RIP Lemmy Kilmister, finally killed by death

Everything about Lemmy flew in the face of moderation.Motörhead wasn't as big in the US as it was in the UK, but there's no Metallica or Guns N Roses without Lemmy. And he was from a period when rock stars could be, well, rock stars — where they could, for instance, get arrested for possession in Canada without fear of losing any of their endorsement deals. (He was arrested for cocaine possession; he was holding speed. Lemmy didn't like cocaine. Anyhow, he got off.) Sure, he was thrown out of Hawkwind, the band he was part of at the time, but that only led to greater glory. Have you ever heard Hawkwind? I haven't. (Sorry, UK fans — they never quite jumped the pond.) Have you heard Motörhead? Abso-fucking-lutely.

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