All of Today’s Lemmy-Is-Dead News in One Place

December 31, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Dave Grohl, Last Show, Lemmy, Motorhead, Slash, Tribute

Metal fans are still mourning the death of Lemmy, who passed away from an aggressive form of cancer on Boxing Day. As befit an icon of his stature, the stories and tributes keep on coming. Here’s today’s selection.

Item 1: A full obituary posted by The Telegraph in the UK. Who knew that Lemmy was a big fan of ABBA?

Item 2: Corey Taylor Slipknot had this to say about Lemmy.

Item 3: The porn site xHamster offered up their own tribute to Lemmy. After all, this is a man who wrote songs like “Orgasmatron” and “Whorehouse Blues.” (Via Uproxx)

Item 4: Dave Grohl got a special “Ace of Spades” tattoo.

Tattooed #davegrohl from the #foofighters last night hella cool dude

A photo posted by royaltattooz (@royaltattooist) on Dec 29, 2015 at 1:11pm PST

Speaking of Dave and Lemmy, here they are playing with Slash.

Item 5: Video has surfaced of the final Motorhead show. (Via NME)

https://youtu.be/M123gRMtBBM

Alan Cross

is an internationally known broadcaster, interviewer, writer, consultant, blogger and speaker. In his 30+ years in the music business, Alan has interviewed the biggest names in rock, from David Bowie and U2 to Pearl Jam and the Foo Fighters. He’s also known as a musicologist and documentarian through programs like The Ongoing History of New Music.

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