Honestly? As a 50-year-old man, the only time in my life I have -ever- genuinely cried at hearing of a rocker's demise was when Lemmy died. BUT. There was also happiness, knowing that this was a man who had never - EVER - sold out or diluted himself for public consumption in any way. And there is something utterly, timelessly glorious about that. 10% be sad he's gone, 90% celebrate the fuck out of the fact that he was here.
One of the best testimonials about Lemmy I have ever heard. Here's Henry Rollins...intelligent, vegetarian, no drugs, negative body fat and he's good friends with Lemmy and respectful of the man who drank a bottle of Jack Daniels each day for 30 years, speed, etc.. A different lifestyle, but HR recognized his honesty and Lemmy recognized HR's honesty.
I disagree with your statement. He was, in fact, a God among gods. As was said, "Who would win in a wrestling match: Lemmy or God?" It's a trick question....Lemmy IS God.
Henry the guy who showed me that a punk could have long hair and Lemmy the guy who played so loud I had to hide behind the audiences bodies with ear plugs in to stand it. From Hendrix's Roadie through acid Space Rock to Punk Metal. I love both these guys. Lemmy WAS Rock. What a character, unique and pure!
Lemmy was an unbelievable human being Met him first in Stockport Always tried to keep in touch over the years He gave me the first batch of Motorhead cassettes when our other friend Larry Wallis was at a birthday party in Wimbeldon.How did we all end up together in 1974 ioo milles from home no idea just how life turned out .Everyones story seems the same LEMMY was Lemmy & we all loved him & he remembered all of us photographic memory. Last saw him Pompano Beach in Florida & it was Tony what are you doing here Hadn;t seen him in 5 years!
Just goes to show what an amazing person Lemmy was, full of humility and love, mixed with the mind of a mischievous prankster genius. Henry is pretty damn cool too! 🤘♠️❤️
I went to one of Lemmy's last shows and got to meet him and what Henry is saying is 1000% true!. He was very sincere and probably the nicest musician I've ever met and I will never forget that for the rest of my life. RIP Lemmy 🙏, you are the man, the myth and THE LEGEND!.
Richard Motroni Saw Henry in 2009 & he had us laughing for 3 hours straight. Haven’t ever laughed harder. Met him after the show too - just a class act.
I saw Henry on this tour, too. He is remarkably consistent in his performances. This clip looks just like when I saw him--same anecdotes, same commentary, same delivery.
One national treasure talking about another national treasure... Cool as hell, but god damn, I wish it hadn't had to happen. Can you imagine if those two had narrated a history program?
Rollins: and here we have early man, depicted like thi- Lemmy: hey henry! Rollins: what Lemmy? Lemmy: that bastard looks just like you! *laughs the way only Lemmy can*
Not Only Was Lemmy One of A Kind Never Will There Be Another Gent Who Did Things Like Him No Ego No Hey I Am Important Just A Down To Earth Real Musician Who Cared About His Craft And His Fans .
I still miss Lemmy, but vids like this one help me remember his life & enjoy it, rather than get mopey & sad, and we all know King Lem'd rather we laugh & enjoy his life than cry & whine about it, so here's to raising a glass to the King!?
HENRY COULD TALK ABOUT WATCHING PAINT DRY AND MAKE IT INTERESTING TO THE POINT OF MAKING YOU LEAN FORWARD AS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOURE SOAKING IN EVERY WORD THAT IS SPOKEN!! AND ACTUALLY I WAS AT HIS SHOW LAST NIGHT.. AND YES I LEANED FORWARD FOR 3HRS AND SOAKED IN EVERY WORD HE SPOKE!! WE KNEW LEMMY AS THE BRAINS, THE BASS BEATING, RIFF ROARING, RIP SNORTING, WHISKEY DRINKIN', GOD FATHER OF THRASH.. THAT BLESSED US WITH.. MOTÖRHEAD♠️!!! I CANT IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULDVE BEEN LIKE TO HAVE HAD LEMMY AS A FRIEND?! ITS COOL TO HEAR HENRY REVEAL SOME OF THE MOMENTS HE SHARED WITH HIM.. YOU DIDNT HAVE TO KNOW LEMMY TO MISS HIM.. I SURELY DO.. AS WELL I KNOW THAT MANY MANY OTHERS MISS HIM.. LEMMY'S THE KIND OF GUY THATLL LIVE FOREVER, IN OUR HEARTS, MINDS.. AND EARS TOO! THANKS FOR SHARING THAT HENRY.. AND R.I.P LEMMY♠️
motorhead opened my first ever concert. they were the opening act for alice cooper on his raise your fist and yell tour. ive got one of his bass picks from it. has a HUGE piece broken out of it.
Ive been a fan of Henry since the album weight. Iv seen him live with his spoken word and hundreds of hours on you tube clips, I've heard him talk about every subject under the sun but hearing him talk about Lemmy is my favorite.
To have had the chance to hang out with Lemmy and for him to call you a friend,what a moment. Legendary stuff, Henry Rollins is a no bullshit kinda bloke and has a great sense of humour too. But don't piss him off. Lol
a true icon,i remember the foo fighters going back stage before a gig,they were invited or went into lemmy's dressing room,whereupon lemmy says,lets have a drink,and proceeded to hand each band member a bottle of jd,fukkin epic or what.
I miss Lemmy! We all miss him ! I just turned 52 this August I’ve been listening to Motörhead scene I was 13 “ No sleep till hammer smith “ the first album I ever heard and was I hooked R I P The word will never be the same!
Between Henry's description, and Dave Grohl's "stacks of pornos, and magazines, like an episode of hoarders!" I wish I could have seen Lemmy's apartment!
@@GRAFFDEMON Not a hoarder, it was like he bought stuff from everywhere he went, and was fascinated with WW2. Ozzy ended up giving things to Lemmy, because Sharon did not want any Nazi stuff in her houses. Can't say I blame her, although Damascus steel is really cool. He wasn't a dirty person, no matter what Motorhead would do to your lawn.
Lem was a great. Gave me his business card in 1989. i was 19 and nobody he didn't have to. it's framed. we met a few times after that. always a gentleman. class.
My first live Metal concert was Motorhead at the Maritime Hall in San Francisco with members of MetallicA on Lemmy's birthday. Never will forget that. Neither did my eardrums for about 3 days 🤘🤕
Crazy how we all miss Lemmy :( I was lucky enough to meet him in 89 or 90 at a bar after the show and he bought us all a round of shots. I didn't and don't drink but that might I had a shot with Lemmy at 19 years old \m/
there are seldom few people on this planet who could say to Lemmy "WHAT? i can barely hear you, you're so quiet!" and he would laugh. Henry would be one of those people.
One of the stories Lemmy himself used to tell was about when he saw the Beatles at the Cavern Club which was, so far from their cute image in the early '60s, they were actually pretty badass. He recalled that one guy in the crowd was heckling them and John Lennon stopped playing, came down into the crowd and head butted the offending person who then had a broken nose, was spitting out teeth and bled all over his face and front. The guy shut up and John returned back up to the stage. That impressed the hell out of Lemmy......
@Martin Jensen it was originally the "Glasgow Kiss" but there are very strong ties between Liverpool and Glasgow (hence the "Rangers" "Celtic" call and response chants at the beginning of Liverpool games in the 70s and 80s to signify the Protestant and Catholic halves of Liverpool, respectively) so it doesn't surprise me that the term got borrowed, one way or the other. P.S. my family tree is from that strain and I have Northern Irish (many of whom trace their ancestry to Scotland) and Scottish relatives on both sides of the 'divide.' I beat myself up over it, occasionally...;-).
I wish I could speak with Henry to say !! ... gather together !! Alan Davey , Mikkey Dee , Phil Campbell , Henry Rollins - a reconstructed Motörheaded Band of Kings ... shortly after Lemmy passed the immediate thought was Henry & Alan would be awesome to carry on with Phil & Mikkey . They're just too f'ing fantastic to fade away ... rock n roll fantasy Why Not !?!?
Lemmy and his sword. This wouldn't be the first legendary story about Lemmy's sword or dagger... A little known fact... The first time Keith Emerson stuck a dagger into his organ/synth (something that was a well-known part of his stage performance) was not with ELP but when he played in the band called the Nice. Keith had this idea that he wanted to stick a blade into his organ to hold down a note and just for the effect of using a knife onstage. Lemmy, who was a roadie at the time and was already a collector of Nazi paraphernalia and things of that sort, had a dagger with (I believe) the German cross on it and Keith wanted to use it. So Lemmy let him borrow it and that became a staple in Keith's act. This was also the inspiration for the surprisingly violent early Genesis song "the Knife."
What Lemmy said about life before rock and roll and discovering Elvis is exactly what Billy Connolly has said. In Billy's words, before rock and roll "the world was beige and the music was CRAP!" But once they heard 'Heartbreak Hotel' it was like "WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT???" And the world instantly became a far better place.
If you've never seen Henry Rollins live, you need to. I listened to him speak for over 2 and a half hours doing his slideshow. It was absolutely wonderful and he took no breaks.
I love how Americans think we are 'burning' them or being mean, its literally just banter. Kinda makes them a bit innocent and naive lol. Its amazing how similar the UK and the US are but still so vastly different.
If Lemmy said to me, "I like you, you are my friend." I'd probably weep too...
I likely would have wept just meeting the guy.
@@eyellgeteven9928 I would have got on my fucking knees saying I'm not worthy
@@lakeb4561 He would prolly smack you for that tho :D
@@filipendris3641 your problem right but you got to pay homage to the king
@@lakeb4561 No argument there :)
Honestly? As a 50-year-old man, the only time in my life I have -ever- genuinely cried at hearing of a rocker's demise was when Lemmy died. BUT. There was also happiness, knowing that this was a man who had never - EVER - sold out or diluted himself for public consumption in any way. And there is something utterly, timelessly glorious about that. 10% be sad he's gone, 90% celebrate the fuck out of the fact that he was here.
He genuinely had the best life anyone on the Earth ever had or ever will. An absolute scholar and gentleman as well. He will be forever missed 😢
This. Lemmy was his true, authentic self his whole life. Living like that takes courage.
I met Lemmy in a bar in Melbourne in 1984.
He was drinking alone and I went up and introduced myself.
Top bloke.
One of the best testimonials about Lemmy I have ever heard. Here's Henry Rollins...intelligent, vegetarian, no drugs, negative body fat and he's good friends with Lemmy and respectful of the man who drank a bottle of Jack Daniels each day for 30 years, speed, etc.. A different lifestyle, but HR recognized his honesty and Lemmy recognized HR's honesty.
Most definitely two of the most genuine good guys ever.
John Volken, I imagine it was music and its infinite transcendence of politics that united them.
Pompous Picard Henry’s also friends with ted nugent ... the love of music is what drives him
Libertarian doesn't mean right wing or republican you wanker
I hate it when artists become arstits...
Lemmy Kilmister; a god amongst humans. Lemmy FOREVER.
I disagree with your statement. He was, in fact, a God among gods. As was said, "Who would win in a wrestling match: Lemmy or God?" It's a trick question....Lemmy IS God.
indeed. I would have never guessed, he was mortal...
and a party demon
''what if god was one of us?''
he was and we called him Lemmy
Henry the guy who showed me that a punk could have long hair and Lemmy the guy who played so loud I had to hide behind the audiences bodies with ear plugs in to stand it. From Hendrix's Roadie through acid Space Rock to Punk Metal. I love both these guys. Lemmy WAS Rock. What a character, unique and pure!
Not to mention it was his knife that first pierced Keith Emerson's organ. So to speak :D
God i miss Lemmy , Cant believe it will be 5 years this December ! I toast him every year and play Motorhead *LOUD*
R.I.P Lemmy
A sweet tale of how a serious person and a funny person can get along
Opposites truly do attract.
"I like you, you are my friend"...I cant stop crying.
Thank you Henry.
♠️ RIP Lemmy ♠️
I love you Henry! Thank you for this.
I miss you Lemmy. The world was a better place with you in it.
Lemmy was an unbelievable human being Met him first in Stockport Always tried to keep in touch over the years He gave me the first batch of Motorhead cassettes when our other friend Larry Wallis was at a birthday party in Wimbeldon.How did we all end up together in 1974 ioo milles from home no idea just how life turned out .Everyones story seems the same LEMMY was Lemmy & we all loved him & he remembered all of us photographic memory. Last saw him Pompano Beach in Florida & it was Tony what are you doing here Hadn;t seen him in 5 years!
Just goes to show what an amazing person Lemmy was, full of humility and love, mixed with the mind of a mischievous prankster genius. Henry is pretty damn cool too! 🤘♠️❤️
I went to one of Lemmy's last shows and got to meet him and what Henry is saying is 1000% true!. He was very sincere and probably the nicest musician I've ever met and I will never forget that for the rest of my life. RIP Lemmy 🙏, you are the man, the myth and THE LEGEND!.
Henry is one of the coolest and down to earth guys on the planet
I was at this show. Henry was just amazing for three hours.
Richard Motroni Saw Henry in 2009 & he had us laughing for 3 hours straight. Haven’t ever laughed harder. Met him after the show too - just a class act.
I saw Henry on this tour, too. He is remarkably consistent in his performances. This clip looks just like when I saw him--same anecdotes, same commentary, same delivery.
Still really miss Lemmy , I’m so grateful we have Henry to tell us these great stories about him though
"You're my friend & I like you" 😢😢😢
Lemmy and Henry, both amazing beings
What a True Legend Lemmy on Bass 🎸 the best there ever was... RIP Brother
I'm so fucking envious of Rollins, he met all my heroes!
One national treasure talking about another national treasure... Cool as hell, but god damn, I wish it hadn't had to happen. Can you imagine if those two had narrated a history program?
"This program is rated TV-MA for language. Now that THAT shit is over-turn up the VOLUME!"
Rollins: and here we have early man, depicted like thi-
Lemmy: hey henry!
Rollins: what Lemmy?
Lemmy: that bastard looks just like you! *laughs the way only Lemmy can*
This was great.
this is one of the best videos i've seen in a long time. RIP Lem
Not Only Was Lemmy One of A Kind Never Will There Be Another Gent Who Did Things Like Him No Ego No Hey I Am Important Just A Down To Earth Real Musician Who Cared About His Craft And His Fans .
Lemmy and Rollins are my heroes.
Henry Rollins talking about Lemmy... Oh man... This video made my day, thnx...
Mr. Rollins you're always a class act. Roll on! :)
I still miss Lemmy, but vids like this one help me remember his life & enjoy it, rather than get mopey & sad, and we all know King Lem'd rather we laugh & enjoy his life than cry & whine about it, so here's to raising a glass to the King!?
Mr Korzack GASS Raised in honer
We all miss Lemmy.
HENRY COULD TALK ABOUT WATCHING PAINT DRY AND MAKE IT INTERESTING TO THE POINT OF MAKING YOU LEAN FORWARD AS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOURE SOAKING IN EVERY WORD THAT IS SPOKEN!! AND ACTUALLY I WAS AT HIS SHOW LAST NIGHT.. AND YES I LEANED FORWARD FOR 3HRS AND SOAKED IN EVERY WORD HE SPOKE!! WE KNEW LEMMY AS THE BRAINS, THE BASS BEATING, RIFF ROARING, RIP SNORTING, WHISKEY DRINKIN', GOD FATHER OF THRASH.. THAT BLESSED US WITH.. MOTÖRHEAD♠️!!! I CANT IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULDVE BEEN LIKE TO HAVE HAD LEMMY AS A FRIEND?! ITS COOL TO HEAR HENRY REVEAL SOME OF THE MOMENTS HE SHARED WITH HIM.. YOU DIDNT HAVE TO KNOW LEMMY TO MISS HIM.. I SURELY DO.. AS WELL I KNOW THAT MANY MANY OTHERS MISS HIM.. LEMMY'S THE KIND OF GUY THATLL LIVE FOREVER, IN OUR HEARTS, MINDS.. AND EARS TOO! THANKS FOR SHARING THAT HENRY.. AND R.I.P LEMMY♠️
America really took Lemmy to their hearts.
Henry tells the best stories.
Lemmy is love. Henry is love.
lemmy was so smart and awesome. i so wish i coulda met him and seen motorhead in conert
both him n blackie lawless is and was great guys
Yeah, me too. Had a couple of chances but they fell thru.
motorhead opened my first ever concert. they were the opening act for alice cooper on his raise your fist and yell tour. ive got one of his bass picks from it. has a HUGE piece broken out of it.
I miss you Lem! ♥♥♥
Ive been a fan of Henry since the album weight. Iv seen him live with his spoken word and hundreds of hours on you tube clips, I've heard him talk about every subject under the sun but hearing him talk about Lemmy is my favorite.
Miss ya Lemmy.
Lemmy was that crazy grandpa everyone would love to have :')
He was. He just didn't get a chance to meet us all
I never had the privilege of meeting Lemmy. I really wish I could have. I do occasionally have the greatest dreams where we are hanging out.
Read "White Line Fever", Lemmy's autobiography, and you'll see that this is all true
Yeah, he's a goood lad!
:-)
Back in the 80's I had breakfast with Henry at my friends house. Great time.
Rip lemmy Henry Rollins is awesome
I love this so much : ) there is nobody now like Lemmy or Henry either, there never will be either......
Music unites the masses. Friends wear different clothes then you but if they enjoy your company that's all that matters.
To have had the chance to hang out with Lemmy and for him to call you a friend,what a moment. Legendary stuff, Henry Rollins is a no bullshit kinda bloke and has a great sense of humour too. But don't piss him off. Lol
a true icon,i remember the foo fighters going back stage before a gig,they were invited or went into lemmy's dressing room,whereupon lemmy says,lets have a drink,and proceeded to hand each band member a bottle of jd,fukkin epic or what.
Miss him so much...
God I miss Lemmy.
''So Lemmy from Motörhead passed away a year ago..''
*Applause*
Cool
I miss Lemmy! We all miss him ! I just turned 52 this August I’ve been listening to Motörhead scene I was 13 “ No sleep till hammer smith “ the first album I ever heard and was I hooked R I P The word will never be the same!
Between Henry's description, and Dave Grohl's "stacks of pornos, and magazines, like an episode of hoarders!" I wish I could have seen Lemmy's apartment!
you can see it in the documentary! Lots of weapons and axis power WW2 memrobillia all over the walls.
@@GRAFFDEMON Not a hoarder, it was like he bought stuff from everywhere he went, and was fascinated with WW2. Ozzy ended up giving things to Lemmy, because Sharon did not want any Nazi stuff in her houses. Can't say I blame her, although Damascus steel is really cool. He wasn't a dirty person, no matter what Motorhead would do to your lawn.
Nailed it!!!
Love you Lemmy...RIP
Lem was a great. Gave me his business card in 1989. i was 19 and nobody he didn't have to. it's framed. we met a few times after that. always a gentleman. class.
LEMMY 4 EVER
Great show.Thank you for posting this.R.I.P.
Aw that's such a wonderful story. YES!!!!
My first live Metal concert was Motorhead at the Maritime Hall in San Francisco with members of MetallicA on Lemmy's birthday. Never will forget that. Neither did my eardrums for about 3 days 🤘🤕
"Lemmy gave me a sword."
Crazy how we all miss Lemmy :( I was lucky enough to meet him in 89 or 90 at a bar after the show and he bought us all a round of shots. I didn't and don't drink but that might I had a shot with Lemmy at 19 years old \m/
thx so much for sharing :)
I wish I would've been routinely insulted by Lemmy
Yup, I bet that would have sexually aroused you, dude.
@@anthonypalermo8816 same.
what metalhead wouldnt?
Cant believe I live in a world where there will never be a new Motörhead album or a tour and that makes me sad :(
What a great STORY !
there are seldom few people on this planet who could say to Lemmy "WHAT? i can barely hear you, you're so quiet!" and he would laugh. Henry would be one of those people.
This video is a dream, man.
I can legit hear lemmy say these words like no matter what
Just amazing rip big fella
I like henry but I only watched it because of lemmy!
Yeah man the guy was in Hawkwind ,enough said .RIP
This was a great story.
You saw the Beatles play the Cavern Club?
Yeah, they were really good.
YA THINK???
I saw Black Flag play the Knights of Columbus rec room. Kinda the same.
One of the stories Lemmy himself used to tell was about when he saw the Beatles at the Cavern Club which was, so far from their cute image in the early '60s, they were actually pretty badass. He recalled that one guy in the crowd was heckling them and John Lennon stopped playing, came down into the crowd and head butted the offending person who then had a broken nose, was spitting out teeth and bled all over his face and front. The guy shut up and John returned back up to the stage. That impressed the hell out of Lemmy......
@Martin Jensen indeed !
@Martin Jensen it was originally the "Glasgow Kiss" but there are very strong ties between Liverpool and Glasgow (hence the "Rangers" "Celtic" call and response chants at the beginning of Liverpool games in the 70s and 80s to signify the Protestant and Catholic halves of Liverpool, respectively) so it doesn't surprise me that the term got borrowed, one way or the other. P.S. my family tree is from that strain and I have Northern Irish (many of whom trace their ancestry to Scotland) and Scottish relatives on both sides of the 'divide.' I beat myself up over it, occasionally...;-).
@@rolandvanhorn Lucky bastard! I've only seen Rollins do a spoken word show but it was GREAT.
A brilliant man talking about his experience with a fucking Legend. Raise your glass motherfuckers
I wish I could speak with Henry to say !! ... gather together !! Alan Davey , Mikkey Dee , Phil Campbell , Henry Rollins - a reconstructed Motörheaded Band of Kings ... shortly after Lemmy passed the immediate thought was Henry & Alan would be awesome to carry on with Phil & Mikkey . They're just too f'ing fantastic to fade away ... rock n roll fantasy Why Not !?!?
motorhead was lemmy lemmy was motorhead without him no motorhead
Nah, they should let it be.
@@CrazyhorseDK well said. 100% correct. No Lemmy,no Motorhead,sad but true.
only Henry can explain it Lemmy was Rock n Roll him n ronnie are having a ball now
I have known Hank Garfield for many many years.....good guy.....
Nice tribute..
Awesome
Love Henry and Lemmy. Henry's voice sounds like Murray from the Goldbergs.
Love bro.
Its true that god does not belong on earth but god Damnit we still miss him
And he lived up to the ripe age of 70
@Martin Jensen Or he could have made it to 40
❤❤❤👍
Lemmy and his sword.
This wouldn't be the first legendary story about Lemmy's sword or dagger...
A little known fact... The first time Keith Emerson stuck a dagger into his organ/synth (something that was a well-known part of his stage performance) was not with ELP but when he played in the band called the Nice. Keith had this idea that he wanted to stick a blade into his organ to hold down a note and just for the effect of using a knife onstage. Lemmy, who was a roadie at the time and was already a collector of Nazi paraphernalia and things of that sort, had a dagger with (I believe) the German cross on it and Keith wanted to use it. So Lemmy let him borrow it and that became a staple in Keith's act. This was also the inspiration for the surprisingly violent early Genesis song "the Knife."
Henry called Lemmy "a disappointment" when he first met him. Somehow he was upset that Lemmy was drunk.
Met MrHenry Rollins in Quwait many years back. Mess call was a good meal.
Lemmy, the man....
Soo. ... The Lemmy Wisdom here is. STAY ON TOUR. It’s the only way to connect with people.
ETERNAL
Who would win a wrestling match Lemmy or God?
Trick question Lemmy is God \,,/
What Lemmy said about life before rock and roll and discovering Elvis is exactly what Billy Connolly has said.
In Billy's words, before rock and roll "the world was beige and the music was CRAP!" But once they heard 'Heartbreak Hotel' it was like "WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT???" And the world instantly became a far better place.
'There are only three good rock'n'roll bands in the world : the Beatles, the Ramones, AC/DC and Motörhead' (c) Lemmy
If you've never seen Henry Rollins live, you need to. I listened to him speak for over 2 and a half hours doing his slideshow. It was absolutely wonderful and he took no breaks.
"Who would win a fight? Lemmy or God?"
"Lemmy"
"Arghh"
"God"
"Trick question...Lemmy is God"
sugelanren “airheads” hell yes
Love how he tells story’s about lemmy ♠️ tbh Henry sounds like Trevor from gta a lil bit
Henry Rollins " Standard issue street soldier "
Lemmy
Where is Lemmy"s staff now?;)
I love how Americans think we are 'burning' them or being mean, its literally just banter. Kinda makes them a bit innocent and naive lol. Its amazing how similar the UK and the US are but still so vastly different.