Motörhead - Bastards

Bastards is the eleventh studio album by English metal band Motörhead, originally released in November 1993 via ZYX Music.

Bastards became the eleventh album in a row in the discography of the British Metal band Motörhead, released in 1993. This work turned out to be one of the best in the teams repertoire at that time - fast, hard and with a great variety of compositions. The album was largely "first": the first and last recorded on the label ZYX; first Mickey Dee as the sole drummer; first, produced by Howard Benson.

It is one of two studio albums with the short-lived Lemmy, Würzel, Zööm and Mikkey Dee lineup, as on the previous album Dee was a 'special guest' drummer and hadn't officially joined the band. It was also the first of four Motörhead albums to be produced by former Child'ƨ Play producer Howard Benson, and the first Motörhead studio album not to contain a title track.

After unsuccessfully commercialising the success of 1916 (1991) with its follow-up March ör Die (1992), the band returned to their roots: being loud and fast. The lyrical themes range from social criticism ("On Your Feet or on Your Knees"), to war ("Death or Glory" and "I am the Sword") to child abuse ("Don't Let Daddy Kiss Me") and total mayhem ("Burner").

This album is a 2013 reissue on black vinyl, pressed in Europe via Goldencore and ZYX Music.