Lemmy: From 'worst' to rock legend
Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister wants to make one thing clear when reached between tour dates a few days ago: He does not want to talk about drugs.
“I don’t talk about drugs in interviews because I don’t want to advertise them,” he says. “And I don’t want to see anything in your article that looks like I’m advertising them either – and I read them all.”
Yes, sir, Mr. Kilmister, consider yourself properly heard and me properly warned. We’re happy to talk about the stuff that really excites us, anyway, namely the music.
Over 35 years as the founding member of Motorhead, the bass-wielding Lemmy has turned from demon-eyed outlaw to ageless, well-read outlaw, a rock ‘n’ roll icon who legendarily has operated outside the boundaries of the mainstream with a series of iron-fisted, sentiment-free albums. It’s a life traced admirably in a new documentary DVD, “Lemmy” (lemmymovie.com), which surveys it all: leaving home to become a roadie for Jimi Hendrix and pursue rock ‘n’ roll until it succumbed to his will, his passion for history books and war memorabilia, the pioneering music, his tumultuous relationship with his son Paul, and his frequent dalliances with the word that shall not be spoken.