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Remembering a Rock Icon
10 years ago
Well l've been offline for the past week and i come online to find out that Lemmy of Motorhead has passed and that the band has ended as well.
I remember the first time I heard Motorhead and Lemmy's distinct voice was Ace of Spades, off the album with the same name and that was 10 years ago. Since then I've been a fan of Motorhead and ended up collecting every studio and live album digitally.
Lemmy never saw himself above anyone and put others first, especially his fans and even though he always said his music wasn't heavy metal but that it was rock and roll... and he was right, his music was, and so was he. From the 1976 debute album "On Parole" to this years "Bad Magic", even with his former band Hawkwind to all the way back of him being a roadie for Jimi Hendrix. From every original song to every cover he did. James Hetfield said it best, "Lemmy IS rock and roll and will forever be."
If there is one thing i will always remember about Lemmy its this and anyone can take it to heart as well as I had, he wouldn’t have considered himself a proper role model, but he inspired us to be ourselves through and through, and to love and live what we create.
Thank you Lemmy. You taught me alot of things through your lyrics, I'll never forget you, or that Rickenbacker bass.
I'm gonna miss ya.
Ian ‘Lemmy’ Kilmister
1945 -2015
Born to lose, lived to win.
I remember the first time I heard Motorhead and Lemmy's distinct voice was Ace of Spades, off the album with the same name and that was 10 years ago. Since then I've been a fan of Motorhead and ended up collecting every studio and live album digitally.
Lemmy never saw himself above anyone and put others first, especially his fans and even though he always said his music wasn't heavy metal but that it was rock and roll... and he was right, his music was, and so was he. From the 1976 debute album "On Parole" to this years "Bad Magic", even with his former band Hawkwind to all the way back of him being a roadie for Jimi Hendrix. From every original song to every cover he did. James Hetfield said it best, "Lemmy IS rock and roll and will forever be."
If there is one thing i will always remember about Lemmy its this and anyone can take it to heart as well as I had, he wouldn’t have considered himself a proper role model, but he inspired us to be ourselves through and through, and to love and live what we create.
Thank you Lemmy. You taught me alot of things through your lyrics, I'll never forget you, or that Rickenbacker bass.
I'm gonna miss ya.
Ian ‘Lemmy’ Kilmister
1945 -2015
Born to lose, lived to win.
