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1623:GWR Records
1608:Joe Petagno
1593:Discography
1311:Louie Louie
1279:Under Cöver
1244:The Best Of
1113:Live albums
1103:'92 Tour EP
952:Orgasmatron
653:Subversions
637:Phil Taylor
576:bass guitar
547:Phil Taylor
340:heavy metal
273:Producer(s)
265:Phil Taylor
212:speed metal
202:Heavy metal
1680:Categories
1402:Hellraiser
1353:I Got Mine
1209:No Remorse
1050:Aftershock
851:Mikkey Dee
787:20 October
672:References
592:Girlschool
537:"Bomber" (
501:The Damned
396:Background
66:newspapers
1346:Iron Fist
1304:Motorhead
1057:Bad Magic
1036:Motörizer
987:Sacrifice
938:Iron Fist
924:On Parole
903:Motörhead
886:Pete Gill
861:Lucas Fox
830:Motörhead
725:Metaltalk
649:U.K. Subs
629:Onslaught
557:Personnel
516:Motorhead
344:Motörhead
286:Motörhead
207:hard rock
145:Motörhead
1665:Category
1613:Headgirl
1603:Hawkwind
1426:Box sets
1325:No Class
1318:Overkill
1015:Hammered
980:Bastards
910:Overkill
613:Mudhoney
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414:'s book
389:Overkill
379:TV show
299:No Class
181:Recorded
173:Released
126:"Bomber"
1628:Fastway
1598:Members
1289:Singles
1022:Inferno
761:19 June
735:2 March
667:(2021).
655:(2018).
496:album.
337:English
321:(1980)
312:(1979)
303:(1979)
80:scholar
1508:Vol. 2
1504:Vol. 1
1444:Videos
1332:Bomber
1184:Vol. 2
1180:Vol. 1
917:Bomber
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625:album.
580:vocals
494:Bomber
417:Bomber
373:7-inch
353:Bomber
333:Bomber
308:Bomber
243:Bronze
221:Length
163:B-side
154:Bomber
141:Single
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1525:Tours
1360:Shine
659:Saxon
570:drums
371:as a
342:band
238:Label
194:Genre
87:JSTOR
73:books
966:1916
789:2008
763:2020
737:2019
704:ISBN
635:and
478:and
460:and
59:news
1067:EPs
436:,
377:BBC
367:by
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