Ian Fraser “Lemmy” Kilmister of Motörhead (and formerly Hawkwind) passed away today. According to Motörhead’s Facebook page, Lemmy died after “…a short battle with an extremely aggressive cancer”; one that he had only found out about two days before his death. More information may be released in coming days. This death follows the recent death of Phil Taylor and puts a unfortunate note onto the band’s 40th anniversary. It is worth noting that Motörhead remained strong up to the very end, touring despite instances of bandmember illness and even releasing a quality studio album a few months ago.
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May his mighty soul rest in peace… A paragon of unbounded vital force in both his excesses and his music.
It seems the sunset’s wings are spreading fast over the metal music – how many metal legends will survive past 70yo in the next few years ? And when they’re all gone, who will we have to make revolutionary music again ?
“And when they’re all gone, who will we have to make revolutionary music again?”
You.
“And when they’re all gone, who will we have to make revolutionary music again?”
Trivium.
Hail the King …
King “Lemmy …” Let me kill, mister
I think after he learned he had cancer, he quit smoking and that is why he died.
You’d be surprised how often that scenario happens.
This is the worst birthday ever?
Another degenerate SJW bites the dust. Oh no, he’ll never write another bleeding heart song about how bad war and Christianity are over Phil Campbell’s Korn-meets-Lynyrd Skynyrd chugs ever again. LEMMY DIED OF ANAL AIDS
You’re pretty gay.
get a load of this faggot homo queer
nice fucking hinduism internet name, are you that ashamed of your white heritage?
How do you know that his heritage is European?
HAIL LEMMY
I was lucky to catch motorhead on this last tour, you can tell Lemmy was on his last leg, he still pulled off a great show. Sadly this comes as no surprise. The fact he constantly drank and was a speed freak, it’s a miracle he made it to age 70. Anybody who knows anything about Lemmy and Motorhead knows he wouldn’t have it any other way.
Born to lose
Live to win
RIP
He won at life, though.
He lived a life that he wanted to live.
I wouldn’t want to live that life, but he did.
Well put. Lemmy did seem to live life brewtally in the fast lane, or as Metalica would call it motorbreath.
Regardless of how fast he lived, he seemed to live with an Amor Fati attitude . For example, he must have accepted the negative externalities of speed in order to enjoy it.