LONDON, Dec 29, (AFP): Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister, the disorderly frontman of iconic British abundant metal bandage Motorhead, has died age-old 70 of a sudden, advancing cancer, the accumulation said Tuesday.
The gravel-voiced veteran, one of bedrock and roll’s abundant survivors admitting a hard-partying lifestyle, was diagnosed with blight on Saturday — two canicule afterwards his 70th altogether — and died on Monday.
A asperse amount in abundant bedrock music, the accompanist and bass amateur with the bandage dubbed the world’s loudest was the apotheosis of bedrock and cycle excess.
“Our mighty, blue-blooded acquaintance Lemmy anesthetized abroad today afterwards a abbreviate action with an acutely advancing cancer,” the bandage said on their official Facebook page.
“He had learnt of the ache on Dec 26th, and was at home, sitting in advanced of his favourite video bold from The Rainbow, with his family.
“We cannot activate to accurate our shock and sadness, there aren’t words.”
Memorabilia
Kilmister lived in a awkward collapsed in Los Angeles blimp with memorabilia. He was about to be begin axial the adjacent Rainbow Bar and Grill on Sunset Strip, arena a bake-apple machine.
He is advised a abundant metal avant-garde — admitting he consistently insisted Motorhead was a bedrock and cycle bandage — and cut an iconic figure, with his mutton chop sideburns, continued hair, arresting facial warts, atramentous hat and atramentous shirt.
Kilmister lived an abiding activity of booze, cigarettes, women, drugs and adamant touring.
“That’s what I consistently said I capital to be remembered for, for actuality honest. Nothing abroad is account a damn,” he already said.
The bandage said in their statement: “We will say added in the advancing days, but for now, amuse comedy Motorhead loud, comedy Hawkwind loud, comedy Lemmy’s music loud. Accept a alcohol or few. Share stories.
“Celebrate the activity this lovely, admirable man acclaimed so vibrantly himself. He would appetite absolutely that.
“Born to lose, lived to win,” they added.
His afterlife comes a ages afterwards that of Phil “Philthy Animal” Taylor, the band’s above drummer, who was 61.
Kilmister was built-in in Stoke-on-Trent in axial England on Dec 24, 1945 and grew up on the Welsh island of Anglesey.
He was a roadie for allegorical US guitarist Jimi Hendrix and was in the space-rock bandage Hawkwind, singing their best-known song, “Silver Machine”. He was sacked afterwards a drugs apprehension and founded Motorhead in 1975.
Motorhead’s archetypal hit was the 1980 song “Ace of Spades” and the bandage appear added than 20 collapsed albums.
Fans and adolescent rockers reacted with shock to Kilmister’s death. Atramentous Sabbath accompanist Ozzy Osbourne said: “Lost one of my best friends, Lemmy, today. He will be acutely missed. He was a warrior and a legend. I will see you on the added side.”
Nikki Sixx, of US bandage Motley Crue, added: “I’ll absence you associate and our conversations. You were consistently a colonnade of dignity. RIP Lemmy.”
British bedrock bandage Judas Priest tweeted: “We will artlessly say adieu Lord Lemmy acknowledge you for the music, the shows.”
Kilmister put his constancy bottomward to never demography heroin, but he was not shy of demography added drugs: he claimed he already backward alive for two weeks on speed.
He drank a canteen of whiskey a day with cola, but in contempo years switched to vodka and orange to advice administer his diabetes.
Kilmister was absorbed by aggressive memorabilia and uniforms and his collapsed independent an absorbing arrangement of celebrated weaponry.
He claimed to accept slept with added than a thousand women, but insisted this was not so hasty accustomed how continued he had been going.
Lemmy never married, adage one had to accept amid home activity and the road, but had a son alleged Paul.
Kilmister’s bloom had suffered in contempo years and he cut a added breakable amount in 2015 but the bandage backward on tour, arena the Glastonbury Anniversary in June.
Motorhead were due aback on the alley in 2016, with a 20-date, one ages European bout starting in Newcastle on Jan 23.
“If I accept to die and be on my deathbed regretting decisions I made, I’m not absorbed in that,” he already said.
