“I'm made for bass – I'm supposed to play bass, that's what I'm supposed to do,” said lan ‘Lemmy’ Kilmister, who departed for the great gig in the sky in December 2015. Born the son of a clergyman in ...

From his beginnings as a guitarist and roadie, through his initial experience playing bass guitar in Hawkwind, to the leading figure in British heavy rock outfit Motörhead, the much-missed Ian ‘Lemmy’ ...

If there’s a zen koan of heavy metal, it’s the intonation Lemmy Kilmister gave to open every show for the past 40 years: “We are Motörhead. We play rock and roll.” Those 10 syllables croaked out after ...

The mourners gathered for the funeral of Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister of Motörhead were greeted at a Hollywood hilltop chapel in a style close to the late rocker’s heart: with a shot of Jack Daniel’s at the ...