Iconic MOTÖRHEAD frontman Lemmy Kilmister is being honored by the German postal service in the form of a range of stamps, issues Official Facebook of MOTÖRHEAD:
Exclusive Official German stamps of the rock legend Lemmy Kilmister
Together with BILDplus we are honoring our beloved late Lemmy Kilmister with a set of official German stamps for a normal size letter ( o,70 Cent).
These stamps are can be purchased via www.aktion.bildplus.de or www.bild.de , only available in Germany. One stamp letter contains 10 stamps, 5 Lemmy motives altogether and everyone can compile the stamps the way they like. The costs for 10 stamps = € 18,– ( yes, it is more than 10 x o,70 Cents). These are on demand and require extra printing set up and cost but mailing them within Germany is included.
These stamps are limited to 7777 ( Lemmy’s lucky 7) and will be available for 4 weeks only. Running time : 17th May until 17th of June 2016.
The man who lived his life like no other: Sex, Drugs and Rock’n’Roll were for sure his trade marks and he was enjoying and living life to the fullest until the end. A great artist, a gentleman, an honest and loyal person, an icon for many and an inspiration for his fellow musicians and fans. Born on Christmas Eve 1945 in Stoke on Trent in England, he founded the world famous band Motörhead in 1975 and lead his band through storm, rain and sunshine, all the way to the top with the very last record ‘Bad Magic’ who claimed No 1 in many European charts. Well known as a powerhouse trio, Motörhead was one of the hardest working band in the world, touring more than seven month out of the year and during time off always recording a new album for their fans.
Ian ‘Lemmy’ Kilmister died peacefully on December 28th 2015 in Los Angeles.
The Metal Hammer Golden God Awards in association with Fireball has brought together rock behemoths, SAXON, with Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee of MOTÖRHEAD to play a special one-off set of Lemmy’s favourite SAXON songs and MOTÖRHEAD classics in a unique Salute To Lemmy.
Lemmy was, and will always be, one of the godfathers of rock. A renegade, an innovator, an icon and an inspiration, there is no doubt that the world of rock would look very different today if it wasn’t for him. ‘A Salute To Lemmy’ is a unique celebration of the man himself. Saxon, one of Britain’s greatest rock bands – who in their own right have sculpted and inspired the world of rock today and have influenced generations of bands – will perform a one-off live set with guitarist Phil Campbell and drummer Mikkey Dee of Motörhead.
The Eventim Apollo (formerly Hammersmith Apollo) is a new venue for the Golden God Awards and the perfect venue for Britain’s salute to Lemmy. The venue is staunchly part of Motörhead’s history – the band’s ‘No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith’ live album reached Number 1 in June 1981, 35 years to the month of this year’s awards.
Biff Byford of SAXON says, “Lemmy was a great friend and he always supported our band – as we did Motörhead – through ups and downs. We were touring with them until he died, so to be able to honour him at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods is a great opportunity to say goodbye.“
This year, TeamRock and the Metal Hammer Golden God Awards are teaming up with Pinewood Live to film the event. Pinewood Live, is part of the Pinewood Studio Group, a leading provider of studio and related services to the global creative industries, synonymous with world class British and international film and television productions.
Billy Watson, Director of Pinewood Live, says, “Pinewood Live is delighted to be involved with this momentous anniversary for the Golden God Awards. Capturing the event for posterity and distributing the show around the world is a great way to celebrate Lemmy’s music and contribution to rock.”
“The Metal Hammer Golden Gods are about more than those who we honour on the night,” says Alexander Milas, Editor-in-Chief of Metal Hammer Magazine and TeamRock Executive Director. “It’s about letting the proverbial hair down and partying with the readers who’ve supported us for all these years, and the first act we’re announcing for the night is sure to be emotional. A salute to Lemmy Kilmister with Saxon and Motörhead’s members Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee is going to bring the house down, and means that June 13th will be one for the history books.“
“Any movie fan will know that Pinewood is a mark of quality,” says Milas, “and Pinewood Studios have hosted some of the greatest films of our time, from Star Wars to Superman the list goes on and on. To be working with Pinewood Live in their latest venture to immortalise the Metal Hammer Golden Gods is more than an honour. It’s two institutions working together to break new ground and we guarantee you won’t see anything like it.“
Tickets are available in two ways:
Simply vote for this year’s winners at www.metalhammer.com/awards to be in with a chance of winning a pair of tickets – voting is open NOW.
Alternatively, tickets are available to buy now for £6.66 at www.eventim.co.uk/goldengods. TeamRock and Eventim UK, the official ticketing partner of the Golden Gods, will donate all profits from ticket sales to the charity Heavy Metal Truants, an annual charity cycle ride sponsored by TeamRock from London to Download Festival to benefit Nordoff Robbins, Teenage Cancer Trust and Childline.
Each Golden God Awards ticket includes a FREE 3-month TeamRock+ membership worth £11.97, giving unlimited access to full magazine content online from Metal Hammer, Classic Rock, Prog and The Blues Magazine as well as exclusive content, events and offers.
They were the Kings of the Road. They lived on it. They loved it and the fans loved them!
Never was the spirit of Motörhead more alive than when they were on tour, shake, rattle and rolling audiences to within an inch of their lives thanks to that indomitable cocktail of power, purpose and head-crunching volume. In fact, after four decades of bone-pulverizing duty, Motörhead were still enjoying sold-out gigs worldwide.
On November 20th and 21st 2015, at the Zenith in Munich, Germany, UDR Records made the decision to record – what happened to be the very last live shows ever recorded – and Motörhead proceeded to deliver two storming sold out shows. Where there had once been almost too-fast breakneck pace, there was measured yet still thunderous rock’n’roll served up only as they could, Phil Campbell playing better and better, and Mikkey Dee elevating the art of drumming to the superlative heights which made him one of metal’s most coveted skinsmen.
“Clean Your Clock”, the new Official Motörhead Live-Album and Performance will be coming your way on May 27th on CD, DVD, BluRay, Double LP, Digital download and Limited Edition boxset”
Formats
* Coloured Double Vinyl in Gatefold with Pop-up Art
* Standalone Audio CD
* DVD of the show with audio CD
* BluRay of the show with audio CD
* BOXSET which contains the Coloured Double Vinyl in Gatefold with Pop-Up Art, DVD of the show with audio CD and the Motörhead Metal Medal
* A limited edition BOXSET will be available through the UDR shop and will contain the Motörhead Medal in Silver or Gold
* Also available as a Digital download
Tracklist:
1. Start – 00:00:00
2. Live Intro – 00:01:06
3. Bomber – 00:02:44
4. Stay Clean – 00:06:06
5. Metropolis – 00:09:41
6. When the Sky Comes Looking for You – 00:14:33
7. Over the Top – 00:18:16
8. Guitar Solo – 00:21:10
9. The Chase Is Better Than the Catch – 00:23:08
10. Lost Woman Blues – 00:28:39
11. Rock It – 00:34:07
12. Orgasmatron – 00:36:52
13. Doctor Rock Pt 1 – 00:43:28
14. Drum Solo – 00:45:18
15. Doctor Rock Pt 2 – 00:49:54
16. Just ‘Cos You Got the Power – 00:52:11
17. No Class – 00:58:08
18. Ace of Spades – 01:01:07
19. Whorehouse Blues – 01:08:01
20. Overkill – 01:14:05
MOTÖRHEAD icon Lemmy was remembered at last night’s Grammy’s when Alice Cooper’s HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES played ‘Ace Of Spades’ to a surprised pop and rap audience in Los Angeles, reports classicrock.com. Check out a video below (not good sound quality):
The explosive tribute came after Alabama Shakes won four gongs. They took home Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance for ‘Don’t Wanna Fight’ – which they played live during the ceremony – plus Best Alternative Music Album and Best Engineered Album (Non-classical) for “Sound & Color”.
GHOST were named winners of the Best Metal Performance Award for “Cirice”, while Muse won Best Rock Album for “Drones”.
Dave Grohl introduced the Hollywood Vampires’ TV debut by saying: “Many of us play rock’n’roll but a rare few among us are rock’n’roll. Lemmy was rock’n’roll. He was a rebel, an outsider, one of a kind, and a way of life. He was Motorhead. He was a legend and I was proud to call him my friend.”
Cooper, Joe Perry, Johnny Depp, Matt Sorum and Duff McKagan then hit the stage, performing ‘Ace Of Spades’ in front of a bass rig featuring Lemmy’s trademark high mic stand and cowboy hat and bass. They appeared to have won over much of the bemused audience by the end of their short set.
Alabama Shakes bandleader Brittany Howard admitted it had been a “crazy” night for her, adding: “What an honour. We never even dreamed of this moment. When we started this we were in high school and we just did it for fun. We never thought we’d win any recognition like this. It’s beautiful – and I promise we’re going to keep going.”
Ghost frontman Papa Emeritus said in his brief acceptance speech: “Thank you so much for this. This is a big, big thing for us, obviously. A nightmare has just turned into a dream – thank you all for that.”
Buddy Guy’s “Born To Play Guitar” was named Best Blues Album while the reissue of Roger Waters’ 1992 solo album “Amused To Death” won Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package.
Maria Schneider’s work on David Bowie’s “Sue “(Or In A Season Of Crime) won Best Arrangement while Grammy’s were also received by Bob Dylan and Mavis Staples.
The ceremony also featured the Eagles delivering a musical tribute to late colleague Glenn Frey, Lady Gaga performing in memory of David Bowie, and Gary Clark Jr, Bonnie Raitt and Chris Stapleton staging a farewell to B.B. King.
Rock-related Grammy winners 2016
Best Rock Album: Muse, Drones
Best Metal Performance: Ghost, Cirice
Best Rock Song: Alabama Shakes, Don’t Wanna Fight
Best Rock Performance: Alabama Shakes, Don’t Wanna Fight
Best Alternative Music Album: Alabama Shakes, Sound & Color
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Alabama Shakes, Sound & Color
Best Blues Album: Buddy Guy, Born to Play Guitar
Best Surround Sound Album: James Guthrie and Joel Plante, Amused To Death (Roger Waters)
Best Historical Album: The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 (Bob Dylan)
Best Arrangement: Maria Schneider, Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) (David Bowie)
Best American Roots Performance: Mavis Staples, See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Vol 2
Best Album Notes: Joni Mitchell, Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting To Be Danced
LOS ANGELES, CA – FEBRUARY 15: (L-R) Musicians Johnny Depp, Matt Sorum (on drum riser), Alice Cooper, and Joe Perry of music group The Hollywood Vampires perform onstage during The 58th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 15, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/WireImage)
The organisers of Download Festival have announced that the main stage on the Saturday this year has been renamed ‘The Lemmy Stage’ in tribute to Lemmy Kilmister, who passed away in December 2015. The statement can be read below:
“Whilst we’re saddened to say Motörhead will no longer be performing at this year’s Download Festival, we will honour a true rock ‘n’ roll icon who inspired so many others on the bill, Lemmy Kilmister. For one year only, Download Festival’s Main Stage will be named ‘The Lemmy Stage’ in tribute to a much loved and missed legend. We are working with Motörhead’s management on a tribute to the great man during the slot he would have performed on, more information to follow.”
MOTÖRHEAD fan Zachury Farkas had a portrait of the band’s iconic frontman Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister tattooed on his lower leg earlier this month at the DC Tattoo Expo in Arlington, Virginia, reports Blabbermouth.net. The tattoo, which was done by Cranston, Rhode Island tattoo artist Evan Olin, won “Best Color Portrait” at the event and Farkas did a photo shoot for several tattoo magazines after the contest.
Farkas tells BLABBERMOUTH.NET: “[Evan‘s] work speaks for itself and I’m extremely happy with it.
“The tattoo itself took just over nine hours to complete.
“This is not [Evan‘s] first rodeo in creating awesome rock-star portraits either. He also did my Dimebag portrait on my forearm.”
A timelapse video which shows the Lemmy tattoo getting done can be seen below.
