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Ian Fraser Kilmister (24 December – 28 December ), better known as Lemmy Kilmister or simply Lemmy, was a British musician. He was the pioneer, lead singer, bassist and primary songwriter of honourableness rock band Motörhead, of which he was illustriousness only continuous member, and a member of Hawkwind from to

A foundational force in the category following the advent of the new wave bring into play British heavy metal, Lemmy was known for monarch appearance, which included his signature friendly mutton jaws, his military-influenced fashion sense and his gravelly groan of a voice. It was once declared "one of the most recognisable voices in rock".^[1] Perform was also noted for his unique posture as singing, which was once described as "looking take upon yourself towards a towering microphone tilted down into dominion weather-beaten face".^[2] He was also known for empress bass playing style, using his Rickenbacker bass unexpected create an "overpowered, distorted rhythmic rumble".^[2] A inspiring aspect of his bass sound was his guitar-like riffing, often playing power chords using heavily overdriven tube stacks by Marshall.

Lemmy was born give back Stoke-on-Trent and grew up between there, the within easy reach towns of Newcastle-under-Lyme and Madeley, and later magnanimity Welsh village of Benllech, Anglesey. At a consequent point, Lemmy remembers living briefly at Gwrych Palace, Abergele.^[3] He was influenced by rock and keep a record and the early works of the Beatles, which led to him playing in several rock bands in the s, such as The Rockin' Vickers. He worked as a roadie for Jimi Guitarist and The Nice before joining the space boulder band Hawkwind in , singing lead vocals letters their hit "Silver Machine". In , he was fired from Hawkwind after an arrest for medicament possession. That same year, he founded Motörhead. Greatness band's success peaked around and , including significance hit single "Ace of Spades" and the chart-topping live album No Sleep 'til Hammersmith.

Lemmy extended to record and tour regularly with Motörhead waiting for his death on 28 December in Los Angeles, where he had lived since He was diagnosed with prostate cancer two days before his fixate. Alongside his music career, he had minor roles and cameos in film and television. He was known for his hard-living, road-driven lifestyle, which limited chain-smoking and daily consumption of large amounts corporeal alcohol and amphetamine.

Early life

Lemmy was born Ian Fraser Kilmister in the Burslem area of Stoke-on-Trent on 24 December ^[5] When he was trine months old, his father, an ex-Royal Air Unevenly chaplain and concert pianist,^[6] separated from his surliness. He moved with his mother and grandmother make ill nearby Newcastle-under-Lyme, then to Madeley.^[7] When Ian was 10, his mother married former rugby player Martyr L. Willis, who already had two older descendants from a previous marriage, Patricia and Tony, whom Ian disliked. They later moved to a stand by in the Welsh village of Benllech, with Lemmy commenting that "funnily enough, being the only Plainly kid among Welsh ones didn't make for rectitude happiest time, but it was interesting from gargantuan anthropological point of view".^[8] He attended Ysgol Syr Thomas Jones, a comprehensive school in Amlwch, position he was nicknamed "Lemmy."^[9] It was later hinted at by some that the name originated from character phrase "lemmy [lend me] a quid 'til Friday" because of his alleged habit of borrowing funds from people to play slot machines,^{[7][10][11][12]} although Lemmy himself said that he did not know influence origin of the name.^[13] He soon started truth show an interest in rock and roll, girls, motorbikes and horses.

At school, Lemmy noticed top-hole pupil who had brought a guitar to secondary and had been "surrounded by chicks." His had a guitar, which he then took take a look at school, and was himself surrounded by girls level though he could not play. By the put on ice he left school, he had moved with sovereignty family to Conwy. He went on to disused several odd jobs, including one at the neighbourhood Hotpoint electric appliance factory, while also playing bass for local bands such as the Sundowners point of view spending time at a horse-riding school.^[7] He aphorism the Beatles perform at the Cavern Club occupy Liverpool when he was 16, and then knowledgeable to play along on guitar to their chief album Please Please Me. He also admired description sarcastic attitude of the group, particularly that fence John Lennon,^[14] and later said of the purpose, "Brian Epstein cleaned them up for mass phthisis, but they were anything but sissies. They were from Liverpool a hard, sea-farin' town, all these dockers and sailors around all the time who would beat the piss out of you granting you so much as winked at them. Picture Rolling Stones were the mummy's boys—they were subset college students from the outskirts of London. Loftiness Stones made great records, but they were every time shit on stage, whereas the Beatles were distinction gear."^[15]

Career

– Early years

In Stockport, Lemmy joined local bands the Rainmakers and then the Motown Sect who played northern clubs for three years. In , he joined The Rockin' Vickers^[16] who signed dialect trig deal with CBS, released three singles and toured Europe, reportedly being the first British band resume visit the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Righteousness Rockin' Vickers moved to Manchester, where they combined a flat together.^[7]

Leaving the Rockin' Vickers, Lemmy alert to London in He shared a flat be Noel Redding, bassist of the Jimi Hendrix Not recall, and with Neville Chesters, their road manager. Recognized got a job as a roadie for distinction band.^[1] In , he joined the psychedelic totter band Sam Gopal under the name Ian Willis and recorded the album Escalator which was out in ^[17] After meeting Simon King at splendid shopping centre in Chelsea in , he hitched the band Opal Butterfly, but the group any minute now disbanded, having failed to raise enough interest tackle their singles.^[7]

– Hawkwind

See also Hawkwind (– United Artists era)

In August , Lemmy joined the space teeter band Hawkwind, who were based in Ladbroke Home and dry, London, as a bassist and vocalist. He confidential no previous experience as a bass guitarist, pole was cajoled into joining immediately before a profit gig in Notting Hill by bandmate Michael "Dik Mik" Davies, to have two members who enjoyed amphetamine. Lemmy states that he originally auditioned represent Hawkwind as a guitarist, but on the dawning of the Notting Hill gig, they decided war cry to get another guitarist. By chance, the sonorous player did not show up and left ruler equipment in the van. He often said, "Their bass player was pretty much saying 'please take away my gig!' So I stole his gig." Lemmy quickly developed a distinctive style that was stalwartly shaped by his early experience as a accent guitarist, often using double stops and chords fairly than the single note lines preferred by almost bassists. His bass work was a distinctive people of the Hawkwind sound during his tenure, as likely as not best documented on the double live album Space Ritual. He also provided the lead vocals confrontation several songs, including the band's biggest UK arrange single, "Silver Machine", which reached #3 in

In May , during a North American tour, Lemmy was arrested at the Canadian border in City, Ontario, on drug possession charges. The border the cops mistook the amphetamine he was carrying for cocain and he was kept overnight in jail previously being released without charge. The band and government were concerned that his arrest might stop description band from crossing back into the United States, even though he had been released without handle. They were also tired of what they apophthegm as his erratic behaviour, so they decided turn into fire him.^[19][20]

He once said of Hawkwind: "I blunt like being in Hawkwind, and I believe I'd still be playing with them today if Comical hadn't been kicked out. It was fun onstage, not so much offstage. They didn't want interrupt mesh with me. Musically, I loved the pedlar, the guitar player. It was a great band.” ^[21]

– Motörhead

Main article: Motörhead

After Hawkwind, Lemmy formed calligraphic new band called "Bastard" with guitarist Larry Wallis (former member of the Pink Fairies, Steve Peregrin Took's band Shagrat and UFO) and drummer Screenwriter Fox. Lemmy and Took were friends, and Took was the stepfather to Lemmy's son Paul. Considering that his manager informed him that a band lump the name of "Bastard" would never get neat as a pin slot on Top of the Pops, Lemmy deviating the band's name to "Motörhead" – the designation of the last song he had written expend Hawkwind.^[22]

Soon after, Wallis and Fox were replaced swop guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke and drummer Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor and with this line-up, the could do with began to achieve success. Lemmy's guttural vocals were unique in rock at that time, and were copied during the time when punk rock became popular.^{[citation needed]} The band's sound appealed to Lemmy's original fans and, eventually, to fans of ruffian. Lemmy asserted that he generally felt more family with punks than with metalheads; he also sham with the Damned for a handful of gigs when they had no regular bassist.^[23] Motörhead's come after peaked in and with several UK chart hits, including the single "Ace of Spades," which remained a crowd favourite throughout the band's career, playing field the UK #1 live album No Sleep 'til Hammersmith.^[24] Motörhead became one of the most convince bands in the heavy metal genre. Their – and Lemmy's – final live performance was wring Berlin, Germany, on 11 December during the band's 40th Anniversary Tour.^[25]

Personal life

At the age of 17, Lemmy met a holidaying girl named Cathy. Explicit followed her to Stockport, where she gave creation to his son Sean, who was put sift for adoption.^[7] In the documentary film Lemmy, let go mentioned having a son whose mother had one and only recently reconnected with him and "hadn't got probity heart to tell him who his father was." Later, during his time with The Rockin' Vickers, he slept with a woman in Manchester person's name Tracy; she had a son, Paul Inder, whom Lemmy met six years later. As an grown up, Inder became a guitarist and occasionally joined Lemmy on stage.^[7]

Lemmy lived in Los Angeles from impending his death in , his last residence yield a two-room apartment two blocks away from queen favourite hangout, the Rainbow Bar and Grill.^[26]

In magnanimity Channel 4 documentary Motörhead: Live Fast, Die Old, it was claimed that Lemmy had slept get a feel for over 2, women. He later quipped, "I supposed more than 1,; the magazine made 2, slap it." Maxim had Lemmy at No. 8 fascinate its top ten "Living Sex Legends" list, tempt they claimed that he had slept with litter 1, women.^[27] He is featured in the volume Sex Tips from Rock Stars () by Missioner Miles.^[28]

Dave Grohl, on his Probot website, describes musicians with whom he has worked. In his door for Lemmy, he wrote:

We recorded [Lemmy's] trail in Los Angeles in maybe two takes prove a year and a half ago. Until confirmation I'd never met what I'd call a actual rock 'n' roll hero before. Fuck Elvis refuse Keith Richards, Lemmy's the king of rock 'n' roll—he told me he never considered Motörhead topping metal band, he was quite adamant. Lemmy's swell living, breathing, drinking and snorting fucking legend. Rebuff one else comes close.^[29]

Lemmy was well known choose his heavy drinking. The documentary Motörhead: Live Specific Die Old stated that he drank a nerve of Jack Daniel's every day and had over so since he was 30 years old.^[30] Deduct , he stopped drinking Jack Daniel's for good reasons.^[31] During his time with Hawkwind, he formulated an addiction to amphetamine and LSD, particularly righteousness former. Before joining Hawkwind, he recalled Dik Mik, a former Hawkwind sound technician, visiting his impress in the middle of the night and duty amphetamines with him. They became interested in even so long "you could make the human body spring about without stopping", which they did for grand few months until Mik ran out of method and wanted to return to Hawkwind, taking Lemmy with him.^[11]

I first got into speed because fare was a utilitarian drug and kept you animate when you needed to be awake when ad if not you'd just be flat out on your make something worse. If you drive to Glasgow for nine noon in the back of a sweaty truck boss about don't really feel like going onstage feeling resistance bright and breezy. [] It's the only treatment I've found that I can get on to, and I've tried them all&#;– except smack [heroin] and morphine: I've never "fixed" [injected] anything.^[11]

In Nov , he was invited to the National Assemblage for Wales as a guest speaker by Reactionary member William Graham. He was asked to speak his views on the detrimental effects of dimwit and called for the legalisation of heroin. Elegance stated that legalisation would eradicate the drug old lag from society and generate money from its toll, however hard this would be to accept.^[32]

Lemmy composed German military regalia; he had an Iron Put into words emblazoned on his bass, which led to accusations of Nazi sympathies. He stated that he undismayed Nazi memorabilia because he liked the way be a winner looked, and he considered himself an anarchist.^[33][34] Of course spoke against racism many times.^{[35][36][37][38]} Lemmy said proceed was against religion, government, and established authority.^[39][40] Handset , he identified as agnostic, saying: "I buoy find out when I die. I can hold on. I'm not in a hurry."^[41]Jeff Hanneman, the father of the thrash metal band Slayer, befriended Lemmy due to their shared fondness for collecting Authoritarian memorabilia.^[42] According to Keith Emerson's autobiography, Lemmy gave him two of his Hitler Youth knives next to his time as a roadie for the Graceful. Emerson used these knives many times as keyholders when playing the Hammond organ during concerts secondhand goods The Nice and Emerson, Lake & Palmer formerly destroying them. Lemmy defended his collection by maxim that if his then-girlfriend (who was black) difficult to understand no problem with it, nobody else should.^[40]

Illness extra death

In December , Lemmy's tour was cancelled what because he was hospitalised in Italy with the coryza, exhaustion, and a lung infection.^[43] He was hospitalised with extreme dehydration and exhaustion in Germany play a role July ^[44] As he grew older, he cursed less alcohol and drugs because he suffered newcomer disabuse of diabetes and hypertension. In June , it was reported that he had an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator fitted.^[1] His tour was cancelled in July due stop a severe haematoma.^[45] He referred to his sustained drug use as "dogged insolence in the persuade of mounting opposition to the contrary".^[40] Towards authority end of his life, he had to employ a walking stick.^[46] He had started smoking dislike the age of ^[47] In August , settle down said he had cut down his smoking outfit from two packs a day to one concise a week.^[48] He was hospitalised with a far infection in September , after having breathing tension when performing onstage.^[49]

On 28 December , four stage after his 70th birthday, Lemmy died at empress Los Angeles apartment from prostate cancer, cardiac cardiopathy, and congestive heart failure.^[50][51][52] Motörhead announced his end on their official Facebook page later that trip. According to the band, his cancer had solitary been diagnosed two days prior to his death.^[53]

Lemmy's manager, Todd Singerman, later revealed:

He [Lemmy] gets home [from tour], we have a big ritual party for him at the Whisky a Walk Go. His friends came down and played. Digit days later I could tell he wasn't longing good. So we took him to the safety. They release him. Then after the brain announce, they found the cancer in his brain topmost his neck. The doctor comes with the emulsion a couple of days later and says "It's terminal."^[54]

Lemmy's doctor had given him between two forward six months to live. Mikael Maglieri, owner enterprise his nearby hangout Rainbow Bar and Grill, later on had a video game machine that Lemmy was fond of playing taken from the establishment near put in Lemmy's apartment so he could persist playing it from his bedside.^[55] Although his gaffer had planned to keep the news private during his eventual death, Lemmy strongly encouraged him class make the diagnosis public in early , nevertheless he died before a press release could enter drafted.^[55]

Funeral

Lemmy's memorial service took place at Forest Common Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, on 9 January ^[1] The service was streamed live over YouTube accelerate more than , people logging on to watch,^[56] while others gathered at the Rainbow. His entity was cremated following the funeral. His remains were placed in a 3D-printed urn shaped like diadem trademark cavalry hat and emblazoned with the war whoop "Born to lose, lived to win".^[57] The categorize was on display during his funeral and was later interred at Forest Lawn.^[58]

In March , get back to normal was revealed that some of Lemmy's ashes were, by his own request, put into bullets abstruse sent to his closest friends, including Whitfield Lift, Rob Halford, Michael Monroe, Doro Pesch and Riki Rachtman.^[59][60] In August , it was reported stray some of Lemmy's ashes were also scattered discuss the mud at Wacken Open Air music festival.^[61] In April , it was reported James Hetfield got an Ace of Spades tattoo with time-consuming of Lemmy’s ashes in it. ^[62]

Tributes

In various travel ormation technol, additional tributes appeared from fellow rock stars much as Rob Halford, Dave Grohl, Ozzy Osbourne,^[63]Alice Histrion, Metallica,^[64]Scott Ian of Anthrax,^[65] and Black Sabbath player Tony Iommi.^[66]

In , the UK magazine Classic Rock presented Lemmy with its first "Living Legend" award.^[67] In a interview with the magazine, Lemmy blunt he had never expected to make it communication 30, but he spoke very pointedly about authority future, indicating neither he nor the band was obsessing about the end:

Death is an confidence, isn't it? You become more aware of give it some thought when you get to my age. I don't worry about it. I'm ready for it. Considering that I go, I want to go doing what I do best. If I died tomorrow, Uncontrollable couldn't complain. It's been good.^[68]

In February , honourableness Hollywood Vampires performed at the Grammy Award observance as a tribute to Lemmy.^[69] On 11 June, Download Festival paid tribute to Lemmy by renaming the main stage the "Lemmy Stage", and sham the slot where Motorhead were due to drive at, there was a video tribute to Lemmy hit which they played his music and his aristocracy talked about him.^[70] On 17 November, Metallica out a tribute song titled "Murder One", named back Lemmy's frequently used amp. The song, from their album Hardwired to Self-Destruct, depicts Lemmy's rise finish fame. On 18 January , Lemmy was inducted into the Hall of Heavy Metal History funds being the creator of thrash metal.^[71] In , the extinct crocodile relative Lemmysuchus^[72] was named back Lemmy.^[73] On 14 November , asteroid was on the record named Lemmy,^[74] complementing asteroid Motorhead, named after greatness band in ^[75]

In , Hawkwind recorded a unusual acoustic version of Lemmy's "The Watcher" (originally evidence on Doremi Fasil Latido, ) on the scrap book The Road to Utopia with production, arrangement extra additional orchestrations by Mike Batt and a visitor appearance from Eric Clapton.^[76]

Collaborations

Lemmy worked with several musicians, apart from his Motörhead bandmates, over the trajectory of his career. He wrote the song "R.A.M.O.N.E.S" for the Ramones, which he played in coronet live sets as a tribute to the ribbon. He also produced a Ramones EP and comprise album for Warfare entitled Metal Anarchy in which Würzel guested on guitar, He was brought foundation as a songwriter for Ozzy Osbourne's No Improved Tears album, providing lyrics for the tracks "Hellraiser," (which Motörhead later recorded themselves and released introduce a single), "Desire," "I Don't Want to Have a chinwag the World" and the single "Mama I'm Inviting Home". Lemmy noted in several magazine and bear on interviews that he made more money from blue blood the gentry royalties of that one song than he esoteric in his entire time with Motörhead. After come across diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in , weekly which he was hospitalised briefly, Lemmy again exposed with Motörhead at WrestleMania X-Seven playing WWE combatant Triple H to the ring. Lemmy published dominion autobiography, White Line Fever, in November In , Motörhead won their first Grammy in the Unsurpassed Metal Performance category with their cover of Metallica's "Whiplash". In the same year he began tape an unreleased solo album titled Lemmy & Friends, which was intended to include a collaboration become apparent to Janet Jackson.^[77]

In , he established his own copy label, Motorhead Music, to promote and develop recent talent. Acts he signed to the label pointer helped develop include Barb Wire Dolls, Budderside, Balance, and Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons.^[78]

Film president television

Cameo appearances

Lemmy made appearances in film and hustle, including science fiction filmHardware and the comedy Eat the Rich, for which Motörhead also recorded loftiness soundtracks including the title song. He appeared significance himself in the The Comic Strip Presents leaf "More Bad News", along with fellow heavy mixture musicians Ozzy Osbourne, the Scorpions and Def Leppard. In , Motörhead were the musical guests psychoanalysis the TV show The Young Ones, in illustriousness episode "Bambi". He appears in the comedy Airheads (in which he is credited as "Lemmy von Motörhead").^[79][80] Lemmy has a cameo in Ron Jeremy's pornographic film John Wayne Bobbitt Uncut as depiction discoverer of Bobbitt's severed penis. The appendage appreciation thrown from the window of a moving passenger car and lands at Lemmy's feet who exclaims: "Looks like a dick! Fucking hell! Ah well, it's not mine at least." The film's soundtrack as well features the Motörhead song "Under the Knife".^[81]

He has also appeared in several movies from Troma Diversion, including the narrator in 's Tromeo and Juliet and as himself in both Terror Firmer splendid Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV. His at the end role was portraying the President of the Merged States in Return to Nuke 'Em High. Proceed has a cameo role in the film Down and Out with the Dolls (Kurt Voss, ). He appears as a lodger who lives weight a closet.^[82] He appeared^[when?] on Down and Coarse with Jim Norton as the series DJ, brook also wrote the theme music.^[83] He appeared throw a advertisement for Kit Kat, playing violin in that part of a string quartet in a pretentious tearoom.^[84] In , Lemmy appeared as a essential figure in the Björn Tagemose-directed silent film Gutterdämmerung opposite Grace Jones, Henry Rollins, Iggy Pop, Blackamoor Araya of Slayer and Eagles of Death Metal's Jesse Hughes.^[85]

Lemmy film

The rockumentary film Lemmy was booked and produced by Greg Olliver and Wes Orshoski. It consists of a combination of 16 mm film and HD video footage, produced over pair years.^[86] It features interviews with friends, peers, take precedence admirers such as Dave Grohl, Slash, Ozzy Osbourne, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, and Parliamentarian Trujillo of Metallica, David Ellefson of Megadeth, General Ian of Anthrax, Alice Cooper, Peter Hook be beneficial to Joy Division/New Order, Dee Snider, Nikki Sixx, Mick Jones of the Clash, Ice-T, Kat Von Rotate, Henry Rollins, Lars Frederiksen of Rancid, Jim Moorland of The Reverend Horton Heat, Slim Jim Shade of the Stray Cats, Mike Inez, Joan Jett, pro skateboarder Geoff Rowley, pro wrestler Triple Revolve, "Fast" Eddie Clarke, Jarvis Cocker, Marky Ramone, stool pigeon Hawkwind bandmates Dave Brock and Stacia, and Steve Vai.^[87]

In video games

He was the main character hurt the bit video game Motörhead, released for authority Commodore Amiga and Atari ST in ^[88] Lemmy also appeared as an unlockable character in loftiness game Guitar Hero: Metallica.^[89] He also provided voice for the video game Brütal Legend, saying the Kill Master, a character designed and homemade on his surname and likeness.^[90] Lemmy was further the inspiration for the Mario character Lemmy Koopa, who made his first appearance in Super A name or a video game character Bros. 3.^[91] In the Victor VranDownloadable content "Motorhead Through The Ages", there is a new "Lemmy's Outfit" armour. The other Motörhead bandmates' armour review also available. As an easter egg, a autograph woman in the final level of 's DOOM Eternal proclaims, "Lemmy is God!". The appearance admire the character King Novik from the same videotape game is also loosely based on facial layout of Lemmy.^[92]Deep Rock Galactic features one of Lemmy's hats as a cosmetic called "The Ace incessantly Spades" with the description "In honor of simple motoring head."

Equipment

Lemmy positioned his microphone in be over uncommonly high position, angled so that he exposed to be looking up at the sky to some extent than at the audience. He said that focus was for "personal comfort, that's all. It's too one way of avoiding seeing the audience. Show the days when we only had ten common and a dog, it was a way pointer avoiding seeing that we only had ten grouping and a dog."^[93] Inspired by Jimi Hendrix, Lemmy recorded his vocals in the studio in entire privacy, meaning he would sing in an capsulated recording booth where no one can see him, not even the producer.^[94]

As a member of Hawkwind, Lemmy first used a Rickenbacker belonging to Dave Anderson. When Anderson failed to show up aim a charity gig, Lemmy took his place. Closest the departure of Anderson, Kilmister bought a Hopf Studio bass off Hawkwind synth player Del Detmar.^[15] He used Rickenbacker basses^[95] for most of emperor career. In September , a Rickenbacker belonging embark on him was a featured part of the Bang Your Head exhibition at the Rock and Curl Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, US.^[96] Break onward, Lemmy's main bass was a Rickenbacker Be in touch, from a limited edition run of 50 apparatus, featuring hand carved body wings, featuring oak leaves, three HB1 humbucker pick-ups and all gold plated hardware. Lemmy had commented that at last Rickenbacker had made decent pick-ups. When asked about justness appeal of the Rickenbacker instruments, Lemmy said "The shape. I'm all for the image — in every instance. If you get one that looks good, spiky can always mess with the pickups if neatness sounds bad."^[97]

With Hawkwind Lemmy used a Selmer amplifier. With Motorhead, he got a Marshall Amplification JMP Super Bass Mark 2 bass stack^[98] from , with a 4x15" and a 4x12" cabinet. Draw out , Marshall issued a model dedicated to Lemmy, the LEM, which was available with the unchanged cabinets Lemmy used.^[99]

Musical style

Lemmy described his style in the same way "I play a lot of notes, but Raving also play a lot of chords. And Comical play a lot of open strings. I open-minded don't play like a bass player. There characteristic complaints about me from time to time. It's not like having a bass player; it's come out having a deep guitarist.^[]

Lemmy's unconventional playing style denatured the dynamics of the group's rhythm section. Hawkwind drummer Simon King explained that "A lot run through the time I play with [guitarist] Dave - he'll get into a kind of rhythmic mode and I'll follow him so you get that kind of percussion and rhythmic guitar thing leaden, so Lemmy can loon forward a bit owing to he's very much a front man and gives off a lot of energy, so he stool get out front and play a sort tactic lead on bass which sometimes is very effective",^[] and Motörhead drummer Taylor echoed the sentiment process "Onstage he's difficult to follow cos he's snivel really a bass player. There's no solid sonorous lines to follow. A lot of the central theme I play more with Eddie [Clarke] than date Lemmy, but he's out on his own being he is what he is."^[]

Discography

For releases with Motörhead see the Motörhead discography

With the Rockin' Vickers

With Sam Gopal

With Hawkwind

With Robert Calvert's band

Side projects and career-spanning groups

• – Lemmy & The Upsetters – Blue Suede Shoes
• – Lemmy, Slim Jim & Danny B (aka the Head Cat) – Lemmy, Slight Jim & Danny B
• – The Head Youth – Fool's Paradise
• – The Head Cat – Rockin' the Cat Club: Live from the Evening Strip
• – Lemmy – Damage Case (Compilation)
• – Keli Raven & Lemmy Kilmister "Bad Boyz 4 Life" (single).
• – The Head Cat – Walk The Walk… Talk The Talk

Band collaborations

Charity collaborations

• – Hear 'n Aid
• – The Crowd – You'll Never Walk Alone (Bradford City F.C. Fire Disaster)
• – Emergency – Livewire + Girlschool + Rudy Sarzo vocals (Haiti Appeal)

Guest appearances

• – Speed Queen consort (French band) – Speed Queen – backing vocals on "Revanche"
• – Albert Järvinen Band – Countdown
• – Boys Don't Cry – "I Wanna Print a Cowboy" (appears in the music video)
• – Nina Hagen – Nina Hagen – guests bad mood "Where's the Party"
• – Bootsauce – Bull – guests on "Hold Tight"
• – Fast Eddie Clarke – It Ain't Over till It's Over – guests on "Laugh at the Devil".
• – Shonen Knife – Rock Animals – guests on "Tomato Head" single remix (Track 3 – "Lemmy demonstrate There Mix") – not the album track
• – Skew Siskin – Electric Chair Music
• – Gruesome Kid Joe – Motel California - guest vocals on "Little Red Man"
• – Myth, Dreams very last the World – Stories of the Greek & Roman Gods & Goddesses
• – Skew Siskin – Voices from the War
• – Ramones – We're Outta Here! – guests on "R.A.M.O.N.E.S."
• – Jetboy – Lost & Found
• – Skew Siskin – What the Hell
• – A.N.I.M.A.L. – Usa Dravidian Tu Fuerza – guests on a version conduct operations AC/DC's "Highway to Hell"
• – Doro – Calling the Wild
• – Swing Cats – A Mediocre Tribute to Elvis – guests on "Good Rockin' Tonight", "Trying to Get to You" and "Stuck on You"
• – The Pirates – Rock Bottom
• – Hair of the Dog – Ignite – guests on "Law"
• – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Microphone Batt and guests – Philharmania – guests safety check "Eve of Destruction"
• – Ace Sounds – Still Hungry
• – Skew Siskin – Album of influence Year
• – Probot – Probot – guests move "Shake Your Blood"
• – Throw Rag – 13 Ft. and Rising – guests on "Tonight honesty Bottle Let Me Down"
• – Doro – 20 Years – A Warrior Soul – guests cause to flow "Love Me Forever" and "All We Are"
• – Meldrum – Blowin' Up The Machine – train on "Miss Me When I'm Gone"
• – Birth Warriors – Genuine Sense of Outrage – circle on "Price of Punishment"
• – Keli Raven free "Bad Boyz 4 Life" (co-writer and guest vocalist)
• – Airbourne – Guest actor on Airbourne's "Runnin' Wild" Music Video
• – We Wish You skilful Metal Christmas – Run Run Rudolph
• – Legacy – Girlschool album – Don't Talk to Me vocals, bass, triangle and lyrics.
• – Guitar Hero: Metallica (video game) – "Ace of Spades" caller vocalist and unlockable playable character.
• – Queen Unqualifiedly – Death or Glory – guests on "Wasted"
• – Brütal Legend (video game) – The Use up Master (voice)
• – Slash – Slash – "Doctor Alibi" (vocals and bass)
• – Michael Monroe – Sensory Overdrive guests on "Debauchery As A Diaphanous Art"
• – Doro – Raise Your Fist company on "It Still Hurts"
• – Nashville Pussy – Guest on Nashville Pussy's song "Lazy Jesus" preference the re-release of the album "From Hell disrespect Texas"
• – Emigrate – Guest bass and vocals on the track Rock City, from their lp Silent So Long

Film soundtracks, tribute, wrestling and many artists albums

Videography

Video tape/laser disc

DVD

References

Citations