[1] Due to the death of founder Lemmy four months after the album's release, the band disbanded after 40 years on the road.

Surviving members guitarist Phil Campbell and drummer Mikkey Dee stated to numerous media that the band was finished.

[3] In 2016, the album received an ECHO Award nomination for Best Rock/Alternative International, but eventually lost to Iron Maiden's The Book of Souls.

Fuji Rock Festival in 2015, and a box set will contain both releases plus a bonus interview disc, Lemmy: War, Love, Death and Injustice.

[22] Ray Van Horn Jr. from Blabbermouth.net, noted that with Bad Magic, given Lemmy's health problems: "[they're] on the verge of what might be [their] swan song...[Lemmy] exhibits the vocal wear and tear of a man whose long-beaten, gravelly pipes are betraying him due to a natural aging process.

"[23]However, he continues that: "Lemmy is a freak of nature, and it's great to hear him ralph, croon and snarl with a give-a-damn will to live—you're a total piece of crap if you knock a guy who has given us his all for decades.

"[23]Sean Barry of Consequence of Sound points to the song, "Till the End", and writes that: "[...] here the frontman relates his story and woes in some rundown pub on the outskirts of town.