Lemmy

Ian Fraser Kilmister grew up between Stoke-on-Trent and Wales, influenced by rock and roll and early Beatles, playing in 1960s groups like the Rockin' Vickers. He roadied for Jimi Hendrix and the Nice before joining Hawkwind in 1971, singing lead on their hit "Silver Machine". Fired in 1975 after a drug arrest, he founded Motörhead that same year. The band peaked around 1980–81 with "Ace of Spades" and the live album No Sleep 'til Hammersmith. He toured and recorded without pause until 28 December 2015, dying in Los Angeles four decades into a hard-living, road-driven life of chain-smoking, am…