MOTORHEAD LAPEL PIN FEATURING LEMMY KILMISTER...VERY RARE...

Description: UP FOR SALE IS ONE GORGEOUS LEMMY KILMISTER (MOTORHEAD) LAPEL PIN... IAN FRASER KILMISTER (LEMMY) WAS BORN ON CHRISTMAS EVE 1945 IN BURSLEM, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ENGLAND... HE WAS THE BRITISH FOUNDER, LEAD SINGER, BASSIST AND PRIMARY SONGWRITER OF THE ROCK BAND "MOTORHEAD"... LEMMY WAS KNOWN FOR HIS APPEARANCE, WHICH INCLUDED HIS SIGNATURE FRIENDLY MOTTON CHOPS, HIS MILITARY- INFLUENCED FASHION SENSE AND HIS GRAVELLY RASP OF A VOICE... EARLY INFLUENCES FOR LEMMY WERE THE BEATLES AMONG OTHERS... INTERESTINGLY HE WAS A "ROADIE" FOR JIMMY HENDRIX... LEMMY FOUNDED MOTORHEAD AFTER A STINT WITH THE BAND HAWKWIND... WHILE PLAYING WITH HAWKWIND, DURING A NORTH AMERICAN TOUR, LEMMY WAS ARRESTED AT THE CANADIAN BORDER IN WINDSOR, ONTARIO, ON DRUG POSSESSION CHARGES...THE BORDER POLICE MISTOOK THE AMPHETAMINES HE WAS CARRYING FOR COCAINE AND HE WAS KEPT OVERNIGHT IN JAIL BEFORE BEING RELEASED WITHOUT CHARGE... HE WAS PROMPTLY FIRED FROM HAWKWIND... LEMMY WAS WELL KNOWN FOR HIS HEAVY DRINKING AND SMOKING...THE DOCUMENTARY "MOTORHEAD: LIVE FAST DIE OLD" STATED THAT HE DRANK A BOTTLE OF JACK DANIELS EVERY DAY AND HAD DONE SO SINCE HE WAS 30 YEARS OLD...IN 2013, HE STOPPED DRINKING FOR HEALTH REASONS...AS TIME WORE ON HE REDUCED HIS SMOKING FROM 2 PACKS A DAY TO 1 PACK A WEEK...TOWARDS THE END HE SUFFERED FROM DIABETES AND HYPERTENSION, CAUSING CANCELLATIONS OF TOURS... ON DECEMBER 28TH 2015 LEMMY DIED AT HIS LOS ANGELES APARTMENT FROM PROSTATE CANCER,CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE... THIS LAPEL PIN IS A WONDERFUL HOMAGE TO LEMMY FEATURING RICH AND VIVID COLORS OF BLACK, RED, GREY, AND YELLOW...STUNNING!!! THIS GORGEOUS PIN IS APPROXIMATELY 1 1/4" WIDE AND 1" TALL... A WONDERFUL AND RARE FIND FOR ANY COLLECTOR OR FAN... <<<<>>>>

Price: 15.99 USD

Location: Chandler, Arizona

End Time: 2024-10-07T16:41:04.000Z

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