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He couldn't cheat it for ever.
[s]I'm calling shenanigans until confirmed by a reputable source.
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Edit: There is a statement on Motörhead's official FB page. Bit of an odd one, tho.
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. 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 it’s way down the street, with his family.We cannot begin to express our shock and sadness, there aren’t words.
We will say more in the coming days, but for now, please…play Motörhead loud, play Hawkwind loud, play Lemmy’s music LOUD. Have a drink or few.
Share stories.
Celebrate the LIFE this lovely, wonderful man celebrated so vibrantly himself.
HE WOULD WANT EXACTLY THAT.
Ian ‘Lemmy’ Kilmister
1945 -2015Born to lose, lived to win.
Yeah me too ...
Holy cow. That's a shame. One of music's more interesting characters.
A true metalhead but liked his Nazi memorbelia a bit too much
'You only get a single chance, the rules are very plain....'
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Legend.
Yeah me too ...
Bugg3r, was hoping it was wrong ! Sad day, RIP
Oh, bloody hell! I was beginning to think Lemmy was indestructible. Certainly lived the rock'n'roll life!
RIP Lemmy, gone, but will never be forgotten.
Legend is a word often thrown around, but for him, its an understatement.
\m/
Just a couple of days after his birthday, and only a short time after the death of Phil Taylor
Bah!
Met the man once at a party in Notting Hill back in 1980.
Introduced our bass player to him, Lemmy was his hero. Had a short chat. Seemed like a nice guy, the person not the persona.
70 years and living the life you want to the hilt. Third top story on the national news.
Not bad, Ian. Not bad at all.
Used to see him at the Marquee, he was either at the bar or feeding the slotty, we would always say hello in a drunken way and he always tolerated us.
RIP Lemmy
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Certainly lived a life though
\m/ 🙁 \m/
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Born to raise hell, Born to raise hell
We know how to do it and we do it real well
Just a few weeks after Phil Taylor too. RIP
🙁
Sad loss, as previously said he was a real character, not one you could forget. A friend of mine met him whilst they were both waiting for a delayed flight, had a coffee with him, said he was a really nice guy.
RIP Lemmy.
Who will lead the cockroaches come the nuclear apocalypse now ?
RIP
Rock God.
A good age for a hell-raiser, still raising hell. Music from my formative years.
Wherever he's gone it won't be quiet.
"Everything louder than everything else"
Sad day - a man who lived life on his own terms.
In interviews he always came across as pretty thoughtful and a nice guy.
Great live - saw them 4 times, always awesome
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Ace of Spades was the first album I ever bought. And the opening have that track still sounds as brilliant as ever, as you crank the volume up
RIP you mad bastard!
Lemmy 🙁
Who will lead the cockroaches come the nuclear apocalypse now ?
Kinda always thought that would be Status Quo..
Stand down Lemmy.
The worlds a quieter place with you in it.
Sadly.
First gig I went to. Lemmys gonna be missed.
Right, I'm off to blow the speakers on the stereo.
Dammit, I thought we has essentially pickled and therefore immortal.
Time to rattle the windows with Ace Of Spades and Bomber then!
\m/ 🙁 \m/
+1
A very sad day, grew up listening to Motörhead.
Certainly packed a lot more into his life than most could dream of.
One of the originals.
Met, worked and shared a few drinks with him on more than one occasion.
Lemmy was a true rock n' roll gentleman and I for one will really miss him. A big hole has been left in the world. he will live on in my mind though.
The only way to feel the noise is when it's good and loud.
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RIP 😥
Riff in peace 8)
Stole this straight from the Guardian comments.
What's all this RIP nonsense?
The man lived and played so hard it's a testimony to sheer bloody mindedness that he lived this long.
He was seventy! Think about the seventy year olds you know, now picture Lemmy, smashing the f*** out of a tune in a stage in front of his fans.
There is nothing to mourn; he lived his life exactly as he wished. He died exactly as he wished.
He compromised for no one.
How many people can honestly say that?
Celebrate a man who lived so hard that even Death itself felt the need to knock politely a couple of days before taking him, but knew enough not to drag it out.
Here's to you Lemmy; in a world of manufactured plastic pop stars you were forged out of molten metal.
Go give God a headache.
There will be quite a bit of Motorhead and Hawkwind played today.
Sounds like quite a few windows will be rattling this evening. I'll be doing my bit.
Marc Maron interviewed him recently and I think he mentioned that he seemed quite frail, not surprising really, he certainly looked it in more recent pics. Rest in peace doesn't seem right for Lemmy. He'll certainly be shaking things up wherever he is now.
I'd assumed that RIP stood for something like Rock Insanely Powerfully in this case - the words 'rest' and 'peace' are clearly inappropriate!
A true exponent of "It's better to burn out, than to fade away"
A legend.
Go give God a headache.
yeah like lemmys going to heaven ! 🙄 😆
50 years on the road, massive drug consumption, smoked like a chimney, drank a bottle of Jack Daniels a day and banged more groupies than you can shake a stick at.
A good innings.
I'm going to the pub tonight, will have a double JD and coke and put Overkill on the jukebox.
50 years on the road, massive drug consumption, smoked like a chimney, drank a bottle of Jack Daniels a day and banged more groupies than you can shake a stick at.
In the documentary I saw when he was in his flat in Hollywood, he seemed quite lonely. He was very choosy about his drugs as well, loathed heroin with a passion.