RIP Lemmy Kilminster

Trainfish · December 29, 2015, 01:36:50 AM

Just heard that he died tonight. I saw him several times fronting Motorhead and am absolutely gutted to hear this. Not once did I leave one of his gigs without a distinct ringing in my ears which often lasted for days. First time was in 1983 at Golddiggers in Chippenham and the last time was at the Colston Hall in Bristol in 2003 and he was as good and as loud as ever. He was told only on Boxing Day that he had an aggressive form of cancer and died 2 days later. He was 'only' 70 when he died and I've got a bit more than a tear in my eye writing this :'(

RIP Lemmy. I and many others will miss ya.

marco neri · December 29, 2015, 01:57:41 AM

Play it LOUD AND FAST in the blu sky...Born to lose, lived to win..
MOTÖRHEAD forever!
Remembering their performance in Rome when I was 18....my ears are still roaring..a thunderstorm in my head....
RIP Lemmy...

Bealman · December 29, 2015, 04:17:34 AM

Sometimes makes me wonder... if he hadn't been told, maybe he'd still be with us

Sprintex · December 29, 2015, 06:52:48 AM

RIP Lemmy.

If ever there was an exponent of the phrase "really couldn't give a....." it was him

Used to have me in stitches in interviews and stuff with the things he'd come out with!

A legendary rocker

Paul

bridgiesimon · December 29, 2015, 08:28:28 AM

Am gutted, I had not heard til now!!!

"1945 -2015

"Born to lose, lived to win."

Simon

Bealman · December 29, 2015, 10:00:20 AM

On nationwide tv here in Australia

Malc · December 29, 2015, 11:27:46 AM

A legend. You would hardly think it was the same guy in Hawkwind as in Motörhead. Here is one of his first stabs at fame.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DUf7pyVbwkI

Newportnobby · December 29, 2015, 02:08:12 PM

I've been having a Hawkwind morning in memory of seeing them and Lemmy several times in the 70's.
Another great has gone to the 'Great Gig in the sky'.
RIP Lemmy - a man who lived life to the full and didn't give a damn.

Bealman · December 29, 2015, 02:11:04 PM

Now we're showing our age.... didn't realise he was in Hawkwind. Eeek.

Malc · December 29, 2015, 02:25:45 PM

The legend has it, he was a roadie for Hendrix and then Hawkwind. When the bass player left, he joined. Got busted in (IIRC) Canada and had to come home. Started Motor head.

Newportnobby · December 29, 2015, 02:34:12 PM

Quote from: Bealman on December 29, 2015, 02:11:04 PM
Now we're showing our age.... didn't realise he was in Hawkwind. Eeek.

BBC showed part of an old interview with him this morning and he ended up singing vocals on 'Silver Machine' because no one else in the band could sing high enough.

GroupC · December 29, 2015, 06:53:13 PM

Trainfish put it best for me, thanks to him and all the previous posters for your tributes and memories. I saw Motorhead in Hull a long time ago and they were loud / funny / scary in equal measure. What a character, and for me the definition of a rocker.

Cheers Lemmy, turn it up wherever you are.

Mr PJ · December 29, 2015, 07:43:03 PM

Gutted...

Probably 12 years ago when I saw Motorhead last. Had hoped to see them again one day, but Lemmy really was Motorhead, so there will never be any real tribute band, as no-one can be Lemmy! He always said exactly what he thought (sadly a rare breed nowadays) and was in fact a very intelligent bloke in fact - rock was just his way of life. He wrote some very clever - and at times quite amusing - lyrics, but stuck to his guns music wise.
Interestingly he was also a bit of a fan of American steam (the cover of "Orgasmatron" offers a clue) amongst other things - much more to Lemmy than meets the eye.

Will be wearing my Motorhead t-shirt to work tomorrow as a mark of respect - two fingers up to the dress-code.

Gone, but will always be a legend...

Regards,
Paul.

Trainfish · December 29, 2015, 10:36:46 PM

Rightly or wrongly I didn't mention Hawkwind last night as believe it or not a lot of people have no idea he was involved with them. Truth be told not many can name anyone other than Dave Brock from Hawkwind and Lemmy was only with them for 3 or 4 years. Like Mick I had a Hawkwind day (read drive to and from work) today played VERY loud and singing along to almost every word with a definite tear in my eye. Lemmy did indeed sing Silver Machine which was also a track that caused a few issues with their recording company at the time as Hawkwind always were more of a cult band than a Top of the Pops type band. I served my apprenticeship with a guy who was a personal friend of Dave Brock and had seen Hawkwind perform around 45 times by 1980 so I used to get a lot of inside info on the band and the odd free ticket.
We also shouldn't forget that we lost Motorhead's drummer Phil Taylor (Philthy Animal) only 7 weeks ago and who's to say that didn't have an effect on Lemmy too?

Only once before have I felt as down about the loss of a musician as today and that was when we lost Gary Moore. Just beware that when we inevitably lose other greats such as Bowie and David Gilmour then you'll have a job to lift my chin/chins from the floor.

Back to Lemmy and as it says on the Motorhead webpage, no, you can read it here. I really can't type any more. RIP Lemmy. Your music will live on here until I see you perform at the great gig in the sky when I eventually join you up there. Now back to the Jack Daniels ♠

Sprintex · December 30, 2015, 05:05:16 AM

Not been a good year musically, as well as all these great artists we also lost possibly the best Artist Manager and former Big Life label boss, Jazz Summers. In an industry where ripping off musicians is almost considered "normal" he championed fair management contracts for artists (20% of net income after all costs rather than gross) and brought some of the biggest acts of the 80s, 90s and later to the fore - Wham!, Lisa Stansfield, Soul II Soul, The Verve, Snow Patrol, La Roux, and more recently London Grammar.

Paul