This weekend, fans may remember Lemmy in this way, as the late rock icon is permanently memorialised at Bloodstock, a UK metal event that will now house some of his ashes in a specially commissioned bust.
Lemmy died in December 2015, aged 70, just days after being diagnosed with cancer and less than three weeks after performing on stage in Berlin for Motorhead’s farewell gig.
Guitarist Phil Campbell and singer Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead perform at the Glastonbury Music Festival on Friday, June 26, 2015, at Worthy Farm in Glastonbury, England. (Photo: Jim Ross/Invision/AP).
Since then, his spirit has lived on for his friends in bullets carrying sprinklings of his ashes, with Metallica’s James Hetfield enshrining his in an Ace of Spades tattoo on his right middle finger.
Fans can now pay their respects to Lemmy in style, as the bust is unveiled alongside an exhibition of memorabilia, previously unseen images, and a reconstruction of the singer’s dressing room at the Bloodstock Festival in Derbyshire.
Campbell, who will speak at the event on Friday to pay respect, told News that it is “a great way” to memorialize his friend and “true pioneer,” one of the most renowned rock singers of all time.
