Motörhead has shared an official video recap of the unveiling of the statue of the band’s founder and bassist/vocalist Lemmy Kilmister, which was held on May 9th during the Lemmy Forever ceremony in Burslem, Stoke on Trent, England, watch it below.
With Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell attending to place Kilmister‘s ashes in a magnificent statue created by local sculptor, and huge Motörhead fan, Andy Edwards, the day was filled with fun, friends, and some volume too.
The ceremony commenced in Burslem town center at approximately 4:00 p.m., with friends invited to come early and make a day of it by enjoying some pre-ceremonial Motörhead beverages at the various site-adjacent hostelries including Old Post Office bar and Ale House, while the Market Place Café also had refreshments, including a special Motörhead roast of the day.
Some of the ceremonial festivities included a biker’s corteo accompanying the ashes, various speakers, and a roaring 21-rev salute which hit the skies in ceremonial reverence. The statue itself, captures Kilmister, in all his live glory from the 1981 era, which saw Motörhead headline the Heavy Metal Holocaust just down the road at Port Vale Stadium back on August 1st, 1981.
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Cool! Lemmy and Motorhead definitely belong in the RRHOF. Motorhead has been extremely influential to rock music. They influenced punk, they where the “gap” between punk rock and heavy metal, they heavily inspired the creation of thrash metal genre, etc…..maybe they weren’t a huge commercial success, and so what….they were a HUGE influence to rock music that cannot be denied.