24, 1945, in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.
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We will say more in the coming days, but for now, please…play Motörhead loud, play Hawkwind loud, play Lemmy’s music LOUD.” (Read the full statement below.) The post continued, “ We cannot begin to express our shock and sadness, there aren’t words…. “He had learnt of the disease on December 26th, and was at home, sitting in front of his favorite video game from The Rainbow which had recently made its way down the street, with his family.” “There is no easy way to say this…our mighty, noble friend Lemmy passed away today after a short battle with an extremely aggressive cancer,” Motörhead said in a statement posted to Facebook. Kilmister was famously gruff, quick with his fists and did not suffer fools gladly, but for every story of his badassedness, there were others of him taking the time to sign autographs, make sure his opening acts got decent time for their sets, giving money to a down-on-his-luck friend or thoughtful interviews to young rock writers (including this one, several times, many years ago). tour, citing “altitude issues” at the time. Kilmister was a diabetic and in 2013 suffered a hematoma.
Aside from his musical activities, Lemmy was well known for his hard-living lifestyle, chain smoking, and regular consumption of alcohol (notably Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey) and amphetamines.Kilmister’s health issues caused Motörhead to cancel or cut short several shows on the band’s fall U.S. Lemmy continued to record and tour regularly with Motörhead until his death in December 2015 in Los Angeles, where he had lived since 1990. Motörhead's success peaked in 19 and included the hit single "Ace of Spades" and the top charting live album No Sleep 'til Hammersmith. After being fired from Hawkwind for drug possession in 1975, he founded Motörhead during the same year as the lead singer, bassist, songwriter and frontman. 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". 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 including the Rockin' Vicars. Lemmy was born in Stoke-on-Trent and grew up in Staffordshire and later North Wales. Alongside his music career, he also had many minor roles and cameo appearances in film and television.
Another unique aspect of Lemmy's bass sound is that he often played power chords using growling overdriven Marshall tube bass stacks. He was also known for his unmistakable bass playing style, in which he used his Rickenbacker bass to create an "overpowered, distorted rhythmic rumble". He was known for his appearance (including his friendly mutton chops), his distinctive gravelly, "rasp" singing voice, which ".was one of the most recognisable voices in rock", and his way of singing, looking up towards ".a towering microphone tilted down into his weather-beaten face".
His music was one of the foundations of the heavy metal genre. Ian Fraser Kilmister (24 December 1945 – 28 December 2015), better known as Lemmy, was an English musician and singer-songwriter who founded and fronted the rock band Motörhead. Wikipedia Rate this definition: 0.0 / 0 votes
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