Editing Lemmy (section)

==Musical style==

Lemmy described his style as "I play a lot of notes, but I also play a lot of chords. And I play a lot of open strings. I just don't play like a bass player. There are complaints about me from time to time. It's not like having a bass player; it's like having a deep guitarist.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130417111254/http://www.motorhead.ru/int2moo.htm We Do Not Bend The Knee. Motorhead Interview]. Motorhead.ru. Archived from [http://www.motorhead.ru/int2moo.htm the original] on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2016.</ref>

Lemmy's unconventional playing style changed the dynamics of the group's rhythm section. Hawkwind drummer [[Simon King (musician)|Simon King]] explained that "A lot of the time I play with [guitarist] [[Dave Brock|Dave]] - he'll get into a kind of rhythmic thing and I'll follow him so you get this kind of percussion and rhythmic guitar thing going, so Lemmy can loon forward a bit because he's very much a front man and gives off a lot of energy, so he can get out front and play a sort of lead on bass which sometimes is very effective",<ref name="SOUNDS19730901">{{cite journal| journal=[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]| date=1 September 1973| title=Simon King in the talk in| last=Peacock| first=Steve| url=http://www.kadu.demon.co.uk/pages/simonking.html| access-date=8 July 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061003015355/http://www.kadu.demon.co.uk/pages/simonking.html| archive-date=3 October 2006| url-status=dead}}</ref> and Motörhead drummer Taylor echoed the sentiment with "Onstage he's difficult to follow cos he's not really a bass player. There's no solid bass lines to follow. A lot of the time I play more with Eddie [Clarke] than with Lemmy, but he's out on his own because he is what he is."<ref name="RM19800607">{{cite journal| journal=Record Mirror| date=7 June 1980| page=8| title=MUST WE FLING THIS FILTH AT OUR POP KIDS| last=Gurr| first=Ronnie| url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/80/Record-Mirror-1980-06-07.pdf| access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref>