Lemmy, one of the biggest legends in rock n’ roll history, died today on December 28th, 2015. And of course, none has forgotten him, on the contrary, he is remembered as a true myth of contemporary music.
Mikkey Dee, Lemmy’ s bandmate in Motörhead, talked recently to Goldmine and spoke also about Lemmy. You can read below some of his quotes:
“Oh, he’s being remembered in a million different ways. He was a poet, you know; he was so good with words. That’s why Ozzy Osbourne always called him to work with him, and a lot of other entertainers as well, because he could put words together like no one could, really. He scribbled a lyric down in 15 minutes that people might be struggling for months to put together. He just took a napkin and wrote the best lyrics that you could imagine. He had a very, very easy way of that. But we all have our own kind of relationship with him, in different ways. So I don’t know, I just think and hope — and I already know — that he’s being remembered in a proper way. Because, you know, when he passed, it’s been bigger than Elvis Presley. He would be very surprised and honored if he knew. He might know if he was peeking down to see what’s going on. I mean, if you saw what just happened at the Wacken Open Air festival [in Germany], for instance, with a hundred thousand fans raising their hands while they played the new video, for a cover of David Bowie’s ‘Heroes’. That was the release of that song, kind of, and it was just incredible. They’re naming streets after Lemmy; they’re naming all kinds of parks and stages. So no, it’s quite amazing”.
