Full Description
Portraits of Lemmy: The photographs is a photographic celebration of the iconic, larger-than-life Ian Fraser Kilmister, lead singer, bassist and driving force of Motoerhead.
This coffee table photobook traces the career of one of rock's most notable figures from the early 70's until his death in 2015 through a series of classic, rare and unseen photographs from some of rock's greatest lensmen including Ross Halfin, Fin Costello, Chris Walter, Michael Putland, Mick Hutson, PG Brunelli and many others.
Famous for creating Motoerhead, a band as iconic as himself, Lemmy forged a sound and style unique to heavy metal and hard rock. Long-time music journalist Dave Ling has penned a career-spanning essay based on his many encounters with Lemmy, a man who has played, written and recorded with some of rock's greatest names, appeared in film and TV shows, video games and was the subject of a 2010 Rockumentary in which he was lauded by some of the most eminent names in rock.
Lemmy once described his playing 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." Portraits of Lemmy is a testament to one of rock's greatest, most compelling figures.
This unofficial book is 230mm square, case-bound, 240 pages, printed on luxury 170gsm matt-coated paper. The book comes with a fold-out poster and is presented in a black slipcase with a gold foil logo. This main edition comes in 666 numbered copies.
Contents
007 Rock n' roll makes you immortal - till you die (by Dave Ling). 010 Hawkwind. 034 Early Days of Motoerhead. 072 Ace of Spades. 150 Bastards. 192 Metal Masters. 239 Epilogue (by Chris Salewicz.
