Hub · 1945

Lemmy Kilmister

Stoke-on-Trent, England · Bass · Vocals

Motörhead bass/vocals; Rickenbacker-through-Marshall roar. Earlier Hawkwind tenure.

Lemmy Kilmister
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Hawkwind → Motörhead: bass-as-rhythm-guitar and speed-metal adjacency invented as one person’s volume policy.

Born 1945. Plays bass in Hawkwind early 70s (Silver Machine era adjacent); fired 1975, forms Motörhead the same year. Ace of Spades (1980) is the citation: overdriven Rickenbacker, barked vocals, rock-and-roll speed without glam polish. Dies 2015 still touring the Motörhead logo. Hub: one bass/voice method bridges space-rock exit and metal/punk crossover.

Tenures

  1. Hawkwind

    1971–1975

    Bass, Vocals

    Pre-Motörhead space-rock bass; band page not in chronicle.

  2. Motörhead

    1975–2015

    Vocals, Bass

    Founding bass/vocals until death; Ace of Spades peak citation.

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