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"Yelling, fighting, drugs, alcohol… everything always went on. At the very end, he took me to his house and gave me a sword." Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister, by those who knew him best

On what would've been his 80th birthday, we remember rock'n'roll icon and Motorhead legend Lemmy Kilmister

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“I opened my guitar case and nearly fainted – I thought there was a human hand in there”: Motörhead and Girlschool were leading the charge for British heavy metal in the ’80s – guitarist Kim McAuliffe reveals what touring with Lemmy was really like

The two bands released a joint EP, St. Valentine's Day Massacre, which also made an impact on the UK charts

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“I opened my guitar case and nearly fainted because I thought there was a human hand in there. It turned out, it was half a pig’s head”: Girlschool look back on their wild life with Mötorhead

Singer/guitarist Kim McAuliffe reflects on recording the vaunted St Valentine’s Day Massacre EP and what it was like touring with rock’n’roll’s craziest band

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Sleep Token have released the official colouring book you never knew you needed

The masked metal band have teamed up with Rock N’ Roll Colouring, who’ve previously made colouring books for Iron Maiden, Motörhead, Cannibal Corpse and others

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"When I moved to Birmingham I assumed every band was going to sound like Black Sabbath": Meet Margarita Witch Cult, the big-riffing Brummies keeping Sabbath’s traditions alive

Built on a Sabbath template with lashings of Motörhead and Alice Cooper, Margarita Witch Cult also admit to being influenced by Desmond Child

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"When the doctor was at the house and told us, I cried right there. I couldn’t help it. And he was the one who consoled me!" Lemmy's nearest and dearest on how the Motörhead man faced death "like a champ"

You might not be surprised to find that Lemmy faced his own mortality with the kind of no-nonsense attitude that defined his life

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Sweden's melodic death metal rising stars get their own cover variant in this exclusive bundle

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"Lemmy goes and sees his doctor, and the doctor is like, ‘Holy ****! If you’d waited another week, you’d have died!'" How Motörhead legend Lemmy Kilmister shrugged off his health issues for years

Some of Lemmy's closest allies share warm stories of the typically bullish way Lemmy would deal with any health problems

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"I'll break both yer arms": Memories of life with Lemmy as a friend and neighbour

Classic Rock writer, former Zigzag editor and Motörhead biographer Kris Needs was also Lemmy’s neighbour in London’s Notting Hill

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Motörhead’s Lemmy Kilmister once rammed a cheeseburger into a $2,000,000 mixing desk because he lost an argument

“Can we get a repair man? Lemmy from Motörhead’s just trashed our desk with a cheeseburger.”

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"We wanted Wayne Kramer from The MC5 to be our guitarist": Founding Motörhead drummer Lucas Fox looks back on the band's earliest days

Lucas Fox looked after Lemmy when he was fired by Hawkwind - they bonded over Monty Python, speed and Special Brew

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We asked Metallica’s Kirk Hammett to name the best Motörhead song and this is what he told us

“Lemmy opens up his voice and starts singing, my mind exploded!”

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"That song had a primal power, like it was about to come off the rails": The story of the speed-freak anthem that was the most important song Lemmy ever wrote

A song written by the young Lemmy for Hawkwind has been through various twists - from Motörhead's own anthemic version to the unlikeliest remakes

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"Sabbath will not do it, they won't take a chance": How Ozzy Osbourne predicted the future and saved Motörhead's Heavy Metal Holocaust

When Motörhead supported Ozzy Osbourne on his first American arena tour, it was the start of a beautiful friendship

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“To me, we were like a Motörhead-type hard rock band, so any kind of ballads were sort of uncongressed”: Sweet Child O’ Mine is Guns N' Roses' most iconic song, but Slash originally wasn't a fan

The guitar slinger has previously dismissed claims that the iconic riff was crafted as a warm-up exercise

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The story of every metal album to hit number one in the UK

From Iron Maiden to Sleep Token, here's every single time metal topped the album charts in the UK

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“Although I won’t be performing again, I’ve already got an idea for a new album”: 11 things we learned from Ozzy Osbourne’s new memoir, Last Rites

From an unfinished solo album to drinking with André The Giant, these are the most surprising things we read in Ozzy’s posthumous book

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“I did like Bob Dylan, but he was a great con man! He strung a lot of nonsense together and made it seem like it was really important”: Motörhead legend Lemmy Kilmister’s opinions on Dylan, the Eagles, Slayer and his friend Ozzy Osbourne

“Some of the Eagles' songs are fantastic," he said

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“God? Maybe he’s gone senile”: Lemmy was once asked what he thought about God and religion, and he didn’t hold back

The late Motörhead frontman liked a lot of things, but religion wasn’t one of them

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Motörhead to be celebrated on punk rock tribute album featuring Pennywise, Anti-Nowhere League and others

Killed By Deaf: A Punk Tribute To Motörhead will be out on October 31

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Watch a unique version of Motörhead classic Ace Of Spades, and a killer take on Little Richard's Good Golly Miss Molly, as Lemmy fronts Jools Holland's big band R'n'B Orchestra on British TV in 1995

It's Ace Of Spades, but not as you know it

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Much-hyped mystery men President haven’t even released an EP yet and they’re already headlining a festival

The faceless four-piece will top the bill at Takedown festival in Portsmouth, UK on April 4

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Motörhead legend Lemmy Kilmister was asked to review Ozzy Osbourne’s first solo album in 2011 – this is what he said

One late metal legend looks back on the masterwork that launched the solo career of another late metal legend

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Trump uses lavish ballroom, pro wrestling legend to move past Epstein saga - Roll Call

President Trump needed an assist this week moving beyond the Epstein scandal. WWE legend Triple H came in to make the save.

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"I invented Motörhead, and it’s Motörhead as long as I’m in it": At home with Lemmy - a classic interview

With a two-guitar line-up instead of the usual trio, Motörhead's Orgasmatron album signalled a decibel-driven new start

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