When Lemmy was three months old, his father, an ex-Royal Air Force chaplain, separated from his mother.

When Lemmy was 10, his mother married George Willis, who already had two older children from a previous marriage, Patricia and Tony, with whom Lemmy did not get along.

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 ).

With the band living in a Manchester flat, he had a relationship with a girl named Tracy who bore him a son, Paul Inder, although it would not be until the boy was six that Lemmy had any involvement with him.

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.

Lemmy was released without charge as Windsor Police arrested him for possession of cocaine and after testing the evidence it turned out to be speed.

The rockumentary film Lemmy was directed and produced by Greg Olliver and Wes Orshoski.

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.

* 1990 Hardware ( Lemmy was cast as a water taxi driver ; and plays a recording of " Ace of Spades " for his passengers ).

He was given his trademark knife, an authentic Nazi dagger, by Lemmy, who was a roadie for The Nice in his earlier days.

Natacha discovers, with the help of Lemmy Caution, that she was actually born outside of Alphaville.

Godard appropriated the character for Alphaville but according to director Anne Andreu, Godard's subversion of the Lemmy Caution " stereotype " effectively shattered Constantine's connection with the character — he was never again offered a Lemmy Caution role and reportedly said that he was shunned by producers after Alphaville was released.

Lemmy Kilmeister, who would go on to join Hawkwind and then to found Motörhead, was a roadie for The Nice in their early days, and gave Emerson the knife that he used to sustain organ keys.

* Lemmy was a roadie for Jimi Hendrix before joining Hawkwind, and later forming Motörhead.

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

* Lemmy ( Ian Fraser Kilmister, born 1945 ), British rock musician, founder of the Motörhead

* Lemmy ( born 1945 ), British musician

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 Kilmister, born Ian Fraser Kilmister, lead singer, bassist and guitarist of the band Motörhead, lived here from the age of 10 to the age of 16 ( 1956 – 1962 ).

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.

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 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 is one of the few musicians to have been mentioned on Beavis and Butt-head without being made fun of.

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.

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

* 1945 – Lemmy, British singer, bassist ( Motörhead )

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Lemmy explains that " We once did a benefit gig for the Stoke Newington 8.

Upon leaving school and with his family relocated in Conwy, Lemmy undertook menial jobs including working at the local Hotpoint factory while also playing guitar for local bands, such as The Sundowners, and spending time at a horse riding school.

Lemmy followed her to Stockport, Cheshire, where she had his son Sean.

In the film Lemmy he speaks briefly of having another son by an unnamed woman.

Wanting to progress even further, Lemmy relocated to London in 1967.

At that point Lemmy thought about changing his legal name to his stepfather's surname of Willis, but with his actual father's surname of Kilmister, he decided changing his birth certificate and passport would be too much hassle, so did not bother.

In 1971, Lemmy joined the space rock band, Hawkwind, who were based in Ladbroke Grove, London, as a bassist and vocalist.

Lemmy playing bass and singing.

The high microphone position has become a Lemmy trademark.

Despite Motörhead's many member changes over their 35-year history, the current lineup of Lemmy, Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee has remained constant since 1995.

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

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.

After being diagnosed with Type-2 diabetes in 2000, which led to a brief hospitalisation, Lemmy again appeared with Motörhead at WrestleMania 17.

Lemmy published his autobiography, White Line Fever in November 2002.

An officially licensed Lemmy figurine has been produced.