Dec 28 (Reuters) – Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister, frontman for heavy metal band Motorhead, has died at age 70, after recently being diagnosed with an aggressive cancer, the band said on its Facebook page.
There is no easy way to say this…our mighty, noble friend Lemmy passed away today after a short battle with an extremely…
Posted by Official Motörhead on Monday, December 28, 2015
Growling, whiskey-drinking, mutton-chops wearing Lemmy was famous for always turning his amplifiers up to the maximum, for positioning his microphone above his head so that he had to sing looking upward, and for his anthems to hellraising such as Motorhead’s classic “Ace of Spades.”
He lived in Los Angeles and was controversial for his collection of Nazi memorabilia. He played in Hawkwind before forming Motorhead in the mid 1970s.
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