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
