Yesterday, the music world was rocked with news of the death of Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister, frontman for era-defining rock / metal band Motörhead and an icon of the rock scene.
The band confirmed his death on Facebook, saying that Lemmy, 70, had died after a brief battle with an aggressive form of cancer.
There is no easy way to say this…our mighty, noble friend Lemmy passed away today after a short battle with an extremely…
Posted by Official Motörhead on Monday, 28 December 2015
Among the thousands of tributes coming in from the music world and beyond is this one from rock mainstay Dave Grohl, who got a new tattoo to honour the deceased rock star.
Dave Grohl honors Lemmy with Ace of Spades tattoo: https://t.co/rbCw6dCflG pic.twitter.com/uwEIFPW0A8
— Consequence of Sound (@coslive) December 30, 2015
Grohl’s new ink is, of course, in reference to Motörhead’s 1980 album + title track Ace of Spades, and arguably one of the greatest songs in any genre to come out of the last century.
We’ve lost a friend & legend. My heart is broken. RIP Lemmy. Born To Lose, Lived To Win. Official Motörhead
Posted by Foo Fighters on Monday, 28 December 2015
PEDESTRIAN.TV senior editor Cam Tyson wrote a tribute to Lemmy yesterday better than this writer ever could:
“One of the verses from that song – You know I’m born to lose/’cause gambling’s for fools/but that’s the way I like it/baby, I don’t wanna live forever – now rings painfully true for a man who always seemed like he would.
“But that was Lemmy for you. Brash. Loud. Larger than life. He might have been born to lose. But he damned sure lived to win.”
Read the rest of it HERE.
Story / Photo: Consequence of Sound.
