflix.
posted by stubby phillips at 6:43 PM on December 26, 2011

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posted by vverse23 at 8:24 PM on December 26, 2011

Motorhead, JCB, Don Van Vliet - emissaries from an older, weirder, more beautiful, and (no matter what anybody says) less refried / self-conscious America that we will never see again. RIP.
posted by ryanshepard at 8:28 PM on December 26, 2011 [1 favorite]

My name is James Sherwood (No relation.) I am alive. I also like Zappa and the M's of Invention.

That is all.


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posted by exlotuseater at 9:37 PM on December 26, 2011

Trivia: When Gail Zappa had their first child, Frank was on the road, and he told her "Moon if it's a girl, Motorhead if it's a boy."

Thus Moon Unit Zappa.

Which tells me he thought a hell of a lot of Motorhead Sherwood.
posted by jscott at 9:51 PM on December 26, 2011 [1 favorite]

I heard he'd been having trouble with pigs and ponies.
posted by Strange Interlude at 11:13 PM on December 26, 2011 [2 favorites]

Who isn't?

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posted by mannequito at 11:32 PM on December 26, 2011

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posted by Nat "King" Cole Porter Wagoner at 12:12 AM on December 27, 2011

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posted by Philofacts at 10:09 AM on December 27, 2011