FREE DOMESTIC SHIPPING ON ORDERS OVER $75! *TERMS AND EXCLUSIONS APPLY

Creem Profiles

LEMMY KILMISTER

(Pronounced “Boy Howdy!’’)

June 1, 1987

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!

Sign In to Your Account

Registered subscribers can access the complete archive.

Login

Don’t have an account?

Subscribe

...or read now for $1 via Supertab

READ NOW