Lemmy
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Born | Ian Fraser Kilmister 24 December 1945 Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England |
Died | 28 December 2015 (aged 70) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park |
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Years active | 1960–2015 |
Children | 2 |
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Website | imotorhead |
Ian Fraser Kilmister (24 December 1945 – 28 December 2015), better known as Lemmy Kilmister or simply Lemmy, was a British musician. He was the founder, lead singer, bassist and primary songwriter of the rock band Motörhead, of which he was the only continuous member, and a member of Hawkwind from 1971 to 1975.
A foundational force in the genre following the advent of the new wave of British heavy metal, Lemmy was known for his appearance, which included his signature friendly mutton chops, his military-influenced fashion sense and his gravelly rasp of a voice. It was once declared "one of the most recognisable voices in rock".[1] He was also noted for his unique posture when singing, which was once described as "looking up towards a towering microphone tilted down into his weather-beaten face".[2] He was also known for his bass playing style and using his Rickenbacker bass to create an "overpowered, distorted rhythmic rumble".[2] Another notable aspect of his bass sound was his guitar-like riffing, which included using a pick, and often played power chords using heavily overdriven tube stacks by Marshall.
Lemmy was born in Stoke-on-Trent and grew up between there, the nearby towns of Newcastle-under-Lyme and Madeley, and later the Welsh village of Benllech, Anglesey. At a later point, Lemmy remembers living briefly at Gwrych Castle, Abergele.[3] He was influenced by rock and roll and the early works of the Beatles, which led to him playing in several rock groups in the 1960s, such as The Rockin' Vickers. He worked as a roadie for Jimi Hendrix and The Nice before joining the space rock band Hawkwind in 1971, singing lead vocals on their hit "Silver Machine". In 1975, he was fired from Hawkwind after an arrest for drug possession. That same year, he founded Motörhead. The band's success peaked around 1980 and 1981, including the hit single "Ace of Spades" and the chart-topping live album No Sleep 'til Hammersmith.
Lemmy continued to record and tour regularly with Motörhead until his death on 28 December 2015 in Los Angeles, where he had lived since 1990. He was diagnosed with
Early life
Lemmy was born Ian Fraser Kilmister in the Burslem area of Stoke-on-Trent on 24 December 1945.[4][5] When he was three months old, his father, an ex-Royal Air Force chaplain and concert pianist,[6] separated from his mother. He moved with his mother and grandmother to nearby Newcastle-under-Lyme, then to Madeley.[7] When Ian was 10, his mother married former rugby player George L. Willis, who already had two older children from a previous marriage, Patricia and Tony, whom Ian disliked. They later moved to a farm in the Welsh village of Benllech, with Lemmy commenting that "funnily enough, being the only English kid among 700 Welsh ones didn't make for the happiest time, but it was interesting from an anthropological point of view".[8] He attended Ysgol Syr Thomas Jones, a comprehensive school in Amlwch, where he was nicknamed "Lemmy." It was later suggested by some that the name originated from the phrase "lemmy [lend me] a quid 'til Friday" because of his alleged habit of borrowing money from people to play slot machines,[7][9][10][11] although Lemmy himself said that he did not know the origin of the name.[12] He soon started to show an interest in rock and roll, girls, motorbikes and horses.
At school, Lemmy noticed a pupil who had brought a guitar to school and had been "surrounded by chicks." His mother had a guitar, which he then took to school, and was himself surrounded by girls even though he could not play. By the time he left school, he had moved with his family to
Career
1960–1970: Early years
In Stockport, Lemmy joined local bands the Rainmakers and then the Motown Sect who played northern clubs for three years. In 1965, he joined The Rockin' Vickers[15] who signed a deal with CBS, released three singles and toured Europe, reportedly being the first British band to visit the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The Rockin' Vickers moved to Manchester, where they shared a flat together.[7]
Leaving the Rockin' Vickers, Lemmy moved to London in 1967. He shared a flat with
1971–1975: Hawkwind
In August 1971, Lemmy joined the space rock band Hawkwind, who were based in Ladbroke Grove, London, as a bassist and vocalist. He had no previous experience as a bass guitarist, and was cajoled into joining immediately before a benefit gig in Notting Hill by bandmate Michael "Dik Mik" Davies, to have two members who enjoyed amphetamine.[17] Lemmy states that he originally auditioned for Hawkwind as a guitarist, but on the morning of the Notting Hill gig, they decided not to get another guitarist. By chance, the bass player did not show up and left his equipment in the van. He often said, "Their bass player was pretty much saying 'please steal my gig!' So I stole his gig." Lemmy quickly developed a distinctive style that was strongly shaped by his early experience as a rhythm guitarist, often using double stops and chords rather than the single note lines preferred by most bassists. His bass work was a distinctive part of the Hawkwind sound during his tenure, perhaps best documented on the double live album Space Ritual. He also provided the lead vocals on several songs, including the band's biggest UK chart single, "Silver Machine", which reached #3 in 1972.
In May 1975, during a North American tour, Lemmy was arrested at the Canadian border in Windsor, Ontario, on drug possession charges. The border police mistook the amphetamine he was carrying for cocaine and he was kept overnight in jail before being released without charge. The band and management were concerned that his arrest might stop the band from crossing back into the United States, even though he had been released without charge. They were also tired of what they saw as his erratic behaviour, so they decided to fire him.[18][19]
He once said of Hawkwind: "I did like being in Hawkwind, and I believe I'd still be playing with them today if I hadn't been kicked out. It was fun onstage, not so much offstage. They didn't want to mesh with me. Musically, I loved the drummer, the guitar player. It was a great band.” [20]
1975–2015: Motörhead
After Hawkwind, Lemmy formed a new band called "Bastard" with guitarist Larry Wallis (former member of the Pink Fairies, Steve Took's Shagrat and UFO) and drummer Lucas Fox. Lemmy and Took were friends, and Took was the stepfather to Lemmy's son Paul. When his manager informed him that a band by the name of "Bastard" would never get a slot on Top of the Pops, Lemmy changed the band's name to "Motörhead" – the title of the last song he had written for Hawkwind.[21]
Soon after, Wallis and Fox were replaced with guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke and drummer Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor and with this line-up, the band 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 punk. Lemmy asserted that he generally felt more kinship with punks than with metalheads; he even played with the Damned for a handful of gigs when they had no regular bassist.[22] Motörhead's success peaked in 1980 and 1981 with several UK chart hits, including the single "Ace of Spades," which remained a crowd favourite throughout the band's career, and the UK #1 live album No Sleep 'til Hammersmith. Motörhead became one of the most influential bands in the heavy metal genre. Their – and Lemmy's – final live performance was in Berlin, Germany, on 11 December 2015 during the band's 40th Anniversary Tour.[23]
Personal life
At the age of 17, Lemmy met a holidaying girl named Cathy. He followed her to Stockport, where she gave birth to his son Sean, who was put up for adoption.[7] In the 2010 documentary film Lemmy, he mentioned having a son whose mother had only recently reconnected with him and "hadn't got the heart to tell him who his father was." Later, during his time with The Rockin' Vickers, he slept with a woman in Manchester named Tracy; she had a son, Paul Inder, whom Lemmy met six years later. As an adult, Inder became a guitarist and occasionally joined Lemmy on stage.[7]
Lemmy lived in Los Angeles from 1990 until his death in 2015, his last residence being a two-room apartment two blocks away from his favourite hangout, the Rainbow Bar and Grill.[24]
In the 2005 Channel 4 documentary Motörhead: Live Fast, Die Old, it was claimed that Lemmy had slept with over 2,000 women. He later quipped, "I said more than 1,000; the magazine made 2,000 of it." Maxim had Lemmy at No. 8 on its top ten "Living Sex Legends" list, as they claimed that he had slept with around 1,200 women.[25] He is featured in the book Sex Tips from Rock Stars (2010) by Paul Miles.[26]
Dave Grohl, on his Probot website, describes musicians with whom he has worked. In his entry for Lemmy, he wrote:
We recorded [Lemmy's] track in Los Angeles in maybe two takes about a year and a half ago. Until then I'd never met what I'd call a real
rock 'n' roll hero before. Fuck Elvis and Keith Richards, Lemmy's the king of rock 'n' roll—he told me he never considered Motörhead a metal band, he was quite adamant. Lemmy's a living, breathing, drinking and snorting fucking legend. No one else comes close.[27]
Lemmy was well known for his heavy drinking. The documentary Motörhead: Live Fast Die Old stated that he drank a bottle of
I first got into speed because it was a
utilitarian drug and kept you awake when you needed to be awake when otherwise you'd just be flat out on your back. If you drive to Glasgow for nine hours in the back of a sweaty truck you don't really feel like going onstage feeling all bright and breezy. [...] It's the only drug I've found that I can get on with, and I've tried them all – except smack [heroin] and morphine: I've never "fixed" [injected] anything.[10]
In November 2005, he was invited to the
Lemmy collected German military
Illness and death
In December 2000, Lemmy's tour was cancelled when he was hospitalised in Italy with the flu, exhaustion, and a lung infection.
On 28 December 2015, Lemmy died at his Los Angeles apartment from
Lemmy's manager, Todd Singerman, later revealed:
He [Lemmy] gets home [from tour], we have a big birthday party for him at the
brain scan, they found the cancer in his brain and his neck. The doctor comes with the result a couple of days later and says "It's terminal."[52]
Lemmy's doctor had given him between two and six months to live. Mikael Maglieri, owner of his nearby hangout Rainbow Bar and Grill, subsequently had a video game machine that Lemmy was fond of playing taken from the establishment and put in Lemmy's apartment so he could continue playing it from his bedside.[53] Although his manager had planned to keep the news private until his eventual death, Lemmy strongly encouraged him to make the diagnosis public in early 2016, but he died before a press release could be drafted.[53]
Funeral
Lemmy's memorial service took place at
In March 2021, it was revealed that some of Lemmy's ashes were, by his own request, put into bullets and sent to his closest friends, including Whitfield Crane, Rob Halford, Michael Monroe, Doro Pesch and Riki Rachtman.[57][58] In August 2023, it was reported that some of Lemmy's ashes were also scattered into the mud at Wacken Open Air music festival.[59]
Tributes
In various media, additional tributes appeared from fellow rock stars such as Rob Halford, Dave Grohl, Ozzy Osbourne,[60] Alice Cooper, Metallica,[61] Scott Ian of Anthrax,[62] and Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi.[63]
In 2005, the UK magazine Classic Rock presented Lemmy with its first "Living Legend" award.[64] In a 2013 interview with the magazine, Lemmy said he had never expected to make it to 30, but he spoke very pointedly about the future, indicating neither he nor the band was obsessing about the end:
Death is an inevitability, isn't it? You become more aware of that when you get to my age. I don't worry about it. I'm ready for it. When I go, I want to go doing what I do best. If I died tomorrow, I couldn't complain. It's been good.[65]
In February 2016, the
In 2018,
Collaborations
Lemmy worked with several musicians, apart from his Motörhead bandmates, over the course of his career. He wrote the song "R.A.M.O.N.E.S" for the
In 2014, he established his own recording label, Motorhead Music, to promote and develop new talent. Acts he signed to the label and helped develop include Barb Wire Dolls, Budderside, Others, and Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons.[75]
Film and television
Cameo appearances
Lemmy made appearances in film and television, including 1990
He has also appeared in several movies from
Lemmy film
The 2010
In video games
He was the main character in the 16-bit video game Motörhead, released for the Commodore
Equipment
Lemmy positioned his microphone in an uncommonly high position, angled so that he appeared to be looking up at the sky rather than at the audience. He said that it was for "personal comfort, that's all. It's also one way of avoiding seeing the audience. In the days when we only had ten people and a dog, it was a way of avoiding seeing that we only had ten people and a dog."[90] Inspired by Jimi Hendrix, Lemmy recorded his vocals in the studio in total privacy, meaning he would sing in an enclosed recording booth where no one can see him, not even the producer.[91]
As a member of Hawkwind, Lemmy first used a Rickenbacker belonging to Dave Anderson. When Anderson failed to show up for a charity gig, Lemmy took his place. Following the departure of Anderson, Kilmister bought a Hopf Studio bass off Hawkwind synth player Del Detmar.[14] He used Rickenbacker basses[92] for most of his career. In September 1996, a Rickenbacker belonging to him was a featured part of the Bang Your Head exhibition at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, US.[93] From 1996 onward, Lemmy's main bass was a Rickenbacker 4001LK, from a limited edition run of 50 instruments, 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 the appeal of the Rickenbacker instruments, Lemmy said "The shape. I'm all for the image — always. If you get one that looks good, you can always mess with the pickups if it sounds bad."[94]
With Hawkwind Lemmy used a
Musical style
Lemmy described his style as "I play a lot of notes, but I also play a lot of chords. And I play a lot of open strings. I just don't play like a bass player. There are complaints about me from time to time. It's not like having a bass player; it's like having a deep guitarist.[97]
Lemmy's unconventional playing style changed the dynamics of the group's rhythm section. Hawkwind drummer Simon King explained that "A lot of the time I play with [guitarist] Dave - he'll get into a kind of rhythmic thing and I'll follow him so you get this kind of percussion and rhythmic guitar thing going, so Lemmy can loon forward a bit because he's very much a front man and gives off a lot of energy, so he can get out front and play a sort of lead on bass which sometimes is very effective",[98] and Motörhead drummer Taylor echoed the sentiment with "Onstage he's difficult to follow cos he's not really a bass player. There's no solid bass lines to follow. A lot of the time I play more with Eddie [Clarke] than with Lemmy, but he's out on his own because he is what he is."[99]
Discography
- For releases with Motörhead see the Motörhead discography
With the Rockin' Vickers
- 1965 – "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" / "Stella" (7" single)
- 1965 – "It's Alright" / "Stay By Me" (7" single)
- 1966 – "Dandy" / "I Don't Need Your Kind" (7" single)
- 2000 – The Complete: It's Alright (compilation)
With Sam Gopal
- 1969 – Escalator
- 1969 – "Horse" / "Back Door Man" (7" single)
With Hawkwind
- 1972 – "Silver Machine" / "Seven by Seven" (7" single)
- 1972 – Glastonbury Fayre – contains "Silver Machine" and "Welcome to the Future"
- 1972 – Greasy Truckers Party – contains "Born to Go" and "Master of the Universe" (10/11 Hawkwind tracks on 2007 re-release)
- 1972 – Doremi Fasol Latido
- 1973 – "Lord of Light" / "Born to Go" (7" single)
- 1973 – "Urban Guerrilla" / "Brainbox Pollution" (7" single)
- 1973 – Space Ritual
- 1974 – Hall of the Mountain Grill
- 1974 – "Psychedelic Warlords" / "It's So Easy" (7" single)
- 1975 – "Kings of Speed" / "Motorhead" (7" single)
- 1975 – Warrior on the Edge of Time
- 1983 – The Weird Tapes (live and out-takes, 1967–1982)
- 1984 – The Earth Ritual Preview EP (guest appearance as bass and backing vocals on Night of the Hawks)
- 1985 – Bring Me the Head of Yuri Gagarin (live 1973)
- 1985 – Space Ritual Volume 2 (live 1972)
- 1986 – Hawkwind Anthology (live and out-takes, 1967–1982)
- 1991 – BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert (live 1972)
- 1992 – The Friday Rock Show Sessions (live 1986)
- 1997 – The 1999 Party (live 1974)
With Robert Calvert's band
- 1974 – "Ejection" / "Catch a Falling Starfighter" (7" single)
- 1974 – Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters
- 1980 – "Lord of the Hornets" / "The Greenfly and the Rose" (7" single)
Side projects and career-spanning groups
- 1990 – Lemmy & The Upsetters – Blue Suede Shoes
- 2000 – Lemmy, Slim Jim & Danny B (aka the Head Cat) – Lemmy, Slim Jim & Danny B
- 2006 – The Head Cat – Fool's Paradise
- 2006 – The Head Cat – Rockin' the Cat Club: Live from the Sunset Strip
- 2006 – Lemmy – Damage Case (Compilation)
- 2007 – Keli Raven & Lemmy Kilmister "Bad Boyz 4 Life" (single).
- 2011 – The Head Cat – Walk The Walk… Talk The Talk
Band collaborations
- 1978 – The Doomed (one-off performance at the Electric Ballroom, 5 September 1978). Bootleg recording with Dave Vanian, Captain Sensible, and Rat Scabies. Brian James had left The Damned and took the rights to the name with him.
- 1979 – The Damned – "I Just Can't Be Happy Today" / "Ballroom Blitz" (with Lemmy on bass) / "Turkey Song" (7" single) – available as bonus track on the reissued Machine Gun Etiquette album
- 1980 – The Young & Moody Band – "Don't Do That" (7" & 12" single)
- 1981 – Headgirl (Motörhead & Girlschool) – St. Valentine's Day Massacre EP
- 1982 – Lemmy & Wendy O. Williams – Stand by Your Man EP
- 1985 – Producer for Warfare on the album Metal Anarchy.
Charity collaborations
- 1985 – Hear 'n Aid
- 1985 – The Crowd – You'll Never Walk Alone (Bradford City F.C. Fire Disaster)
- 2011 – Emergency – Livewire + Girlschool + Rudy Sarzo vocals (Haiti Appeal)
Guest appearances
- 1982 – Speed Queen (French band) – Speed Queen – backing vocals on "Revanche"
- 1984 – Albert Järvinen Band – Countdown
- 1986 – Boys Don't Cry – "I Wanna Be a Cowboy" (appears in the music video)
- 1989 – Nina Hagen – Nina Hagen – guests on "Where's the Party"
- 1992 – Bootsauce – Bull – guests on "Hold Tight"
- 1994 – Fast Eddie Clarke – It Ain't Over till It's Over – guests on "Laugh at the Devil".
- 1994 – Shonen Knife – Rock Animals – guests on "Tomato Head" single remix (Track 3 – "Lemmy in There Mix") – not the album track
- 1996 – Skew Siskin – Electric Chair Music
- 1996 – Ugly Kid Joe – Motel California - guest vocals on "Little Red Man"
- 1996 – Myth, Dreams of the World – Stories of the Greek & Roman Gods & Goddesses
- 1996 – Skew Siskin – Voices from the War
- 1997 – Ramones – We're Outta Here! – guests on "R.A.M.O.N.E.S."
- 1999 – Jetboy – Lost & Found
- 1999 – Skew Siskin – What the Hell
- 1999 – A.N.I.M.A.L. – Usa Toda Tu Fuerza – guests on a version of AC/DC's "Highway to Hell"
- 2000 – Doro – Calling the Wild
- 2000 – Swing Cats – A Special Tribute to Elvis – guests on "Good Rockin' Tonight", "Trying to Get to You" and "Stuck on You"
- 2001 – The Pirates – Rock Bottom
- 2001 – Hair of the Dog – Ignite – guests on "Law"
- 2002 – Philharmania– guests on "Eve of Destruction"
- 2003 – Ace Sounds – Still Hungry
- 2003 – Skew Siskin – Album of the Year
- 2004 – Probot – Probot – guests on "Shake Your Blood"
- 2005 – Throw Rag – 13 Ft. and Rising – guests on "Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down"
- 2006 – Doro – 20 Years – A Warrior Soul – guests on "Love Me Forever" and "All We Are"
- 2007 – Meldrum– Blowin' Up The Machine – guests on "Miss Me When I'm Gone"
- 2007 – The Warriors – Genuine Sense of Outrage – guests on "Price of Punishment"
- 2007 – Keli Raven single "Bad Boyz 4 Life" (co-writer and guest vocalist)
- 2008 – Airbourne – Guest actor on Airbourne's "Runnin' Wild" Music Video
- 2008 – We Wish You a Metal Christmas – Run Run Rudolph
- 2008 – Legacy – Girlschool album – Don't Talk to Me vocals, bass, triangle and lyrics.
- 2009 – Guitar Hero: Metallica (video game) – "Ace of Spades" guest vocalist and unlockable playable character.
- 2009 – Queen V – Death or Glory – guests on "Wasted"
- 2009 – Brütal Legend (video game) – The Kill Master (voice)
- 2010 – Slash – Slash – "Doctor Alibi" (vocals and bass)
- 2011 – Michael Monroe – Sensory Overdrive guests on "Debauchery As A Fine Art"
- 2012 – Doro – Raise Your Fist guest on "It Still Hurts"
- 2012 – Nashville Pussy – Guest on Nashville Pussy's song "Lazy Jesus" on the re-release of the album "From Hell to Texas"
- 2014 – Emigrate – Guest bass and vocals on the track Rock City, from their album Silent So Long
Film soundtracks, tribute, wrestling and various artists albums
- 1990 – Hardware: Original Soundtrack – contains "A Piece of Pipe" by Kaduta Massi with Lemmy
- 1990 – The Last Temptation of Elvis: Blue Suede Shoes – contains "Blue Suede Shoes" by Lemmy & The Upsetters
- 1994 – Airheads: Cameo on film and performing "Born to Raise Hell" on the soundtrack
- 1997 – Dragon Attack: A Tribute to Queen – performs on "Tie Your Mother Down"
- 1998 – Thunderbolt: A Tribute to AC/DC – performs on "It's a Long Way to the Top"
- 1998 – ECW: Extreme Music – contains a cover of Metallica's "Enter Sandman"
- 2000 – Bat Head Soup – Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne – performs on "Desire"
- 2001 – WWF The Music, Vol. 5 – "The Game"
- 2001 – Frezno Smooth: Original Soundtrack – contains a version of Twisted Sister's "Hardcore" by Lemmy
- 2001 – A Tribute to Metallica: Metallic Assault – performs on "Nothing Else Matters"
- 2002 – Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three – performs on "Thirsty & Miserable"
- 2002 – Metal Brigade – performs on "Good Rockin' Tonight" by Lemmy and Johnny Ramone
- 2004 – Spin the Bottle – An All-Star Tribute to KISS – performs on "Shout It Out Loud"
- 2004 – The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie – performs "You Better Swim"
- 2004 – ThemeAddict: WWE The Music, Vol. 6 – "Line in the Sand"
- 2005 – Numbers from the Beast: An All Star Salute to Iron Maiden – performs on "The Trooper"
- 2005 – Metal: A Headbangers Journey
- 2006 – WWE Wreckless Intent – "King of Kings"
- 2006 – Flying High Again: The World's Greatest Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne – Performs "Desire" with Richie Kotzen
- 2006 – Cover Me in '80s Metal (Fantastic Price Records) – Metal artists covering the hits of others. Performs AC/DC's "It's a Long Way to the Top"
- 2006 – Butchering the Beatles: A Headbashing Tribute – Performs "Back in the USSR".
- 2009 – Flip Skateboards Presents Extremely Sorry – Performs "Stand By Me" with Baron and Dave Lombardo.
- 2010 – Danko Jones – Full of Regret – Stars in the music video along with Elijah Wood and Selma Blair
- 2011 – Foo Fighters – White Limo – Stars in the music video
- 2017 – Airbourne – It's All for Rock N' Roll – Videos of Lemmy appeared in the music video. Tribute to Lemmy
Videography
Video tape/laser disc
- 1982 Live in Toronto – Castle Hendring
- 1984 Another Perfect Day EP
- 1985 Birthday Party
- 1986 Deaf Not Blind
- 1987 More Bad News
- 1988 EP
- 1988 The Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years
- 1990 Hardware (Lemmy was cast as a water taxi driver; and plays a recording of "Ace of Spades" for his passengers)
- 1991 Everything Louder than Everyone Else
DVD
- 1987 Eat the Rich
- 1994 Airheads – cameo as "The Rocker"
- 1997 Tromapictures
- 1999 Terror Firmer
- 2001 Down and Out with the Dolls – as Joe
- 2001 25 & Alive Boneshaker
- 2001 WrestleMania X-Seven – performing Triple H's entrance theme "The Game" live
- 2001 Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV – as a Tromaville citizen
- 2002 Motörhead EP
- 2002 The Best of Motörhead
- 2003 The Special Edition EP
- 2003 Charlie's Death Wish – as himself
- 2004 Everything Louder Than Everything Else
- 2005 Stage Fright – also HD DVD2007
- 2005 Ringers: Lord of the Fans
- 2005 WrestleMania 21 – performing "The Game"
- 2005 Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
- 2006 The Head Cat Live: Rockin' the Cat Club
- 2006 Foo Fighters: Hyde Park
- 2010 Lemmy
- 2011 The Wörld Is Yours – bonus DVD
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Sources
- Kilmister, Lemmy; Garza, Janiss (2012). White Line Fever: The Autobiography. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-471-11271-3.
Further reading
- 1981 Motörhead – Author: ISBN 0-86001-935-7
- 1994 The Illustrated Collector's Guide to Motörhead – Authors: Alan Burridge and Mick Stevenson, published by ISBN 0-9695736-2-6
- 2002 ISBN 0-684-85868-1
- 2002 Lemmy: In His Own Words – Author: Harry Shaw, published by ISBN 0-7119-9109-X
- 2002 Motorheadbangers Diary of the Fans Volume 1 – Author: Alan Burridge, published by e-booksonline(uk)ltd, ISBN 1-903949-14-9
External links
- Motörhead official website
- Lemmy at IMDb
- Interview with Lemmy Kilmister in Revolutionart magazine no. 22
- Profile for Lemmy's new band The Head Cat on Myspace
- "Lemmy’s Last Days: How Metal Legend Celebrated 70th, Stared Down Cancer" in Rolling Stone magazine
- "R.I.P. Lemmy Kilmister, Motörhead frontman dead at 70"—Obituary on Consequence of Sound