Creem Profiles
LEMMY KILMISTER
(Pronounced “Boy Howdy!’’)
HOME: This side of Hell.
AGE: Not yet killed by death.
PROFESSION: Ace of Spades.
HOBBIES; Turning it up LOUD; hanging out with Wendy O. Williams; championing the “merits” of speed.
LAST BOOK READ: Orgones R Us by Wilhelm Reich.
LAST ACCOMPLISHMENT: Experimenting with an Orgasmatron— and living to tell the tale!
QUOTE: We don't know. The music was too loud.
PROFILE: A formerIlirni Hendrix roadie, our hero was seen as the bassist in Hawk wind, during which time he wrote a tune called “Motorhead.” When Lemmy was dumped by the ’Wind boys, he took the song with him, formed a new band, named it after the song, became a metal band with an honest-to-goodness sense of humor and actual melodies, and prepared the entire Western World for total deafness.
BEER: Boy Howdy!