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Q: Any Chinese Motorhead Fans out there?
Ian Fraser Kilmister, widely known as Motorhead vocalist and bassist Lemmy, died of cancer Monday in Los Angeles. He was 70.
The band confirmed his death on its official Facebook page, saying, “There is no easy way to say this…our mighty, noble friend Lemmy passed away today after a short battle with an extremely aggressive cancer. He had learnt of the disease on December 26th, and was at home, sitting in front of his favorite video game from the Rainbow which had recently made it’s way down the street, with his family. We cannot begin to express our shock and sadness, there aren’t words. We will say more in the coming days, but for now, please…play Motörhead loud.”
The British musician was a member of Hawkwind from 1972 to 1975 before founding heavy metal band Motorhead. The band’s biggest hit was “Ace of Spades” in 1980.
He had said that he drank a bottle of Jack Daniels every day for many years, and was known for his prodigious consumption of drugs and alcohol, though he is said to have finally slowed down in the past few years.
Radio personality Eddie Trunk first tweeted the news.
Gutted! First real rock band I got into when I was 13 or 14 years old. Lemmy is/was an absolute star. Saw Motörhead a few times back in the day and also loved seeing Lemmy on stage with Hawkwind at their 30th anniversary bash back in 2000.
RIP Lemmy! \m/
Yeah, he lived OK.
What about 'Club 26-27'? ...musicians, who passed at age of 26-27 ?
J. Morrison, J. Hendrix, J. Joplin, C. Cobain, A. Winehouse and others? That's what I'm really sad.
mArtiAn:
In the words of Axel Rose, "The road of excess leads to a dirt plot in a foreign land that people throw beer and piss on."
70 - and drank a bottle of Jack and lots of drugs and a real hard life (no doubt lots of random sex in there as well)..
I think there's a message in there for all of us! 
And, no Rob - I don't think I've seen any Motorhead fans in China! (well, not Chinese fans)
RobRocks:
The Rolling Stones are still going they will tour Latin America next year
mArtiAn:
I wonder wether the Stones ever imagined they'd achieve such longevity as a band because their name couldn't possibly be more fitting.
Gutted! First real rock band I got into when I was 13 or 14 years old. Lemmy is/was an absolute star. Saw Motörhead a few times back in the day and also loved seeing Lemmy on stage with Hawkwind at their 30th anniversary bash back in 2000.
RIP Lemmy! \m/
You know I'm born to lose and gambling's for fools
But that's the way I like it, baby
I don't wanna live for ever
It's a damn shame that when a musician dies and people read about it in the paper they say "oh man... I loved that album of his 30 years ago when I was a teenager, how don't I have that in my music collection now?"
Then they go and get it, along with everyone else and the artist is doing better financially and fame wise than he has for maybe the last 20 years or so.
Or maybe it's not a damn shame, maybe it's the ultimate send off and wake...
Either way, I'm about to see what I can find on the torrents.
