Lemmy Kilmister

One of music's most notorious frontmen leads a headbanging, voyeuristic odyssey into sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll that rivals Motley Crue's The Dirt and Aerosmith's Walk This Way. He made Keith Richards look like a choirboy and Mick Jagger look like a nun. And as the head of the legendary band Motorhead, he ploughed his way through so many drugs, so many women, and so much alcohol, that he gave a whole new meaning to the term Debauchery. And he changed the face of music, conquering the rock world with such songs as "Ace of Spades," "Bomber," and "Overkill" and inventing a whole new form of music--speed metal. At the age of 57, Lemmy Kilmister remains a rock icon, both for his monumental talent and his hedonistic lifestyle. In White Line Fever, he recounts his incredible, pleasure-filled, and death-defying journey through music history. Born on Christmas Eve, 1945, in Wales, to a vicar and a librarian, Ian Fraser Kilmister learned early, he as he forthrightly puts it, "what an incredible pussy magnet guitars were." A teenager at the birth of rock 'n' roll, Lemmy idolized Elvis and Buddy Holly and soon joined a band of his own. He would eventually head to London, where he became a roadie for Jimi Hendrix, played in Opal Butterfly, and joined space rockers Hawkwind's lineup in 1971. Four years later, speedfreak Lemmy was fired from the band for doing the wrong drugs. Vowing to form the "dirtiest rock 'n' roll band in the world," he formed Motorhead, arguably the heaviest and loudest heavy metal band to ever take the stage. During their twenty-seven-year history, Motorhead would go on to release twenty-one albums, including the #1 record No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith and would earn a Grammynomination. Lemmy would also cheat death on more than one occasion, most notoriously in 1980, when his doctor told him, "I cannot give you a blood transfusion because normal blood will kill you...and your blood would kill another human being, because you're so toxic." But through more than two decades of notorious excess, Lemmy has lived to tell the warts-and-all tale of a life lived over the edge. White Line Fever, a tour of overindulgence, metal, and the search for musical integrity, offers a sometimes hilarious, often outrageous, and always unbridled ride with the leader of the loudest rock band in the world.

The Autobiography

White Line Fever

Janiss Garza

Told with Lemmy's indomitable charisma and humour, this is the autobiography of a rock icon who over the past thirty years in the industry, has stayed true to his music, his fans and his pleasures. Lemmy was born Ian Fraser Kilmister in 1945, the son of a vicar who walked out on his mother when Lemmy was just three months old. Having been inspired to play the guitar by Chicks, Little Richard and Buddy Holly, Lemmy formed what would become the ultimate metal group in 1975 and christened them Motorhead. The group went on to embrace a rock-and-roll lifestyle fuelled by drink, drugs and women, and in the process released twenty-one albums and attracted a huge following. WHITE LINE FEVER is a truly headbanging tour through the last few decades of speedmetal, offering a sometimes hilarious, often outrageous, but highly entertaining trip with the frontman of the loudest rock band in the world.

La sottile linea bianca (autobiografia)

Lemmy : La autobiografía

Heilig ist bei Ian Fraser Kilmister, in der Welt bekannt unter dem Namen Lemmy, nur der Geburtstag: der 24.12.1945. Ansonsten hat der Mann mit dem prägnanten Backenbart im Laufe seiner über 40-jährigen Musikerkarriere nichts ausgelassen. Bevor er 1975 die bis heute wegweisende Band Motörhead gründete, arbeitete er für Jimi Hendrix und spielte bei der Space-Rockband Hawkwind. Lemmy starb am 28.12.2015 - mit ihm ist einer der letzten echten Rockstars gegangen ... In den Sechzigerjahren arbeitete Lemmy als Roadie für Jimi Hendrix und machte sich als Bassist der Space-Rock-Legende Hawkwind einen Namen, bevor er 1975 die Band Motörhead gründete, bis heute eine der wichtigsten und einflussreichsten Heavy-Metal-Bands aller Zeiten. Während die Musikszene um ihn herum laufend neuen Trends und Gesichtern unterworfen war, blieb Lemmy stets kompromisslos er selbst, was ihm weit über das Genre hinaus Respekt einbrachte. »White Line Fever« ist seine Autobiografie, die jetzt von Steffen Chirazi auf den neuesten Stand gebracht wurde.

Die Autobiographie. Erweiterte und aktualisierte Neuausgabe

Lemmy - White Line Fever

Jake Brown

Lemmy

One of the founding fathers of heavy metal, Lemmy Kilmister's musical legacy can never be forgotten despite his death in December 2015. As their frontman, songwriter and bassist, Ian Fraser 'Lemmy' Kilmister was truly the beating heart of Mot�rhead. The group's energy and thrilling fusion of genres led to sales of over 30 million albums, Grammy Awards and giant world tours right up until Lemmy's death. During his life, Lemmy granted music writer Jake Brown extraordinary access to the band, and this book explores Mot�rhead's creativity and musicianship with unique insight from their writing and recording sessions alongside exclusive interviews. This new edition now stands as a unique testament to Lemmy's remarkable career and the indelible mark he left on heavy metal.

In the Studio

Lemmy and Motörhead

Founder, sole constant member, vocalist, bassist, songwriter, and living legend Lemmy Kilmister has given author Jake Brown unprecedented behind-the-scenes access into the writing and recording of the band's 26 albums Motörhead has always been a band whose reputation for the rock 'n' roll lifestyle precedes them, but along the way they have also accumulated an impressive, Grammy-winning catalog of classic songs—and for the first time their creation is explored via exclusive interviews in this authorized account of the band in the studio. From unpromising beginnings, voted one of the worst bands in the world and close to giving up, Motörhead proved themselves to be endlessly creative and have gone to enjoy phenomenal success. Well into their fourth decade, they showing no sign of slowing down, and they have inspired generations of multiplatinum metal offspring with a sound as instantly recognizable as it is uncompromising. Fans of Motörhead can even live out their own hard-rocking fantasies by playing as Lemmy in Guitar Hero. Together with insight from fellow band members, crew, and producers, here are all the stories behind such classic albums as Ace of Spades, Bomber, and Overkill.

Motörhead in the Studio

LEMMY KILMISTER, O LENDÁRIO E IRREVERENTE FUNDADOR DO MOTÖRHEAD, CONTA SUA PRÓPRIA HISTÓRIA NA AUTOBIOGRAFIA MAIS EXCÊNTRICA DE TODOS OS TEMPOS! Não recomendo meu estilo de vida. Ele vai acabar com qualquer pessoa comum. Não é piada! "Preciso te contar uma coisa", disse meu empresário. "Sangue puro vai matar você." "O quê?" "Você não tem mais sangue humano. E também não pode doar sangue. Esqueça, você mataria uma pessoa comum porque você é muito tóxico." A febre da linha branca traça os caminhos de excessos de Lemmy Kilmister, que sempre se manteve fiel à sua música e aos seus prazeres, oferecendo um relato às vezes hilário e muitas vezes ultrajante do vocalista da banda de rock mais barulhenta do mundo. É a autobiografia do homem que esteve na primeira banda britânica a tocar atrás da Cortina de Ferro, que foi roadie de Hendrix, que ajudou a impulsionar o rock psicodélico extremo para dentro das mentes britânicas e que criou a banda de rock mais barulhenta que você já ouviu.

A autobiografia de Lemmy Kilmister

A Febre da Linha Branca

«NO ALLA POLITICA E ALLA RELIGIONE. SONO LORO A MANDARE I GIOVANI A MORIRE. IL ROCK’N’ROLL, INVECE, NON TRADISCE.» «LA MIA VITA È QUESTA: DA QUALCHE PARTE, SUI SEDILI IN CODA AL TOURBUS, CON UNA RAGAZZA MAI INCONTRATA PRIMA E CHE DOMANI NON CI SARÀ PIÙ. QUESTA È LA MIA VITA. E MI CALZA A PENNELLO.» Lemmy è sinonimo di eccesso, e questa è la storia del più incredibile bevitore, del più entusiasta malato di sesso e suoni estremi che sia mai salito su un palcoscenico. Cresciuto troppo in fretta e troppo per potersi accontentare del piccolo giro delle band amatoriali gallesi, Lemmy lanciò la sua prima band, i Rocking Vicars, in un incredibile tour in supporto a Jimi Hendrix. Non pago, nel 1975, si inventò un genere musicale, lo speedmetal, e fondò i leggendari Motörhead. In più di trent’anni di storia e concerti, i Motörhead hanno realizzato 23 album, vinto un Grammy Award e dominato le scene del rock con successi come Ace of Spades, Bomber e Overkill. Nel corso di tutti questi anni il gruppo ha subìto diversi scossoni e cambiamenti, ma Lemmy è sempre rimasto in sella, col suo cappello in testa e una bottiglia di Jack Daniel’s tra le mani. La sottile linea bianca è il suo furioso viaggio attraverso gli eccessi, il percorso di un uomo coerente solo nell’amore per la sua musica e il piacere. Una cavalcata divertente e oltraggiosa, in linea con lo stile inconfondibile del più ruvido e rumoroso cantante del mondo. «Pochi potranno affermare con convinzione di aver preso più droghe, bevuto più bourbon, o intrattenuto più donne di Lemmy.» The Sunday Times «In un suo dito c’era più integrità che nella maggior parte dei musicisti rock.» Slash, Guns N’ Roses

La sottile linea bianca

Lemmy’s name was synonymous with notorious excess. His blood would have killed another human being. This is the up-to-date story of the heaviest drinking, oversexed speedfreak in the music business who tragically passed away earlier this year. Lemmy had quickly outgrown his local bands in Wales, and tripped through his early career with the Rocking Vicars, backstage touring with Jimi Hendrix, and his time with Hawkwind. In 1975 he went on to create speedmetal and form the legendary band Motörhead. Motörhead stand firm as conquerors of the rock world, their history spanning an insurrectionary forty years. While the Motörhead line-up saw many changes, Lemmy was always the soul of the machine. In the words of drummer Mikkey Dee, ‘Lemmy was Motörhead.’ White Line Fever has been completely updated post Lemmy’s untimely death in 2016, and offers all Motörhead fans who loved his music a sometimes hilarious, often outrageous, highly entertaining ride with the frontman of (what was) the loudest rock band in history. A truly epic finale, and tribute, to Lemmy from those who loved him best.

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