Lemmy Page #7

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but the kids were turning up.

"I want to see the worst band

in the world. They must be great."

Motrhead was speed music,

with three people on speed.

Consistency of energy

could be contributed to that,

and our slim figures!

Everybody tried

to be that heavy after that.

Nobody's achieved it.

We fancied ourselves.

Guns N' Roses did.

If we could be close to as heavy

as Motrhead, we'd be successful.

Back when I was young, like 19,

late-'70s, early-'80s,

we were very punk rock.

I had my shelf of my old rock records

I bought as a kid -

Steve Miller,

Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin.

All these bands I used to go see.

And then punk rock happened,

and I saw The Clash and The Ramones.

All of a sudden

that's the old in with the new.

And you'd see someone with long hair,

"He's a hippy.

"I can't listen to that music

cos Johnny Rotten says..."

And then someone would pull out

the "Ace of Spades" record,

and you're like, "Wait a minute,"

because this kind of goes against

the gospel of the punk rock.

They're long hairs and it's metal

but you put the record on and go,

"Damn, man! I can't help it.

I'm a Motrhead fan."

D Playing hide-and-seek

cos I'm a speed freak d

It was their look,

their attitude, their music.

You felt by listening to their records

that they didn't fit in.

You felt that.

When you didn't fit in yourself,

there was that instant

lightening-bolt connection,

"Oh, sh*t. They're one of us."

I think that this tour

is the antidote to Simon Cowell

and all the evil sh*t music

that he's purveying!

If there's one man on this tour

that embodies the spirit of rock and roll

more than Lemmy, show him to me!

Ladies and gentleman,

the great man himself, Lemmy!

D Be a man can a mystery man

d Be a doll be a baby doll d

The Damned split up, and Brian James

went off and did other stuff,

and we thought, "Could we possibly

have a Damned without Brian?"

We needed someone

who could really play bass.

We asked Lemmy and he instantly said

he would do some gigs with us.

As a laugh, me and Scabies said,

"Let's see

if he'll play SOS by ABBA."

We thought there was no way

in the world. We did it as a joke.

Lemmy said,

"Yeah, I'll give that a go."

He played a whole bunch

of Damned songs.

We did one of his, one Motrhead song,

and we f***ing ruined it!

Yeah, he wasn't pleased about that.

He said,

"I learned all your shitty songs.

"You ruined my one. One f***ing song!

You bunch of c*nts!"

The great man himself!

- "Killed by Death".

- "Metropolis".

- "Overkill".

- "I Don't Believe a Word".

People might say,

"'Killed by Death'? That's stupid."

No, you're stupid.

Lemmy is an amazing lyricist,

a powerful lyricist.

Sharp, smart.

The first lyrics are twisted.

They're just straight in your face.

"Don't talk to me.

I don't believe a word."

"But that's the way I like it, baby.

I don't want to live for ever."

Who could say it better?

That is one of the most prolific lines.

"You win some, you lose some.

It's all the same to me."

I kind of live by that.

F*** Keith Richards,

f*** all those dudes

that f***ing survived the '60s,

and are f***ing flying around

on Leer jets,

you know, living up

to their gunslinger reputation

as they f*** supermodels

in the most expensive hotel in Paris.

You know what Lemmy's doing?

Lemmy's probably drinking Jack and

Cokes and writing another record.

Two, three, four!

One of the lyrics that Lemmy wrote

for me was "Mama, I'm Coming Home".

And it's really a haunting feeling.

When I get someone who doesn't know

what the situation with my wife and I is,

it's spooky when somebody writes

a lyric and you sing that lyric

and you go, "F***ing hell.

It's so close to home."

Every time I play that on stage,

I get a chill up my spine.

D Just a clown in a one-horse town

d In a broke down second-hand car

d Can you still get it up?

Or are we pushing too hard?

D I think if you ever had a beautiful girl

d You had to use your MasterCard d

- Nah.

- Let's go again.

'D Can you still get it up?

Or are we pushing too hard? '

D If you wanna get your hands

on the beautiful girl

'd You gotta use a MasterCard d'

- Let's listen to what we have, OK?

- Yeah.

Look, pills. Ooh!

What kind of pills are they?

Vitamins?

No.

Diabetes.

And...

...one for blood pressure, I think.

I told 'em

my blood's pressing just fine.

Every time I cut myself

it comes right out.

OK, let's hear it.

'D Or are we pushing too hard?

'D If you wanna get your hands

on a beautiful girl

'd You gotta use a MasterCard

'd There's no excuse for bullshit

'd So don't try to feed me none

'd You better shake some action,

bring it on, bring it on d'

We were talking

and he asked me about a quad injury.

I had torn my quad

maybe a year before that.

He said out of nowhere, "When you tore

your quad, did you think that was it?

"Did you think your career was over?

Were you finished?"

I said, "It went through my head,

but I kept going with it."

He said,

"When they told me I was diabetic

"and I was really sick with it",

which was right before he did my song,

"at first I thought,

'I'm done. It's all over."'

And then he said,

"I started thinking about it

and what the f*** am I gonna do?

"I've lived my whole life this way.

"I've done everything I've done

to get to where I'm at.

"I'm not gonna change."

The quote that sticks with me was,

"I do all the stuff that I do

drug-wise and drinking-wise

"and at the end of the day,

I'm too old to find God now."

I'm touring, man!

He wanted us to do a couple

of songs with him in the studio.

He came in there

with Maker's Mark whiskey

and I started drinking with him.

And we really didn't get much done

because we were just drinking.

He was playing guitar

and showing me stuff.

And then we'd stop

and drink, drink, drink, drink.

And the next day

I had to go to the hospital.

Lemmy gave me

alcohol poisoning, basically!

There's the Marlboro Reds,

the Jack Daniel's, the speed,

the strippers and the gambling.

That's what he likes.

I remember sitting with Zakk,

and he's showing us Beatles footage

and he says,

"Do you want a Jack Daniel's?"

Me and Zakk are like, "Far out."

And I remember this.

He takes out

a fifth of Jack Daniel's

and cracks the seal

and hands it to me.

Zakk and I take a swig of it and

Zakk goes to hand it back to Lemmy.

Lemmy is opening another fifth for me

and another fifth for him.

He wanted us to drink the whole fifth

like we were drinking a beer!

We're like, "Holy sh*t! No!"

The first time I ever met the guy,

he says hello

and proceeds

to offer me crystal meth.

This is a f***ing hardcore dude.

I will say this,

I've never, ever, ever seen Lemmy

incapacitated by booze or anything.

I have not seen him

fall off the stage.

I haven't seen him say stupid things.

I haven't seen his life crumble

because of it.

It would be pretty scary

to have Lemmy completely sober

and on you, man!

By the law of averages,

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