And I got to hear those words spoken in Stockholm for the 14th time in december 2015. Two weeks later I woke up to the news that this was to be the last time I ever got to hear those words from a stage. Motörhead has been a natural part of going to concerts from the time of my late youth, via adulthood and up until becoming a dann grown up with kids of my own. Motörhead concerts has been a constant for most of my life, that I somehow got into my head would last forever. The news about Lemmy’s death was not only totally surreal and almoust impossible for me to accept, it was litteraly also the end of an era in my life. Damn, this is such a sad thought. Man...
Back in 2005 I hadn't seen Motorhead for over 20 years, right back to the days of Fast Eddie and Philthy. Anyway then were playing locally supporting Alice Cooper, with Joan Jett as an opening act. Watched Joan play a great set, went to the bar with some friends. I had only taken a couple of mouthfuls of my pint, when I heard 'Good evening, we are Motorhead...My friends said they had never seen anything like it. I dropped my pint, and sprinted to the front of the stage, pushing past everyone in the way, in time for the opening bars of Doctor Rock. 45 minutes later I retreated to the bar, totally drained. I didn't even stay for the whole of Alice's act. From then until the end I saw them every time I could, probably 6 or 7 times.
@@philbertb Saw that tour also Motorhead opened for Alice C. A small venue, they (Motorhead) had a tight stack of Marshalls Was LOUD AS HELL!! will never forget that show.🤘💀🤘
Lemmy was/is the rock 'n roll Jesus. He rocked when we couldn't, every shitty day at work or doing humdrum, mundane crap you could just think "Lemmy is either: rockin', writing awesome rock, at sound check (getting ready to rock) or at the Rainbow pounding Jack and cokes and playing his beloved machines. RIP Lemmy. Miss you so bad.
I saw Motorhead at Irving Plaza, 1999. My buddies and I cut school to get there early for the gen admin so we could get up front. They opened up with Bomber and the place goes nuts. After the song, it quieted down a bit, and Lemmy was walking back towards the amps. I shouted at the top of my lungs "LEMMY YOU KICK F*CKING ASS!" He turned around and said "Ya got that right". One of the greatest moments of my life, the time Lemmy spoke to me.
He cadged some nepalese hash off me for a joint while we watched queen together at knebworth '88. Motorhead wern't playing he was just there as a guest of queen.
One of my very first concerts in 1981 was Motörhead on the Ace of Spades tour with the original line-up. Lemmy was hanging at the bar before the show, meeting fans like it was nothing special - I got to buy him a Jack and Coke and we chatted for a while about history and literature. One of the most well-read people I've met. A true gentleman. They also broke the sound volume record at the Geneva Palladium that night at 130db. I'm a little more deaf for it, but it was worth it.
I had the blessing of meeting Lemmy (GOD) once. Backstage was not nice just chairs in a room. He says there must be something better around here than this to the 10 of us. I said I suggest a nice bar that is large have decent drinks pool tables good music and topless girls that do not hassle everyone for cash nice looking ones too. He said I like it lets go. We most all went and Lemmy and I sat and talked for an hour or so about lots of stuff. Henry is not lying Lemmy was no poser and was smart and a great man with a great mind. No rock star attitude and very friendly and down to earth. We had a lot of smiles thinking the same about most and similar of the rest. I will never forget it and am confident he is and should be in the best place there is after we go. RIP and remembered for ever LEMMY will not forget that talk The part of this I thought you might like is when I told him Motorhead had a punk rock vibe or a little sound of it toofrom some of the songs I like the most.the Punk rock you can understaand the lrics sang understanding what the words are. The good stuff played tight and wellevenhad a bit of roll. He smiled nodding yes happy in agreement.
@@woodsy555 BS ? Hmmm bullshit? well it is true and I will never forget it !! ou are welcome to think what you want but remember cows shit too and they do not brag about it !
I've been a motorhead fan and Black Flag fan since '79. Back In 89 or 90 met Lemmy in a crappy bar in Halifax, NS called the Misty Moon, he was amazing and bought us a round of shots \m/ Almost met Henry in '92 in Toronto, But he went from MuchMusic right onto his tour bus... However we did meet Chris Hasket on the street later that day and he knew how far we drove .... we were morons , drove 20 hours to see the Rollin Band and no tickets haha and they were playing only two nights at the Opera House ... Anyway Chris put me and my friends on the guest list and we got right in. ... Great memories
if I were Henry, I would've cancelled the show he was supposed to do at that museum to go on stage with Motörhead, he probably regrets that, 'cause that was the last time he saw Lemmy alive. But just like lemmy is lemmy, henry is his own character too, always true to himself no matter what
If someone said fuck an album for the day then Lemmy probably would've said fuck you. People seem to forget how real Rock N Roll is to the actual musicians who couldnt live without it. Its a lifestyle, not a scene.
It's so cool to hear stories about Lemmy and rock'n'roll and all that stuff)) I'm big Motorhead fan, l listen to almost every their record. And boy, do they have some energy in their music! I hope that mister Henry Rollings will continue, i never knew his shows are so interesting and unique!
Love whatever Rollins does - this is so spot on! My first favourite tune was Silver Machine - Hawkwind. Must have heard it on the radio when I was about 8... can't remember, but my sister did. As soon as I could think coherently I was a fan of Hawkwind, and read music press so knew he'd left/been booted out, and had formed Motorhead. Got the first album on white vinyl and played it to death. When Overkill was released - got that on green vinyl and was just about old enough to go to the tour gig at the Birmingham Odeon - April 7th, 1979. The atmosphere was electric, and when they appeared on stage the place went ballistic... they played LOUD - seismic, organ liquifying, World War 3 in a phone booth loud, so loud you couldn't even hear it. I was right down the front and stuck my head in one of the bass bins! Eddie saw me, shook his head in disbelief, gestured to Lemmy to come over - he saw me and shook his head too! Afterwards I was so pummelled by the sound that it felt like I was wrapped in a mattress.... but back in those days, if you hung around the back by the stage door, you'd likely get picked up by the band and go back to the hotel with them when they left - which a few of us did! You could talk to them like real people, and so long as you weren't a complete twat, you were OK with them. One thing I remember was that in Lemmy's room, by the bed, was a book by P.G. Wodehouse - one of the Jeeves books I think. Struck me as odd, but he was an immensely well-read bloke and loved language, which is why hew knew 'trammelled'! Met him a few times after that on tours up till Iron Fist. Formative influence, total one-off, utmost respect.
Love both Lem and Henry. Never got to talk to Henry, but Lemmy i got to after some shows at smaller gigs. Always sharp, focused, and a hint of anger. If you aren't angry, you're not paying attention. I got to thank him for all his years and the band's of telling great stories through rock n roll. Loudest band i ever saw... swear to gawd, each show was louder than the last.
When he wasn't touring Lemmy's life was going to the Rainbow and playing the slot machines. It is kind of sad that he didn't seem to know what to do with himself when he wasn't on the road. He lived in a basic rent-controlled apartment and spent most of his time at a bar around the corner. He should have been vacationing in the Bahamas with Keith Richards and Johnny Depp and having supermodels take turns bouncing on his knob.
There has not been and never will be anyone else like ♠LEMMY♠ R.I.P 🍻 A Gentleman and a true Rock n Roll legend.... 'WE ARE MOTORHEAD AND WE PLAY ROCK N ROLL'
It's TRUE about Cohen..I was lucky to see his show at Glastonbury. The man was tapping in to something very deep and unique ...I'm also a big black flag motorhead Hawkwind fan .so this is great. ..Henry's book ...get in the van is a great book .great art great story's.they all .legends to me to be fair
Once drank a whiskey with him (ok, on the same counter, but he cheered to me), one of my favourite memories, so sweet, so cool! The Lem was another kind, seriously. They don't make em like that anymore. Today they die after 12 pills Oxi and a light beer. It's the mental attitude. I know that, I rode the bull for some years, too, I'm not that generation (I was born in the 70s) and I won't ever compare myself to Lemmy, don't get me wrong, never ever, he was the coolest RockNRoll-Cat under the suns, but I knew people, and it's the mindset. Death just doesn't dare, Death has to wait till the RockNRoll in these magnificent beeings simmers down a bit, then he comes, but not earlier. Death just doesn't dare. Or he/she just likes to watch, I dunno ;)
TBF, Lemmy didn't really like Opioids and Tranquilisers. Just not his scene. He wanted to go fast and hard... But he at least showed respect to those who got hooked on smack et al. He saw it so many times, that he knew that they were a whole different kind of addiction. As someone who has gone just as hard for 20 years... (Slowing down now. And yeah, probably will "pay the bill" a lot earlier than most, that's the cost of living fast.) I will say the most addictive thing I found with base/shab or sulphates, is that eventually youj need to sleep, even if it's just for 4 hours. But dopamine/adrenaline addiction is no where near as hell than endorphin / GABA addiction. Plus kids today just take any bloody thing. That Spice is not even simulating THC/Cannibanoids, it's just all Phikal/Tical manipulation... Kids today are nothing more than Lab Rats for Drug CArtels.... Sad really...
Henry going into Lemmy’s apartment is like that scene where Lisa Simpson goes to Nelson’s house. “Guts, black stuff, 20 or 30 Slim Jims. I don’t know. Gotta nuke something. anyhow, I’m tired now. I think I’ll go to sleep. Smell you later.” Complete with rendition of “Joy to the world, the teacher’s dead”. Don’t know if they kissed though.
00:35 this makes me think Hank wrote the song after being inspired by Lemmy’s note. Iggy Pop signed something “I.O.U. Nothin’!” And Paul Westerberg took it and made the song from PTMM
I would lost my mind! I would be sitting that going to myself "be cool be cool don't make fool of yourself in front of Lemmy oh wait I already have...." LOL
Thirsty and miserable! LoL what a great song. First time I heard it, I thought wow, this song now belongs to Lemmy. Rarely can anyone take someone elses song and make it any better. Lemmy did just that 🤘🏻👍🏻.Thanks Henry.
The only person I ever heard use the word 'trammel' is the Amish guy who made stuff for horses and trimmed hooves ( expertly) for everyone in the county I grew up in
My friend Joe and I were at Ozzfest back in '98 and instead of watching whatever band was playing on the main stage, we went to see what band was playing louder than they were. There was a little stage in the back and whoever was there their loudness was ten times louder than the main acts. So we get there and sure enough, it's fucking Motorhead. Within like 10 minutes the majority of the crowd was PACKED in front of the stage. For the next 40 minutes, Lemmy & Co. literally stole the show out from under whoever was performing. lol and they put Motorhead as a side act. Fools. Nobody trammels Motorhead lol
If this story is anything like Rollin's Iggy story I would take all this with a grain of salt. Found footage of a show he was talking about and Iggy literally did none of the things he discribed.
Hey internet, what word is it that Lemmy used, "I will not be xxx by a mere airline." I have listened and listened and can not get it. I wanna look it up so I can use it.
i wonder if he was buried or cremated. if buried, a lot of deaf worms & bugs leaving that corpse alone. if cremated, all that jack daniels made him go so fast & hot, the furnace burned with him, thus enriching his ashes with actual heavy metal. i'd put some of his ashes in a big spliff. he'd like that.
I saw Lemmy at Harpo's in Detroit MI at the bar there before a show. Everyone was hanging back because certainly that couldn't actually be Lemmy, it had to be some random Hells Angel. My friends dared me to go over and find out. As soon as I heard him talking I knew it was him. I was pretty freaked out but I had to talk to him. I didn't want to sound stupid though. So I said the first thing I thought of, "Hi, uh, Lemmy...can I ask you a question? Do you think Arthur Harris was vilified unfairly after the war for advocating the bombing of German cities?" Lemmy looked at me, says "You like history then?" I said yes, he says "Well sit down then" and we talked about the air war in Europe during WW2 for 20 minutes. Sometimes it's really awesome to meet your heroes.
Well the Luftwaffe mistakenly hit the civilian areas of Coventry instead of hitting the industry there. After that there were Allies airforce chiefs both for and against it. Though you would also have to talk about the firebombing of Dresden.
I've been on a Motorhead binge lately, and found this as a result. Couldn't peel my eyes away until it finished, and am now extremely emotional. I'm only 22, and the impact that this man had on my life, before I was ever even born, is immeasurable, and every time I see people talk about him, watch an interview or a documentary that he's involved with, or anything else like that, it reminds me of just how exceptional of a person he was. He is a peerless icon of rock and roll, and he didn't compromise a single bit of himself to get there. Most icons are, to some degree or another, characters, exaggerations or fabrications of a human being laid over an existing one, and that is okay, they still have value. Lemmy just was, and he was far beyond what most of us could truly ever know. To me, Lemmy is a pillar of humanity, a pure, honest, and free spirit who lived life on his own terms. He was proof that breaking the rules of society doesn't mean you can't be a wonderful human being, because he broke damn near all of em that didn't involve hurting someone else. He was a flawed, fallible person, never tried to hide or deny it, but never let it stand in his way. In so many ways, he is the person that I aspire to be one day, and I know he's inspired so many, and will continue to, maybe forever. He has left one hell of a legacy.
Brother, I hear you and I feel the exactly same way as you do, Lemmy showed me what life was all about, he did everything he ever wanted, and one of the most important lesson he thought us, is to do whatever the fuck we want with our god damn life, without giving a fliying fuck what other people think of us, that is one (if not) the greatest lesson someone can give to you, if you live by that code, you'll be happy and harmless I can assure you that. Lemmy changed my life for the better, he's my number one hero, a real man, and I cannot thank him enough for the way he inspired me, you have no idea how lucky you are to have met him, treasure that moment for the rest of your life. By the way, I was never into that tatoo fashion, but because of him, and as token of my eternal gratitude, the first (and the only tatoo) I ever gonna get, is the motorhead logo, live fast and die old!!!!
I could not read your book. But I have motorhead/ Dave Brock ( Hawkwind ) Hue Lloyd Landton / Nik Turner inner city unit tee-shirt older . Respect your elders . your history is Our main stream. and it sounds patronising. ( in my opinion )
I sgree and after meeting him andtalking to him for an hour I was very impressed by jhis morals and talkong to me talking me like a friend not a rockstar atttitude. He waA GOOD MAN AND COOL PERSON. PERSON i DO BELIEVE HE IS NOW IN THE BETTER PLACE TO BE AFTER LIFE HERE. i WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER TALKING WITH HIM ! dRINKING bourben at the topless bar I sugested in a drab backstage room after he said there must be someplace domeplace better rhan this going on around here and rhe others there shrugged their shoulders. Fritz 2 in Anahiem CA after a show at The Celebrety in Anahiem CA. A Great Memory! RIP Lemmy !
"We are motorhead and we play rock n roll!" Had the chance of hearing the man(god) say this in 2012 I will never forget that day. RIP LEMMY!
And I got to hear those words spoken in Stockholm for the 14th time in december 2015. Two weeks later I woke up to the news that this was to be the last time I ever got to hear those words from a stage.
Motörhead has been a natural part of going to concerts from the time of my late youth, via adulthood and up until becoming a dann grown up with kids of my own. Motörhead concerts has been a constant for most of my life, that I somehow got into my head would last forever.
The news about Lemmy’s death was not only totally surreal and almoust impossible for me to accept, it was litteraly also the end of an era in my life. Damn, this is such a sad thought. Man...
Back in 2005 I hadn't seen Motorhead for over 20 years, right back to the days of Fast Eddie and Philthy. Anyway then were playing locally supporting Alice Cooper, with Joan Jett as an opening act. Watched Joan play a great set, went to the bar with some friends. I had only taken a couple of mouthfuls of my pint, when I heard 'Good evening, we are Motorhead...My friends said they had never seen anything like it. I dropped my pint, and sprinted to the front of the stage, pushing past everyone in the way, in time for the opening bars of Doctor Rock. 45 minutes later I retreated to the bar, totally drained. I didn't even stay for the whole of Alice's act. From then until the end I saw them every time I could, probably 6 or 7 times.
@@philbertb Saw that tour also
Motorhead opened for Alice C.
A small venue, they (Motorhead)
had a tight stack of Marshalls
Was LOUD AS HELL!! will never forget that show.🤘💀🤘
And if I'm flying solo, at least I'm flying free!
It's funny how people put successful musicians as the status of god. I think it's strange
Lemmy was/is the rock 'n roll Jesus. He rocked when we couldn't, every shitty day at work or doing humdrum, mundane crap you could just think "Lemmy is either: rockin', writing awesome rock, at sound check (getting ready to rock) or at the Rainbow pounding Jack and cokes and playing his beloved machines. RIP Lemmy. Miss you so bad.
groverjuicy... I was working at Heathrow.. In reclaim when I found out he died.. The day went so slowly
Lemmy did what we all wish we could
And that's all he need it to be happy, he really understood what life was all about
Lemmy was born on Christmas
Coincidence?
I think not!
Rock and roll Jesus indeed!!
Lemmy ain't RnR Jesus, LEMMY is GOD♠️
I saw Motorhead at Irving Plaza, 1999. My buddies and I cut school to get there early for the gen admin so we could get up front. They opened up with Bomber and the place goes nuts. After the song, it quieted down a bit, and Lemmy was walking back towards the amps. I shouted at the top of my lungs "LEMMY YOU KICK F*CKING ASS!" He turned around and said "Ya got that right". One of the greatest moments of my life, the time Lemmy spoke to me.
Nice one 👌🏻
Awesome!
He cadged some nepalese hash off me for a joint while we watched queen together at knebworth '88. Motorhead wern't playing he was just there as a guest of queen.
Great opening song. I would've went bonkers.
Well look at that, an internet story that I believe!
Everyone is commenting on Lemmy. He lives forever. R.i.p.
Thank you Henry, for sharing your experience with the Lem.
i was only gonna listen too a few minutes of this vid. but i was so intrigued, i listened too the wwhole thing, rip lemmy.
Hard not to, Henry Rollins is an AMAZING story teller.
One of my very first concerts in 1981 was Motörhead on the Ace of Spades tour with the original line-up. Lemmy was hanging at the bar before the show, meeting fans like it was nothing special - I got to buy him a Jack and Coke and we chatted for a while about history and literature. One of the most well-read people I've met. A true gentleman. They also broke the sound volume record at the Geneva Palladium that night at 130db. I'm a little more deaf for it, but it was worth it.
I had the blessing of meeting Lemmy (GOD) once. Backstage was not nice just chairs in a room. He says there must be something better around here than this to the 10 of us. I said I suggest a nice bar that is large have decent drinks pool tables good music and topless girls that do not hassle everyone for cash nice looking ones too. He said I like it lets go. We most all went and Lemmy and I sat and talked for an hour or so about lots of stuff. Henry is not lying Lemmy was no poser and was smart and a great man with a great mind. No rock star attitude and very friendly and down to earth. We had a lot of smiles thinking the same about most and similar of the rest. I will never forget it and am confident he is and should be in the best place there is after we go. RIP and remembered for ever LEMMY will not forget that talk The part of this I thought you might like is when I told him Motorhead had a punk rock vibe or a little sound of it toofrom some of the songs I like the most.the Punk rock you can understaand the lrics sang understanding what the words are. The good stuff played tight and wellevenhad a bit of roll. He smiled nodding yes happy in agreement.
BS
Awesome.
@@woodsy555 BS ? Hmmm bullshit? well it is true and I will never forget it !! ou are welcome to think what you want but remember cows shit too and they do not brag about it !
Bro get medical help
@@woodsy555 not everyone a liar. Same as not everyone a Di**head like you.
"It's probably too loud for you." - Lemmy HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Henry is right lemmy lived his life how he wanted to
Never been upset over a celebrity deathe before I already know ozzy's gonna be a tough one
same for me. lemmy and then when it happens for ozzy. that's it.
I've been a motorhead fan and Black Flag fan since '79. Back In 89 or 90 met Lemmy in a crappy bar in Halifax, NS called the Misty Moon, he was amazing and bought us a round of shots \m/ Almost met Henry in '92 in Toronto, But he went from MuchMusic right onto his tour bus... However we did meet Chris Hasket on the street later that day and he knew how far we drove .... we were morons , drove 20 hours to see the Rollin Band and no tickets haha and they were playing only two nights at the Opera House ... Anyway Chris put me and my friends on the guest list and we got right in. ... Great memories
Motorhead the best gig I ever saw in my 44 years.. thanks henry.
Henry what a great tribute to lemmy this was. Thank you !
What I would not have done to see Diamanda Galas, Leonard Cohen, Henry Rollins, & Lemmy on the same stage pontificating...
I would have said fuck the album for a day and hung out with the Lem. Life is short.
if I were Henry, I would've cancelled the show he was supposed to do at that museum to go on stage with Motörhead, he probably regrets that, 'cause that was the last time he saw Lemmy alive. But just like lemmy is lemmy, henry is his own character too, always true to himself no matter what
They released that album on birthday, best present from someone i'll never know
Hindsight is 20/20
If someone said fuck an album for the day then Lemmy probably would've said fuck you. People seem to forget how real Rock N Roll is to the actual musicians who couldnt live without it. Its a lifestyle, not a scene.
I'm so grateful that we got to experience Lemmy in our lifetime.
Lemmy is a legend. If I was invited into his home, I wouldn't have wasted it.
It's so cool to hear stories about Lemmy and rock'n'roll and all that stuff))
I'm big Motorhead fan, l listen to almost every their record. And boy, do they have some energy in their music!
I hope that mister Henry Rollings will continue, i never knew his shows are so interesting and unique!
Love whatever Rollins does - this is so spot on! My first favourite tune was Silver Machine - Hawkwind. Must have heard it on the radio when I was about 8... can't remember, but my sister did. As soon as I could think coherently I was a fan of Hawkwind, and read music press so knew he'd left/been booted out, and had formed Motorhead. Got the first album on white vinyl and played it to death. When Overkill was released - got that on green vinyl and was just about old enough to go to the tour gig at the Birmingham Odeon - April 7th, 1979. The atmosphere was electric, and when they appeared on stage the place went ballistic... they played LOUD - seismic, organ liquifying, World War 3 in a phone booth loud, so loud you couldn't even hear it. I was right down the front and stuck my head in one of the bass bins! Eddie saw me, shook his head in disbelief, gestured to Lemmy to come over - he saw me and shook his head too! Afterwards I was so pummelled by the sound that it felt like I was wrapped in a mattress.... but back in those days, if you hung around the back by the stage door, you'd likely get picked up by the band and go back to the hotel with them when they left - which a few of us did! You could talk to them like real people, and so long as you weren't a complete twat, you were OK with them. One thing I remember was that in Lemmy's room, by the bed, was a book by P.G. Wodehouse - one of the Jeeves books I think. Struck me as odd, but he was an immensely well-read bloke and loved language, which is why hew knew 'trammelled'! Met him a few times after that on tours up till Iron Fist. Formative influence, total one-off, utmost respect.
I teared up watching this - RIP Lemmy, a true rock 'n roll warrior for us all!
Henry Rollins is the most amazing story teller.
You're right!
Rock in peace lemmy.
Seen Motörhead 9 times.. Henry is right..we will never see the likes of Lemmy again
God I miss that beautiful bastard
Great tribute Henry ! "but that's the way i like it baby , i don't want to live forever"
I met Lemmy in 86 when I worked at Wherehouse records on sunset boulevard
Love both Lem and Henry. Never got to talk to Henry, but Lemmy i got to after some shows at smaller gigs. Always sharp, focused, and a hint of anger. If you aren't angry, you're not paying attention. I got to thank him for all his years and the band's of telling great stories through rock n roll. Loudest band i ever saw... swear to gawd, each show was louder than the last.
"What Am I Doing Here?" is Henry's most rocknroll song. I think Lemmy admired it and said so.
When he wasn't touring Lemmy's life was going to the Rainbow and playing the slot machines.
It is kind of sad that he didn't seem to know what to do with himself when he wasn't on the road. He lived in a basic rent-controlled apartment and spent most of his time at a bar around the corner. He should have been vacationing in the Bahamas with Keith Richards and Johnny Depp and having supermodels take turns bouncing on his knob.
Meth heads like slots
Great story man thank you for putting this out there
There has not been and never will be anyone else like ♠LEMMY♠ R.I.P 🍻 A Gentleman and a true Rock n Roll legend....
'WE ARE MOTORHEAD AND WE PLAY ROCK N ROLL'
This is probably the best tribute to the Lem in the known universe.
"You children out there, dont dance to this song, YOULL BREAK YOUR LEGS!"
Now I wanna know what that scottish punk record they were playing was
probably The Hedrons, all girl Scottish punk band around in the 2000s ruclips.net/video/JW727j949_0/видео.html
Lemmy was known for really respecting cool logos, so I imagine he was nearly as big a fan of the black flag logo as Rollins was of Lemmy's music.
It's TRUE about Cohen..I was lucky to see his show at Glastonbury. The man was tapping in to something very deep and unique ...I'm also a big black flag motorhead Hawkwind fan .so this is great. ..Henry's book ...get in the van is a great book .great art great story's.they all .legends to me to be fair
met henry twice in knoxville, at denny,s 3rd shift... brilliant, respectful & inspiring
He works at Dennys?
Lemmy The Man,The Legend ☮️
so sad, and that is how reality is for so many people.
bad magic is such an amazing record. the perfect last jam from lem 🖤
Black flag and motörhead two badass bands
Once drank a whiskey with him (ok, on the same counter, but he cheered to me), one of my favourite memories, so sweet, so cool! The Lem was another kind, seriously. They don't make em like that anymore. Today they die after 12 pills Oxi and a light beer. It's the mental attitude. I know that, I rode the bull for some years, too, I'm not that generation (I was born in the 70s) and I won't ever compare myself to Lemmy, don't get me wrong, never ever, he was the coolest RockNRoll-Cat under the suns, but I knew people, and it's the mindset. Death just doesn't dare, Death has to wait till the RockNRoll in these magnificent beeings simmers down a bit, then he comes, but not earlier. Death just doesn't dare. Or he/she just likes to watch, I dunno ;)
TBF, Lemmy didn't really like Opioids and Tranquilisers. Just not his scene. He wanted to go fast and hard... But he at least showed respect to those who got hooked on smack et al. He saw it so many times, that he knew that they were a whole different kind of addiction.
As someone who has gone just as hard for 20 years... (Slowing down now. And yeah, probably will "pay the bill" a lot earlier than most, that's the cost of living fast.) I will say the most addictive thing I found with base/shab or sulphates, is that eventually youj need to sleep, even if it's just for 4 hours. But dopamine/adrenaline addiction is no where near as hell than endorphin / GABA addiction. Plus kids today just take any bloody thing. That Spice is not even simulating THC/Cannibanoids, it's just all Phikal/Tical manipulation... Kids today are nothing more than Lab Rats for Drug CArtels.... Sad really...
I wish I got to see Motorhead. Lemmy sounds like such a cool guy. I would have loved to meet him. :(
Beautiful
Henry going into Lemmy’s apartment is like that scene where Lisa Simpson goes to Nelson’s house. “Guts, black stuff, 20 or 30 Slim Jims. I don’t know. Gotta nuke something. anyhow, I’m tired now. I think I’ll go to sleep. Smell you later.”
Complete with rendition of “Joy to the world, the teacher’s dead”.
Don’t know if they kissed though.
00:35 this makes me think Hank wrote the song after being inspired by Lemmy’s note. Iggy Pop signed something “I.O.U. Nothin’!” And Paul Westerberg took it and made the song from PTMM
The guy had extra-terrestrial powers of consumption in the appetite of JD & amphetamine. Lovely humble guy & is greatly missed.
See.....
Lemmy achieved SO much.
He even made Henry smile....
😲
lol
Got to see them live. Great show.
I would lost my mind! I would be sitting that going to myself "be cool be cool don't make fool of yourself in front of Lemmy oh wait I already have...." LOL
I think Lemmy and Cliff Burton were the same kind of soul, relentlessly talented bass players musicians, there is no mold to fit those two, RIP Lemmy.
There is and only will be one Lemmy. There are many gods.
Thirsty and miserable! LoL what a great song. First time I heard it, I thought wow, this song now belongs to Lemmy. Rarely can anyone take someone elses song and make it any better. Lemmy did just that 🤘🏻👍🏻.Thanks Henry.
Lemmy, Leonard Cohen, Diamanda Galas, and Henry Rollins on a discussion panel?! What is the event and where can I watch this?
The only person I ever heard use the word 'trammel' is the Amish guy who made stuff for horses and trimmed hooves ( expertly) for everyone in the county I grew up in
A meeting of the minds!
'Thats Lemmy'!! Good one Bro
Thank you Henry.
Henry Rollins is the Robin Williams of Punk Rock... He can tell a great story and his stories are very animated.
Thanks for posting! Great story and if you’ve never heard Lemmy singing Thirsty and Miserable check it on YT
I didn't know Lemmy... but I sure do miss him.
played pinball next to lemmy at coney island high
Now it's not sad. You're his friend, Henry
My friend Joe and I were at Ozzfest back in '98 and instead of watching whatever band was playing on the main stage, we went to see what band was playing louder than they were. There was a little stage in the back and whoever was there their loudness was ten times louder than the main acts. So we get there and sure enough, it's fucking Motorhead. Within like 10 minutes the majority of the crowd was PACKED in front of the stage. For the next 40 minutes, Lemmy & Co. literally stole the show out from under whoever was performing.
lol and they put Motorhead as a side act. Fools. Nobody trammels Motorhead lol
I was able to get him to sign my back in fekt pen during a drunken pool game. Now have his autograph tattooed in.
WHAT AM I DOING HERE?
- helpless with laughter -
Seen motorhead and sabbath in 95 I think. They were both great.
Would love to see a video of the gathering of those heroes (Lemmy, Diamanda, Rollins,...)
Thank You.
Vintage perspiration! Ha! I sadly regret that I never did see Motorhead live .
I love this story as much as his Iggy Pop story.
GOTTA LOVE A GOOD LEMMY STORY...
oh boy..R.i.P. Lemmy
Fucken aye! Nothing but Respect!
Great stories!🤘❤️
Thanks
Rollins elaborating.
If this story is anything like Rollin's Iggy story I would take all this with a grain of salt. Found footage of a show he was talking about and Iggy literally did none of the things he discribed.
Man I just watched this for the first time and it broke me up. Lemmy is a God
THE LEM. Nuff said.
What a funeral speech.
"WE ARE THE ROAD CREW!!!!"🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘 RIP LEMMY!!!!🤘🖤
You felt you had to explain who Lenny Is in your title???! 🤭
My firstborn I called Lemmy.! Hé; is like Mé; And a'm like Lemmy...
Super thumbs up
Is it Monica Ross?
God Lemmy
Hey internet, what word is it that Lemmy used, "I will not be xxx by a mere airline." I have listened and listened and can not get it. I wanna look it up so I can use it.
trammeled
mute8s thank you!
I rember hearing about the boat
If he had another go he would probably have made sure he shafted his early management instead of it going the other way around like it did.
i wonder if he was buried or cremated. if buried, a lot of deaf worms & bugs leaving that corpse alone. if cremated, all that jack daniels made him go so fast & hot, the furnace burned with him, thus enriching his ashes with actual heavy metal. i'd put some of his ashes in a big spliff. he'd like that.
WHAT SONG IS HE TALKING ABOUT ???
oh ok found it.
It's fucken bangin', Lemmy's version is the shit!
I think I've heard Tokio Hotel years ago.
Fuckin Lemme
19:18
What are Henry's politics, I know he left of centre but not how much.
I saw Lemmy at Harpo's in Detroit MI at the bar there before a show. Everyone was hanging back because certainly that couldn't actually be Lemmy, it had to be some random Hells Angel. My friends dared me to go over and find out. As soon as I heard him talking I knew it was him. I was pretty freaked out but I had to talk to him. I didn't want to sound stupid though. So I said the first thing I thought of, "Hi, uh, Lemmy...can I ask you a question? Do you think Arthur Harris was vilified unfairly after the war for advocating the bombing of German cities?" Lemmy looked at me, says "You like history then?" I said yes, he says "Well sit down then" and we talked about the air war in Europe during WW2 for 20 minutes.
Sometimes it's really awesome to meet your heroes.
What was his answer?
Well the Luftwaffe mistakenly hit the civilian areas of Coventry instead of hitting the industry there. After that there were Allies airforce chiefs both for and against it. Though you would also have to talk about the firebombing of Dresden.
Cool
@@user-yv2cz8oj1k wow what a brilliant question and ice breaker. So dam jealous lol
Haha, that is a very good joke, you're very funny.
Lemmy: Not a known giver of fucks.
i think it would be written in thhe history books if he ever gave one XD
"I will not be trammeled by an airline."
i thought it was" ...by the likes of a mere airline." ?
*trammelled
We are the Borg. You will be assimilated.
I've been on a Motorhead binge lately, and found this as a result. Couldn't peel my eyes away until it finished, and am now extremely emotional. I'm only 22, and the impact that this man had on my life, before I was ever even born, is immeasurable, and every time I see people talk about him, watch an interview or a documentary that he's involved with, or anything else like that, it reminds me of just how exceptional of a person he was. He is a peerless icon of rock and roll, and he didn't compromise a single bit of himself to get there. Most icons are, to some degree or another, characters, exaggerations or fabrications of a human being laid over an existing one, and that is okay, they still have value. Lemmy just was, and he was far beyond what most of us could truly ever know. To me, Lemmy is a pillar of humanity, a pure, honest, and free spirit who lived life on his own terms. He was proof that breaking the rules of society doesn't mean you can't be a wonderful human being, because he broke damn near all of em that didn't involve hurting someone else. He was a flawed, fallible person, never tried to hide or deny it, but never let it stand in his way. In so many ways, he is the person that I aspire to be one day, and I know he's inspired so many, and will continue to, maybe forever. He has left one hell of a legacy.
Very well said 👍🏻
Brother, I hear you and I feel the exactly same way as you do, Lemmy showed me what life was all about, he did everything he ever wanted, and one of the most important lesson he thought us, is to do whatever the fuck we want with our god damn life, without giving a fliying fuck what other people think of us, that is one (if not) the greatest lesson someone can give to you, if you live by that code, you'll be happy and harmless I can assure you that. Lemmy changed my life for the better, he's my number one hero, a real man, and I cannot thank him enough for the way he inspired me, you have no idea how lucky you are to have met him, treasure that moment for the rest of your life. By the way, I was never into that tatoo fashion, but because of him, and as token of my eternal gratitude, the first (and the only tatoo) I ever gonna get, is the motorhead logo, live fast and die old!!!!
I could not read your book. But I have motorhead/ Dave Brock ( Hawkwind ) Hue Lloyd Landton / Nik Turner inner city unit tee-shirt older . Respect your elders .
your history is Our main stream.
and it sounds patronising.
( in my opinion )
I sgree and after meeting him andtalking to him for an hour I was very impressed by jhis morals and talkong to me talking me like a friend not a rockstar atttitude. He waA GOOD MAN AND COOL PERSON. PERSON i DO BELIEVE HE IS NOW IN THE BETTER PLACE TO BE AFTER LIFE HERE. i WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER TALKING WITH HIM ! dRINKING bourben at the topless bar I sugested in a drab backstage room after he said there must be someplace domeplace better rhan this going on around here and rhe others there shrugged their shoulders. Fritz 2 in Anahiem CA after a show at The Celebrety in Anahiem CA. A Great Memory! RIP Lemmy !
The last gunslinger!!