Ian Fraser " Lemmy " Kilmister ( born 24 December 1945 in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England ) is an English rock musician.

He attended Ysgol Syr Thomas Jones school in Amlwch, where he was nicknamed Lemmy, although he is unsure why and it would later be claimed that it originated from the phrase " lemmy me a quid till Friday " because of his habit of borrowing money from people to feed his addiction to fruit machines ( slot machines ).

Lemmy Kilmister during Motörhead's 2011 The Wörld is Yours TourIn 1975 Lemmy was fired from Hawkwind after he was arrested at the Canadian border in Windsor, Ontario, across the river from Detroit, Michigan on drug possession charges ; he spent five days in jail.

Motörhead have since gone on to become one of the most influential bands in the heavy metal music genre and although Lemmy is the only constant member, are still performing and releasing records to this day.

In the 1994 comedy Airheads ( in which he is credited as " Lemmy von Motörhead "), one scene involving Brendan Fraser, Adam Sandler, and Steve Buscemi, has Brendan Fraser's character, " Chazz " Chester Darvey talking to an undercover cop who is pretending to be a record executive — Chazz asks him, " Who'd win in a wrestling match, Lemmy or God?

Lemmy is God ".

Lemmy also provided the voice for the arms dealer in Scarface: The World is Yours.

Lemmy is one of the characters in the book Sex Tips from Rock Stars by Paul Miles.

Lemmy is well known for his lifelong large intake of alcohol.

Rickenbacker produced a 60-bass run of Lemmy Kilmister signature basses, the 4004LK, which is fitted with three pickups, gold hardware, and elaborate wood carving in the shape of oak leaves.

Lemmy uses no effects pedals: the distortion is produced naturally by the amplifiers, as they are set at such a high volume.

Motörhead, since their first album release in 1977, have had continued popularity in the punk scene, and singer Lemmy is a fan of punk rock.

Alphaville: Une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution ( Alphaville: A Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution ) is a 1965 black-and-white French science fiction film directed by Jean-Luc Godard.

Lemmy Caution is a secret agent with the code number of 003 from " the Outlands ".

Alpha 60 converses with Lemmy Caution several times throughout the film, and its voice is seemingly ever-present in the city, serving as a sort of narrator.

Similar to Mascis's guitar work, Barlow's bass lines, with its alternating heavily distorted, fast chords and pulverizing lows, draw heavily from both his hardcore past and is influenced by musicians such as Lemmy from Motörhead and Johnny Ramone.

Iggy's name comes from Iggy Pop ; Morton's name comes from Morton Downey, Jr., while the scar star on his eye is based on KISS guitarist Paul Stanley's makeup ; Lemmy's name comes from Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead ; Ludwig's name and hairstyle comes from Ludwig van Beethoven ; Roy's name comes from Roy Orbison, as do his horn-rimmed glasses ; Wendy's name comes from Wendy O. Williams ; but while many sources claim Larry was named after the American talk show host Larry King, his name actually comes from U2 drummer Larry Mullen, Jr.

He noted in a Rolling Stone article: " I came up with my wish list of all of my favorite singers from this era which is ' 82 to ' 89 underground metal, and all the bands I listened to at the time: Eric Wagner from Trouble and Snake from Voivod and Cronos Venom ( band ) | Venom and Lemmy and Wino.

It is also home to the local secondary school, Ysgol Syr Thomas Jones which Lemmy attended, and the town also has a primary school.

Lemmy has noted in several magazine and television interviews that he made more money from the royalties of that one song than he had in his entire time with Motörhead.

Calvert suffered from bipolar disorder, at one point being sectioned under the Mental Health Act, Lemmy would sing on the single version of " Silver Machine ", his vocal an overdub of a live recording taken at the Roundhouse in London.

In the case of the aforementioned Lemmy, for one photo the editors simply took a picture of a man wearing a baseball cap and drew a crude approximation of Lemmy's facial hair and warts on his face ( as well as writing " Motörhead " on the cap ).

Bitsch protested that he had never read a Lemmy Caution book, but Godard simply said " Read one and then write it.

Other notable figures include the watercolour painter James Holland ( 1800 – 1870 ); the potter Josiah Wedgwood ; the founder, bassist and lead singer of one of Britain's foremost rock bands-Ian " Lemmy " Kilmister of Motörhead-he was born and spent his early childhood in the town ; and Darts legend and 15-time world champion, Phil Taylor who was born, raised and also worked in the town.

Lemmy chose " Please Don't Touch " by one of his favourite groups of the past, Johnny Kidd and the Pirates, for the flipside.

When Lemmy listened to one of the mixes of " Going to Brazil ", he asked for him to turn up four tracks, and on doing so heard claves and tambourines Stasium had added.

In 1978, Taylor, Lemmy and Clarke interrupted one of The Damned's Chiswick album sessions, turning it into a recorded ' jam session '.

" Lemmy views Sacrifice as one of his favourite records the band has made, despite the difficulties involved, which he explained as:

Although its official release date is January 5, 1991, Lemmy states it " came out a few weeks earlier — on my birthday, as a matter of fact ", which is December 24, 1990 continuing to say " that's a really great song — maybe we'll put it back in the set one of these days ".

They became interested in how long " you could make the human body jump about without stopping ", which they did for a few months, until Mik ran out of money and wanted to return to Hawkwind, taking Lemmy with him.

Lemmy has also worked with a number of other musicians over his career and occasionally guests with Hawkwind.

Lemmy also took part in a comedy skit titled " The Easy Guitar Book Sketch " with comedian Rowland Rivron and fellow British musicians Mark Knopfler, David Gilmour, Mark King from Level 42, and Gary Moore.

The film showcased Stanley's unique visual style and incorporated his music video roots by including cameos by musicians Iggy Pop, Carl McCoy and Lemmy.

He also took part in a comedy skit entitled " The Easy Guitar Book Sketch " with comedian Rowland Rivron and fellow musicians Mark Knopfler, Lemmy from Motorhead, Mark King from Level 42, and David Gilmour.

King also took part in a comedy skit titled " The Easy Guitar Book Sketch " with comedian Rowland Rivron and fellow British musicians Mark Knopfler, Lemmy from Motorhead, David Gilmour, and Gary Moore.

Lemmy has claimed that this album would have been a hit, had the record company given proper distribution of the " I Ain't No Nice Guy " video clip .< ref >

An officially licensed Lemmy figurine has been produced.

Lemmy Lindström left the band in 2008 and has since been featured on bands and projects like Saturn Twilight, Progeland and Corvus Stone.

Such fight scenes had been important to the popular success in France of the Lemmy Caution film series.

Lemmy had been repeatedly asking him to join Motörhead since 1985, and in 1992, when asked once again, Dee accepted the offer, replacing Phil " Philthy Animal " Taylor.

Lemmy was born on Christmas Eve in 1945 in Burslem, Stoke on Trent, England.

When his manager informed him that a band by the name of " Bastard " would never get a slot on " Top of the Pops ", Lemmy changed the band's name to " Motörhead " – the title of the last song he had written for Hawkwind.

In October 2009 Lemmy performed vocals and bass on a cover of " Stand by Me " with Dave Lombardo of Slayer on drums and produced by DJ and producer Baron.

Lemmy appeared on the song " Doctor Alibi " from Slash's self-titled solo album.

In 2011 Lemmy appeared on the song " Debauchery As A Fine Art " from Michael Monroe's solo album Sensory Overdrive.

Lemmy recently has appeared on Down and Dirty with Jim Norton as the series deejay, and also created the theme music.

Lemmy premiered on March 2010 at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.

In a Channel 4 documentary called Motörhead: Live Fast, Die Old, broadcast on 22 August 2005, it was claimed that Lemmy had " bedded " in excess of 2, 000 women.

Maxim has Lemmy at number 8 on its top ten " Living Sex Legends " list, as they claim that he has slept with around 1, 200 women.

Lemmy collects Nazi memorabilia, and has an Iron Cross encrusted on his bass, which has led to accusations of Nazi sympathies.

Lemmy has occasionally played electric or acoustic guitar, notably on the acoustic song " I Ain't No Nice Guy " from Motörhead's March Ör Die album, the title track on 1996's Overnight Sensation, " Limb from Limb " on Overkill ( on which he plays the second lead break ), " Boogeyman " on Rock ' n ' Roll, and a mouth harp on " Whorehouse Blues " from the Inferno album.

* 1979 – The Damned – " I Just Can't Be Happy Today " / " Ballroom Blitz " ( with Lemmy on bass ) / " Turkey Song " ( 7 " single ) – available as bonus track on the reissued Machine Gun Etiquette album

* 1994 – Shonen Knife – Rock Animals – guests on " Tomato Head " single remix ( Track 3 – " Lemmy In There Mix ") – not the album track