Rock And Metal Stars Tell Their Favorite Stories About Lemmy
So much of what made Motörhead a timeless musical force was the unique personality of its frontman, Lemmy Kilmister. In the rock and metal worlds, Lemmy was an avatar for all things outlaw, a hard-drinking, hard-smoking, rule-breaking, leather-clad force for sonic mayhem, whose speedy anthems spoke to the outsider in us all. Even more important, though, were his brutal honesty, sage wisdom, and big (if calloused) heart, which left everyone he met with the sense that they’d just encountered an old god on his day off. Everyone who met Lemmy has a story about it, even if it’s as simple as having stood in his presence.With today being the fourth anniversary of his death, we decided to ask stars of rock and metal to recount their own Lemmy stories. Initially, we asked them abou...
