Motörhead's vocalist, Lemmy Kilmister, died in 2015.
In an interview with Goldmine , former Motörhead drummer, currently with Scorpions, Mikkey Dee, spoke about Lemmy's legacy : “He’s being remembered in a million different ways ,” said Mikkey, “He was a poet, you know; he was so good with words. That’s why Ozzy [Osbourne] always called him to work with him, and many other artists as well, because he could put words together like nobody else, he would scribble a lyric in 15 minutes that other people might be struggling for months to put together. He would just grab a napkin and write the best lyrics you could imagine. He had a very, very easy way with it.”
“But we all had our own kind of relationship with him, in different ways ,” he continued. “So I don’t know, I just think and hope that he’s remembered in an appropriate way. Because, you know, since he passed away, it’s been bigger than Elvis [Presley]. He would be very surprised and honored if he knew (…) If you saw what happened at the Wacken Open Air festival [in Germany], for example, with 100,000 fans raising their hands while they played the new video, ‘Heroes’ [David Bowie cover]. It was the release of that song, and it was simply incredible. They’re naming streets after Lemmy, they’re naming all kinds of parks and stages after him. So, it’s incredible.”
Lemmy turned 70 on December 24, 2015, and passed away on December 28 at his home in Los Angeles. The Motörhead frontman had been dealing with several health problems, causing the band to cancel a series of shows.