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Lemmy Laid To Rest: Superb Tributes Paid At Moving Service
The world paid tribute to Lemmy as the legend was laid to rest in Los Angeles late Saturday night (9th January 2016) UK time. The service, held at Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery, was broadcast live on YouTube and watched by 280,000 people all over the world. Motörhead manager Todd Singerman …

Lemmy Remembered: From Childhood And Beyond
We knew it was coming, it was inevitable, as much as Lemmy had built up an indestructible image of himself as the man who could calmly walk out of the mushroom cloud of Armageddon with a glass of Jack Daniels in his hand and a Marlboro hanging from his mouth, …

Lemmy Remembered: Frivolities From The Frontline
The first word I ever wrote about Motörhead was “WOOOOOARRRRGHHH!!!” (give or take a few Gs, Hs and !!!!). I was young, a mere fledgling journalist writing for fold-out poster mag Metal Fury in the early eighties and, well, devoid of verbally elegant equivalents, this explosive string of letters seemed …

Lemmy Remembered / Tribute To The Legend
Life changed forever yesterday and it is very difficult to find words for this. “I wlll be the watcher, and I will never sleep…” Lemmy, 1993 Words: Steve Göldby At 1.30am on the morning of Tuesday 29th December 2015 the biggest Motörhead fan I have ever known, Ripsaw, burst into my …

Phil Campbell / Ultimate stress reliever, if you like a bit of barbarity
The past five years have been pretty grim for lifelong fans of Motörhead. With the classic line up of Lemmy Kilmister, Fast Eddie Clarke and Phil ‘Philthy Animal’ Taylor all sadly departed, surviving members of the most recent line up Mikkey Dee and Phil Campbell are now the bands front …

Competition / Win a pair of Rock N’ Roll Colouring books
Officially endorsed by both Motörhead and Judas Priest, Rock N’ Roll Colouring have produced two Heavy Metal colouring books and you can win a set to help beat the COVID-19 blues by creating your own versions of the iconic artwork from two of Metal’s greatest bands. Each book contains artwork …

The Sunday Supplement / The incredible story of the ‘Metal Europe’ magazine and 80’s Metal
What began as a joke amongst friends, ‘Zwaartekracht’ was a hand made photocopied Dutch Heavy Metal News magazine, which over time changed its name to ‘Metal Europe’, became professionally printed and at it’s peak had a local readership of 1000 copies. This is the remarkable story of Marko van Haren, Donald …

Phil Campbell Formally Opens Lemmy’s Bar At Bloodstock 2016
Bloodstock’s main bar, the newly renamed Lemmy’s Bar, is now open after Phil Campbell cut the ribbon in a moving, entertaining and memorable occasion at Catton Park this afternoon. The bar is completely decked out in full Motörhead regalia with awesome pictures of the band adorning the whole area. Phil …

No Sleep ‘Til Hamburg: Motörhead’s Bomber Makes Its Final Flight At Wacken
Motörhead’s Bomber made its final flight late on Thursday night/early on Friday morning, depending on which time zone you were in. Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee appeared onstage together to pay tribute to their fallen comrade and leader on Wacken’s Main Stage as a glorious tribute to Lemmy took place …

Motörhead / Massive ‘Ace Of Spades’ deluxe anniversary reissue out October
The release of the ‘Ace Of Spades’ album in 1980 was a game changer for British Metal. Motörhead were the signature ‘amps to eleven’ band and the title track helped to propel them to legendary status. Following on from the anniversary editions of ‘Overkill’ and ‘Bomber’, ‘Ace Of Spades’ gets …