Lemmy
British rock musician (1945-2015) · United Kingdom · Musicians · Died at 70
Lemmy is read about 3,042 times a day, in 61 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 15 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 390 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?The only constant in Motörhead for forty years, playing bass like a rhythm guitarist through overdriven Marshall stacks, singing in a voice described as one of rock's most recognisable - a gravelly rasp aimed up at a microphone tilted down into his face.
A life in dates
Lemmy, Slim Jim & Danny BAlbum1980“We wanna be like Status Quo and go on forever. Chuck Berry never changed. Little Richard never changed. I’d rather be like that and stick to a formula we’re happy with.”In their words19801945Born24 December 1945Also in Deutsch
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2015 RiP Motoerhead - Lemmy Kilmister by 2eight - DSC6300In their own words 6
, In your twenties, you think you are immortal. In your thirties, you hope you are immortal.
You can't have everything, can you? Where would you put it?
(when asked if he has any regrets) None. Life's too short.
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About this person
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, amphetamine, and whiskey. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer two days before the end.
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