The rock is in mourning: he died Lemmy of Motörhead – publico

                 

                         
                     

                         
                     

                         

                 

 
 

The rock is in mourning: he died English Lemmy Kilmister, lead singer and bassist of Motörhead since the 1970s, also a musician of Hawkwind, and rock lifestyle institution. It was a legend for lovers of the languages ​​of the heaviest rock (heavy metal, hard rock), but transcended this condition. It was the kind of musician that even for those who do not was reviewing the heavy metal ended up empathizing because of his charisma, his unmistakable raspy voice, the attitude of eternally youthful insolence, the personification of rock’s excesses and inseparable black hat.

I was 70 years, completed on 24 December. His death began to be advanced, unofficially after midnight Tuesday and eventually be confirmed in the official Facebook page of the band. The musician could not resist a cancer that had been diagnosed him just two days ago. According to the note of Motörhead on social networks, the musician has died at home surrounded by family in Los Angeles.

The remaining members of the group say they have “words to express his shock and sadness” and urge fans to hear, loud, these days the music of Motorhead and of Hawkwind in his honor. “Drink a drink or more. Share stories. Celebrate the life of this kind and wonderful man who celebrated so vibrant way, “can be read.

The last years of his life were marked by several health complications, arising from diabetes and heart problems and was forced to cancel several concerts or to leave the stage in the middle of others. In October last year revealed that he had been “close to death” in 2013 when it was to have surgery involving an implant of a regulator electronic device heartbeat. “I had to cut back on cigarettes and drink,” said the magazine Kerrang , replacing whiskey – said drinking a bottle of Jack Daniels a day – for wine, “but I’m sure I’ll die on the road one way or another. “

No sooner the news of his death began to circulate, numerous rock figures, especially the most connoted with the metal , paid him tribute on social networks. Ozzy Osbourne wrote on Twitter that he had lost one of his best friends: “He was a warrior and a legend.” In turn, guitarist Eddie Clarke, which integrated the best known formation of Motörhead – in Lemmy and Phil Taylor company, which He died two months ago – said is “devastated” by stating that Lemmy was like a brother. “The world seems a truly empty place at this time,” he wrote.

Throughout the years, Motörhead acted several times in Portugal, most recently, in 2010, Rock in Rio in Lisbon. Before they had passed by the 2004 Paredes de Coura Festival at Lisbon Coliseum Lisbon in 1999 or at Sagres Infante Hall of Porto and Dramatic Cascais in 1998. They also played in the concentration biker in Faro 2007, which is no surprise, given the association between visual Lemmy, his way of being, and iconography associated with bikers.

Somehow it’s like Lemmy incarnasse a certain rock lifestyle, the romantic ideal of being able to exist forever on the edge. There are several phrases of his own that symbolize that for him the rock was a matter of attitude. “If you think you’re too old to rock & amp; roll, then, is why are you! “, once said.

“We are Motörhead and we play rock & amp; roll, okay,” was his usual phrase at the beginning of many concerts, repeated in recent times with the conviction ever . He regarded the stage as if they were a battlefield, hair blowing, wart on the face, staring in heaven because of the microphone array, and a general attitude of defiance, like the incarnation of the ultimate rock warrior.

Ian Fraser Kilmister, known by Lemmy was born in Burslem, Staffordshire, England, having entered the music world at the dawn of the 1960s – came to be roadie Jimi Hendrix for a short period of time, having played in several bands as the Rockin ‘Vickers, Sam Gopal, Opal Butterfly and Hawkwind.

For the last came in 1971 and remaining four years playing bass, but also composing and singing some songs, such as Silver Machine (1972) which reached the top of the No. 3 British sales, before being asked to leave in 1975, after being in prison for five days in Canada for drug possession. Months later, the progressive trends and psychedelic and space reasons the rock according to Hawkwind were forgotten and were born Motörhead, betting on more primordial elements.

Your energetic music, aggressive and faster, the husky singing style of Lemmy – that would serve as a model for the black, speed, death or thrash metal – and to forcefully as he played his bass, like a rhythmic guitar four strings, just by influencing successive generations, from punk to metal.

over the years has been its leader, singer and bassist with the band known many formations. The group has released 22 studio albums, having debuted with a self-titled record in 1977 but eventually became known thanks to albums like Overkill and Bomber , both of 1979 or Ace of Spades (1980), from which it was removed from the single of the same name, in what is probably his best-known song. The stage was his natural habitat, not surprising that the live album No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith (1981), has climbed by tops of European sales, reaching the first place in England.

For nearly four business decades have sold over 30 million records, although Lemmy claimed in interviews that made more money for writing the hit Mama i ‘ m coming home (1991) Ozzy Osbourne, than in the entire catalog of Motörhead. The last album, Bad Magic , came out in August. It was expected to continue touring until the end of January.