SEPT. 27, 7:23 P.M. ET
Motorhead [ tickets ] is marking its 25th anniversary with a brief tour of the West Coast that kicks off on Thursday night (9/27) in Seattle. The group is also re-releasing a dozen of its albums, putting together an anniversary DVD and making a high-profile television appearance.

Throughout the fall, Sanctuary Records Group's imprint label Metal-Is Records will be re-releasing digitally remastered versions of Motorhead’s “All the Aces,” “No Remorse,” “Ace of Spades,” “No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith,” “Bomber,” “Iron Fist,” “Overkill,” “Another Perfect Day,” “Orgasmatron,” “Rock 'N' Roll,” “No Sleep At All” and “The Chase Is Better than the Catch (The Singles A's & B's).” Each album will contain bonus tracks not featured on the original version, according to Sanctuary.

The band is also putting together a 25th anniversary DVD titled “Live at the Brighton Academy,” which is slated to feature guest performances from Brian May (Queen), Fast Eddie Clark (ex-Motorhead), Whitfield Crane (Life of Agony) and Doro Pesch (Doro, Warlock), according to a press release.

On Monday (9/24), Motorhead participated in the filming of the Oct. 24 episode of “The Drew Carey Show,” according to the group’s publicist.

Motorhead’s most recent release of all-new material is May 2000's “We Are Motorhead.” The two-disc “The Best of Motorhead” followed last September, and the group is at work on a new album that is expected in the spring of 2002.