Editing Motörhead (section)

===1998–2003: ''Snake Bite Love'', ''We Are Motörhead'', and ''Hammered''===
Lemmy recalled that the touring was going particularly well, with some countries like Argentina and Japan putting the band in larger venues, and the English promoters discovered that "they could turn a nice profit with Motörhead shows". In his opinion, the three-piece line-up was performing excellently and it was high time they made another live record.<ref>''White Line Fever'', pp. 281–283.</ref> The band did eventually, but made another studio album first, ''[[Snake Bite Love]]'', recorded in various studios and released on 3 March 1998.

The band joined with Judas Priest at the Los Angeles [[Universal Amphitheatre]] on 3 April, to begin their "Snake Bite Love" tour. On 21 May, Motörhead were recorded at The Docks in Hamburg. The tracks from this performance were later released as ''[[Everything Louder Than Everyone Else]]''. The band were invited to join the Ozzfest Tour and played dates across the States during early July until early August and were in Europe from early October until late November. The British leg of the tour was dubbed the "No Speak With Forked Tongue" tour and included support bands [[Groop Dogdrill]], Radiator and Psycho Squad, which was fronted by Phil Campbell's son Todd.<ref name="MTD"/>

In 1999 Motörhead made a tour of the states between 20 April and 2 June, before going to Karo Studios in [[Brackel]], Germany to record their next album, ''[[We Are Motörhead]]'', which was released in May the following year. During the time the album sessions took place, the band played at venues around Europe, the first of which was at [[Fila Forum]] in [[Assago]], near [[Milan]], where Metallica's [[James Hetfield]] joined the band on-stage to play "Overkill". In October and early November, the band toured the states with [[Nashville Pussy]]. Throughout the rest of November, the band conducted their European "Monsters of the Millennium" tour with [[Manowar]], [[Dio (band)|Dio]] and [[Lion's Share (band)|Lion's Share]], ending the Millennium with two shows at the London Astoria. The two shows were billed under the ''[[Kerrang!]]'' "X-Fest" banner and at the first show were supported by [[Backyard Babies]] and during the second show guest vocals were provided by [[Deborah Dyer|Skin]] from [[Skunk Anansie]] and Nina C. Alice from Skew Siskin for "Born to Raise Hell", and Ace from Skunk Anansie played "Overkill" with the band.<ref name="MTD"/>

[[File:Motorhead 25th Anniversary Concert Ticket.jpg|right|thumb|Entrance ticket for the 25th anniversary concert at the [[Carling Academy Brixton|Brixton Academy]] on 22 October 2000]]

In May 2000, the release of ''We Are Motörhead'' and the single from it, a cover of the Sex Pistol's "[[God Save the Queen (Motörhead song)|God Save the Queen]]", coincided with the start of the band's "We Are Motörhead" tour across South and North America during May and June, with a further nine shows across in Europe in July. Shows in the United States and France were followed by the release of a double-disc compilation album, ''[[The Best Of (Motörhead album)|The Best Of]]'', on 26 August.

Four dates in Japan preceded the band's 25th anniversary concert on 22 October at the Brixton Academy in London, where guest appearances were made by "Fast" Eddie Clarke, [[Brian May]], [[Doro (musician)|Doro Pesch]], [[Whitfield Crane]], Ace, Paul Inder and Todd Campbell. The show also featured the return of the Bomber lighting rig. The event was filmed and released the following year as the ''[[25 & Alive Boneshaker]]'' DVD, and the CD of the show, ''[[Live at Brixton Academy (Motörhead album)|Live at Brixton Academy]]'', was released two years after that.<ref name="MTD"/> Lemmy states the reason for the DVD as wanting "to record it for the posterity or whatever it is. I nodded off through the 10th anniversary, we never did anything on the 20th, so the 25th made sense."<ref name="RSM"/>

A tour of West and East Europe followed the anniversary concert, taking the band through October, November and December.<ref name="MTD"/> The schedule for the Eastern European tour was quite brutal, involving two 18-hour drives back-to-back and little time off, at the Warsaw venue the band did not arrive until 11 o'clock and the crew were still loading into the venue at one in the morning, while the fans waited.<ref>''White Line Fever'', pp. 284–285.</ref>

After taking a month off, the band began working on a new album at Chuck Reid's house in the [[Hollywood Hills]]. This album, ''[[Hammered (Motörhead album)|Hammered]]'', was released the following year. On 1 April 2001, the band gave a one-song performance for [[Triple H]]'s entrance at [[WrestleMania X-Seven]] at the [[Reliant Astrodome]] in Houston. The second leg of the "We Are Motörhead" tour began in May in Ireland, moving across to the United Kingdom. In Manchester, the band were supported by [[Goldblade]], and by [[Pure Rubbish]] at the two London shows. The second London show also included [[Backyard Babies]] and Paul Inder, who was guest musician for "Killed By Death". Between June and August, Motörhead played at a number of rock festivals in Europe; including as the [[Graspop Metal Meeting]] in Belgium, the [[Quart Festival]] in Norway, and the [[Wacken Open Air]] on 4 August, where four songs were recorded for the ''25 & Alive Boneshaker'' DVD. The band returned to the States for a seven show tour between late September and early October.<ref name="MTD"/>

In April 2002, a DVD of some of Motörhead's performances from the 1970s and 1980s along with some stock footage of the band was released as ''[[The Best of Motörhead (video)|The Best of Motörhead]]''. Two weeks earlier, the ''Hammered'' album was released and supported by the "Hammered" tour, which kicked off in the States at around the same time. The United States dates continued until late May, and a European leg followed between June and August. In October, the band played five dates in Great Britain with [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]], Skew Siskin and Psycho Squad. The final venue was the Wembley Arena in London, where instead of Psycho Squad, the band were supported by Hawkwind, with Lemmy performing "Silver Machine" on stage with them. Throughout the rest of October and better part of November, the band were on a European tour with Anthrax.<ref name="MTD"/>

In April and May 2003, the band continued to promote the ''Hammered'' album in the States, and on the three dates Phil Campbell had to miss, his mother having died, [[Todd Youth]] stood in for him. Between late May and mid-July the band played seven dates at Summer Festivals in Europe and from late-July until the end of August, they were touring the United States with [[Iron Maiden]] and Dio. On 7 October a comprehensive five-disc collection of the band's recordings covering 1975–2002 was released as ''[[Stone Deaf Forever!]]''. On 1 September 2003, the band returned to Hollywood's Whisky A Go-Go club for the Hollywood Rock Walk of Fame Induction. During October, the band performed a tour of Great Britain with [[the Wildhearts]] and Young Heart Attack. The band performed seven shows across Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain between 21 and 28 October and from late November until early December they were in Germany and Switzerland, touring with Skew Siskin and [[Mustasch]]. On 9 December, the previously recorded ''Live at Brixton Academy'' album was released.<ref name="MTD"/>