Lemmy started out as a
musician as early as
1964, and was briefly a roadie
for
Jimi Hendrix (luckily for
Jimi, Lemmy kept the bus on the road no
matter how
high he was) before joining (as mentioned above) the
acid
heads of
Hawkwind in
1971. The very next year he wrote their biggest
hit "
Silver Machine". In
1975 he was arrested in Canada for
cocaine
possession, but what he actually got was
speed, and the Canadians had to
release him. The rest of Hawkwind, though, did not like speed so he was kicked
out of the
band.
Lemmy is convinced
Whisk(e)y is good for you: It stores up in your
liver until no
germs can survive there.
Also, he's known for kicking wannabe-
stage divers off the stage,
and chasing about 150 German
rockabillies out some alley.
"They don't deserve
to be on stage,"
He says, "I do."