Editing Lemmy (section)

=== 1975–2015: Motörhead ===
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[[File:Lemmy St. Albans 1982 (B&W).jpg|thumb|left|Lemmy with Motörhead in 1982]]
After Hawkwind, Lemmy formed a new band called "Bastard" with guitarist [[Larry Wallis]] (former member of the [[Pink Fairies]], [[Steve Peregrin Took]]'s band [[Shagrat (band)|Shagrat]] and [[UFO (band)|UFO]]) and drummer [[Lucas Fox]]. Lemmy and Took were friends, and Took was the stepfather to Lemmy's son Paul. When his manager informed him that a band by the name of "Bastard" would never get a slot on ''[[Top of the Pops]]'', Lemmy changed the band's name to "[[Motörhead]]" – the title of the last song he had written for Hawkwind.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imotorhead.com/motorhead-bio.html |title=We are Motörhead....And We Play Rock and Roll! |website=I, Motorhead.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151226060750/http://www.imotorhead.com/motorhead-bio.html |archive-date=26 December 2015}}</ref>

Soon after, Wallis and Fox were replaced with guitarist [[Eddie Clarke (musician)|"Fast" Eddie Clarke]] and drummer [[Phil Taylor (musician)|Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor]] and with this line-up, the band began to achieve success. Lemmy's guttural vocals were unique in rock at that time, and were copied during the time when [[punk rock]] became popular.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}} The band's sound appealed to Lemmy's original fans and, eventually, to fans of punk. Lemmy asserted that he generally felt more kinship with punks than with [[Heavy metal subculture|metalheads]]; he also played with [[The Damned (band)|the Damned]] for a handful of gigs when they had no regular bassist.<ref>See the notes for ''Smash It Up – The Anthology 1976 – 1987''.</ref> Motörhead's success peaked in 1980 and 1981 with several UK chart hits, including the single "[[Ace of Spades (song)|Ace of Spades]]," which remained a crowd favourite throughout the band's career, and the UK #1 live album ''[[No Sleep 'til Hammersmith]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-50-best-motorhead-songs/5|title=The 50 best Motorhead songs|first=Rich|last=Hobson|work=[[Metal Hammer|Louder Sound]]|date=2021-11-04|accessdate= 2022-04-06|quote=“You know I'm born to lose and gambling's for fools, but that's the way I like it, baby, I don't want to live forever”}}</ref> Motörhead became one of the most influential bands in the heavy metal genre. Their – and Lemmy's – final live performance was in [[Berlin]], Germany, on 11 December 2015 during the band's [[40th Anniversary Tour (Motörhead)|40th Anniversary Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/mikkey-dee-motorhead-is-over/ |title=Mikkey Dee: 'Motörhead Is Over' |website=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=29 December 2015 |access-date=29 December 2015}}</ref>
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