Plenty of rock stars seem like they somehow attained immortal status (with Keith Richards likely being the first to come to mind). Another iconic rocker who seemed like he might cheat the Grim Reaper forever was Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister. While the legendary singer did tragically die in 2015 at the age of 70, there's no question that he prolonged his stay on the planet much longer than many expected him to...or that he employed some very unorthodox methods of maintaining his longevity.
As Motörhead manager Todd Singerman told Metal Hammer recently, “What started all of this problem was the diabetes."
"That’s when we had to try to get him off booze," Singerman continued. "That was never going to happen. His compromise was vodka and orange juice. Orange juice is all sugar, but in his mind it was cleaner. Doctors used to tell me, ‘He needs more water, more hydration.’ So the f—ker, in front of my face, put two more ice cubes in his drink.”
“When we started [2013 ’s] Aftershock, Lemmy told us he was going to need to get a pacemaker put in after he finished recording," Singerman continued.
"He’d seen a doctor, but he wanted to do a record first. We did songs’ worth of pre-production, but I felt like five of those were not good at all," he explained. "We decided to take a break — he’d get his pacemaker put in, and come back to do the remaining five songs with more ideas. So Lemmy goes away and sees his doctor, and the doctor is like, ‘Holy shit! If you’d waited another week, you’d have died. We need to put this in today.’ It was supposed to be a one-day process originally, but he ended up in hospital for like two weeks. He’d almost died.”
One might think such a brush with death would have inspired Kilmister to make some major changes, but that wasn't really the case.
“I said, Lemmy, you gotta start eating more vegetables," Singerman recalled. "So he had sour cream and onion potato chips. in his mind, those were the vegetables.”
Lemmy Kilmister died after a cancer diagnosis
Lemmy Kilmister died at the age of 70 on December 28, 2015, per the BBC.
"Our mighty, noble friend Lemmy has passed away after a short battle with an extremely aggressive cancer," the band said on its Facebook page.
Many of his contemporaries shared tributes to the late icon, including Queen's Brian May, who called Lemmy "our utterly unique friend," and Metallica, who tweeted, "Lemmy, you are one of the primary reasons this band exists. We're forever grateful for all of your inspiration.''
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