Motorhead: C or D

there goes a man who enjoyed life without compromise, and left us with a whole lot of kick ass music so we can share in some of the fun ourselves. RIP Lemmy.

Fucking hell, man, I never thought this would happen, ever. Dude just seemed eternal. Coincidentally been listening to Hawkwind all day, guess it'll be Motorhead all night.

I'm sure I've told this story before, but here it is anyway.

The first time (of 3) I interviewed Lemmy was in 2002 or 2003, when I was editing High Society magazine. We brought two models to the interview, which was being conducted in the basement of The World, a Times Square club owned by the WWE; the plan was to do the interview, then take photos. Interview goes great, time for photos. The girls begin to disrobe, and the WWE publicist freaks the fuck out. Drags me upstairs to the club manager's office, where I swear up and down that no WWE logos will be visible in any of the photos, and that we won't mention the venue by name, we'll just say Lemmy was interviewed and photographed "in New York." We go back downstairs, and the photos get taken. Then the photographer and I go off to watch the show, and the models decide to hang out with the band. Sometime between the interview and the start of Motörhead's set, the photographer gets a panicked call from one of the models, in the dressing room: "You need to come get us. They're doing crystal meth back here."

Fast forward to 2010, when I'm asked to come down to South by Southwest to interview Lemmy again onstage, to celebrate the premiere of the documentary about him, which my friend Wes co-directed. Backstage beforehand, we shake hands, and I say, "You probably don't remember this, but I interviewed you in 2002 or 2003 in New York, and we brought two models..." Lemmy lets out that gravel-and-cigarettes laugh, and says, "Oh yeah, I remember. You got in some trouble for that."

I've been a Motörhead fan for 30 years. I'm gonna miss that fucker.

said this on the other thread but RI, jamming "Orgone Accumulator" right now

if you haven't seen his cameo in the movie Down And Out With The Dolls, I highly recommend it

RIP DAMMIT NOT RI

So sad. Really thought he'd live forever. Still remember November 3rd 1980, Edinburgh Odeon more clearly than 99% of concerts I've been to subsequently.

fuck. this is such a shock. I mean not cos a guy like him couldn't die, with his age, recent health issues, and years of hard living, but I literally just saw him live a few months ago, and although he seemed to not have the same energy as his youth, he put on a great show. the latest album was great too.

RIP, man lived the way he wanted to.

always liked this pic...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Brj_cyQCUAEm0t9.jpg

Just saw this one on FB

https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xlp1/v/t1.0-9/1462_10154378955777506_2401080379241354165_n.jpg?oh=303e66a8dd7db0d7c33d84972a244490&oe=571AE931

http://fs5.directupload.net/images/151229/49yb3lbh.jpg

I feel like the proportion is wrong there

You know when you see a thread revive, and you go "Uh oh" ?

Lemmy RIP, not too young to die

xp Possibly common knowledge on ILM but the pic with Ozzy brings to mind Lemmy's writing credit on "Mama I'm Coming Home."

Please bury him on a motorbike, you never know:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIJB6Yrj17Q&t=3m30s

http://fastnbulbous.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/lemmy-death-225x300.jpg
http://fastnbulbous.com/lemmy/

ive spent most of this winter playing Dark Souls while listening to Hawkwind and Motorhead, will be doing the same today. RIP, Lemmy.

This years Motorhead album was excellent, at least they went out on a high.

https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/10672078_10153811170038610_1701385693986819610_n.jpg?oh=d4b0bad7a93177771cbfc5b8214b1a89&oe=57103F7B

“Motörhead is over, of course. Lemmy was Motörhead,” Dee said of his long-time bandmate, who died yesterday of what’s being reported as “aggressive cancer.” Dee clarified that the group’s recently completed European tour would be its last, and that Bad Magic, released earlier this year, would likely be its final album. “We won’t be doing any more tours or anything,” Dee said. “And there won’t be any more records. But the brand survives, and Lemmy lives on in the hearts of everyone.”

r.i.p. the band, long live the brand

some of the songs on the first Motorhead album could have worked in Hawkwind if they were slowed down a ton lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6sGfUnOqhY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu2cSj_Ew4g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XywzjXvcurA

this song FUCKING RULES

RIP big man

listening to No Sleep Til' Hammersmith, man this just torches the studio albums, damn

"The Watcher" <was> a Hawkwind song! His first writer's credit with them, on Doremi...

Just woke up into a world that does not have Lemmy in it. Sigh...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz2KnXcwPN0

This situation basically sucks and puts my own recent problems into sharp perspective. RIP Lemmy.

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUkNcimCo3k

All the obvious tribute songs have been played already, but broadcasting that two minutes after the announcement? Oh, Matinee Idle. It's what he would've wanted.

RIP Lemmy, Valhalla will be a LOUDER place today.

I'm so bummed last night/today - his 70 years are a hurricane on this earth, and we're now in the eye - I want someone/some band to really take up the backwind. I'm especially going to miss the camaraderie at Motörhead shows, I can almost count two hands of times I had a beer of mine spilt, and then promptly, friendly replaced by someone who was as into the show as I was ...

http://i.imgur.com/vNekF9s.jpg

didn't the other band members say in no uncertain terms that mötorhead died with lemmy? it's done

r.i.p. the band, long live the brand

I filled in for the host at a bar quiz tonight. I played Motörhead and Hawkwind tracks between rounds. I had to conduct a tiebraker, which I chose to do in the form of an AirGuitar-Off.

I picked "Ace of Spades" for the song.

One of my contestants in this contest hopped up on a table and then jumped off.

He did this for a $5 giftcard to the bar.

I posted a bunch of motorhead songs on facebook on tuesday with one linked in the OP and several following in the comments down below. Last night, I got a solitary "Like" from my dad, for the song 1916. He's an old peacenik, so I can see a ballad mourning the brutality of war being right up his alley. But it was toward the end of the pack so I'm imagining him sitting through a slew of live renditions of more classic Motorhead tracks like Overkill and Iron Fist before he got there.

Spotted a tall stack of flyers for the upcoming Motörhead gig at a luxury department store today, on the counter of the perfume section.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/35240744/motorhead-fans-want-newly-discovered-periodic-element-named-after-lemmy

I picked "Ace of Spades" for the song.

One of my contestants in this contest hopped up on a table and then jumped off.

He did this for a $5 giftcard to the bar.

i'd do the same tbh, the song earns it

also, $5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReT3s0siI_Q

Feel like my intro to Lemmy may have been Del Preston from Wayne's World 2.

"Memorial Service and Celebration of Ian Frazer "Lemmy" Kilmister"

(Livestream in about 20 minutes on yt channel 'Motörhead Official')

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbPCDmtTU-W4SdA8abZtWpA

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35274499

first thing i see when i click that article is a photo of fucking dave grohl

so sick of dave grohl.

saw a nice clip of Triple H's speech at the memorial

listening to Motorhead and On Parole today. i prefer the On Parole versions of these songs, especially "Vibrator", which has a really cool trippy Revolver-style drone ending. i can't seem to find that version on youtube otherwise i'd post it.

On Parole is such an incredible album. i have a hard time picking between it and Space Ritual

they recorded it in 1975. that is insane. had anything as fast as this album in rock been done before?