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letra de bassist, singer, and songwriter ian lemmy of motorhead - ian lemmy

ian fraser kilmister, better known as lemmy was an english songwriter and musician who was the founder of british heavy metal rock band motorhead. the heavy metal singer was especially popular for his appearance along with a raspy singing voice. the legendary artist was the only constant member of the band motorhead till the death

if you are looking for information about the legendary artist, then you are in the right place. in this article, we will discuss the life of ian lemmy. take a while to read the article to know much about ian lemmy

early life

ian lemmy was born in a christmas evening on 24 december of 1945. he was born in the burslem area of stroke-on-trent. however, he grew up in the staffordshire and later moved to north wales

lemmy’s father was an ex-royal air force chaplain and also a concert pianist. in the childhood, lemmy’s father and mother separated from each other and he moved on with his mother and grandmother to the newcastle-under-lyme and then madeley

lemmy along with the family moved to a welsh town benllech, anglesey where lemmy was the only english child amongst 700 of welsh. he started school at sir thomas jones’ school in amlwch which he got the nickname lemmy. he got interested in guitar in the time of school. he saw a group of student brings the guitar in the school and they were surrounded by girls. in the next day, lemmy brings his mother guitar in the school just for getting some attention from the girls. at the end of lemmy’s school life, the family moved to conwy where lemmy started working a menial job. there he also started playing guitar for local bands such sundowners

performing career

ian lemmy has a colorful career in different clubs at different times in his life. though the first chapter of his career was not that much colorful. after moving to stockport, lemmy united with a local band named the rainmakers. after a few time, he joined the motown sect who were playing in the northern clubs for three years. he joined the rockin’ vicars and released three consecutive singles and toured europe. soon the band moved the manchester, where the bandmate shared a flat together

in 1967, lemmy left the rockin’ vicars and moved to london. there he shared a flat with the noel redding, the b-ssist of the band jimi hendrix experience. he was appointed as the roadie of the band. in 1968, he joined the rock band sam gopal and recorded the album “escalator” which got released in 1969. he met famous drummer simon king at a shopping mall in chelsea at 1969 and joined the band opal b-tterfly. however, the band soon disbanded due to failure with their singles

lemmy joined the sp-ce rock band hawkwind, a ladbroke grove, london based band in 1971 as a vocalist and b-ssist. though he has no experience in b-ss guitar, he quickly developed a distinctive style. his b-ss work became a fundamental part of hawkwind sound during the tenure. he played the role of lead vocal on several songs including the band’s biggest hit in uk chart single, the “silver machine” which reaches in top 3 at 1972. lemmy was arrested at the united state and canada border in windsor, ontario on a charge of drug possession. he was in jail for five days though soon released without any charge. but this event put a huge impact on his career. he was fired from the band hawkwind

after getting fired from the hawkwind, lemmy formed his own band “b-st-rd” along with guitarist larry wallis who was a former member of the oink fairies and ufo. however, soon he realized that the band with a name “b-st-rd” will never get a slot on top of the pops. this realization makes him change the name of the band to motorhead. it was the t-tle of a song that he had written for the previous band hawkwind. after a few days of the formation of the band, guitarist wallis and drummer fox were replaced with drummer phil “philthy animal” taylor and guitarist “fast” edie clarke. with this line-up, the band started getting success

the band success was at the top in 1980 and 1981 with several uk chart list hits including the single “ace of spades. the song is still one of the top crowd favorites from the band. in the late 80s, motorhead became one of the most influential heavy metal bands. they released “no sleep ‘til hammersmith” which is considered as the greatest motorhead albums of all time the greatest motorhead albums of all time. lemmy was with the band till his death. his last performance with the band was in berlin, germany on the december of 2015

songwriting and activity in films

lemmy has written songs for several band and individuals throughout his career apart from the band he has worked. he wrote the “r.a.m.o.n.e.s” song for the ramones. in 1991, he wrote several songs for ozzy osbourne’s “no more tears” album. the song includes h-llraiser, desire, mama i’m coming home

apart from the songs, lemmy has appeared in several films including the science fiction film “hardware” in 1990 and comedy film “eat the rich” at 1887. he also appeared in several films by the troma entertainment including tromeo and juliet, terror firmer, citizen toxie: the toxic avenger iv, and return to nuke ‘em high

lemmy was living in los angeles from 1990 until his death. lemmy has died from prostate cancer and cardiac arrhythmia. this legendary b-ssist, singer, and songwriter left the world for good on 28 december 2015, only four days after his 70th birthday. before death, he was admitted into the hospital several times due to various health issues. lemmy was smoking from the age of 11. though in 2015, after hospitalized with a lung infection, he said he had cut down smoking from two packs a day to one pack at the week

ian lemmy is one of the most respected names due to his deed for the heavy metal music. hopefully, this article will be helpful for you to know better about the legendary artist

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