Lemmy passes away

[TBird1958]

RIP Lemmy,

I'll always admire the bass players that don't stand in shadows.     

http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/12/r-i-p-lemmy-kilmister-motorhead-frontman-dead-at-70/

[Dave W]

Just heard. Not shocked but still sad.

And Stevie Wright of the Easybeats just passed yesterday.

[gweimer]

TMZ reports that he died at home while playing a video game, and that he had just been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer only two days ago.

[OldManC]

I'm sorry to see him go but I'm glad for him that he got to go out without suffering through months or longer in agony. RIP.

[mc900ftj]

He most certainly did not stand in the shadows.  R.I.P.

[FrankieTbird]

RIP.  Rock eternal.

[tore00]

RIP. Great bass player. I will never forget your concerts in Italy in the eighties.

[mc2NY]

R.I.P. Lemmy.

Admired his no bullshit approach.

[Basvarken]

He was one of a kind.
Farewell Lemmy.

[wellREDman]

Sad day for Rock n Roll,
   I know I am biased but I think that in his way he was as great a gamechanger as Presley, Lennon or Rotten, WE will never see his like again, the phrase "they broke the Mould after making him " really applies

  I don't normally get upset about celebrity deaths, but Johnny Winter going hit me in an unexpected way, and now Mr Kilmister has really knocked me for six

  Even though we knew it was coming (Lemmy  bailing on a gig after a couple of songs was one of the hardest things to see, I can only imagine how hard it was for him) somehow we all felt  he was immortal, like Keef he had to have something special to have survived all he did to himself. I only met him once but he was everything you would expect, a genuinely intelligent nice man, his first words to me was  a compliment on my shirt

A friend of mine summed it up
"woke up to find  the world just got a little quieter"

[wellREDman]

everyone has a lemmy story,
Sami Yaffa just posted this :

What fckng sad news to wake up to,Heres the best live album I know ,to make the day go smooth.
I met the man first time in London-83/84, I was intimidated ,and in awe, as he was to me, a 19 year old bass player,a fckng god. I wasnt a close buddy or anything like that but kept running into him all thru the years up until last year, always had a warm hello and chat.
Years ago, in -84 on one of my usual nightly wanderings I went down to St Moritz club on Wardour street in London where Lemmy was usually feedin coins into the one armed bandit.
I stumbled in, to the below ground level club,high on smack. Lemmy kept lookin at me and caught me on my way to the toilet , lifted my bangs and saw my pinned H eyes.He proceeded to crab me by my throat and lifted me up against the wall and quietly but w a voice that froze my blood said "and what do you think you are doing..." And went on to tell about his hate of heroin, what a useless piece of shit drug it was ,and how many close friends it had taken from him.
That was one of the things that started me thinking about quitting the crap.
About 5 years later I ran into him in NYC at the toys for tots benefit. I had snorted a big line of blow, smack was a thing of the past, quit it in -84.
Lemmy walks over , lifts my bangs, looks me in the eyes and sees two giant saucers, ping pong balls bouncing into space. His response was " oh, you doin alright!"
Thats Lemmy for you, he cared, in his own way.
Honestly, one of THE biggest influences bass wise,the man had integrity&honesty like no one else, and lets face it, the man changed the music.
And also, one of THE funniest mf s ever walked on this earth.

Rest In Piece big man, everyone else pales in comparison.

Thank you

S

[Highlander]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIJB6Yrj17Q

Don't mourn the b*st*rd's passing... celebrate the way he would have wanted it...

PLAYED LOUD ... !

[uwe]

It was time for him to go. His health was failing and he knew no other way to live but with his boots on.



Retirement from the road wasn't an option for him, it's nice to know that he died among family and not in some dingy motel or tour bus.



Take your long ride on the silver machine then, old pal ...

[Basvarken]

It was time for him to go. His health was failing and he knew no other way to live but with his boots on.

Well, word has it he did swap his boots for more comfortable sneakers last few weeks... 

[Highlander]

All the better to help him sneak past St Peter...