Two weekends before his death, Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead was celebrating an unlikely milestone on the Sunset Strip: his coming 70th birthday. He looked frail but regal in his black cavalry jacket and hat, watching from an upstairs balcony at the Whisky a Go Go as Slash, Billy Idol, Sebastian Bach and other famous rock & roll comrades paid tribute to him onstage. Related PHOTOS: Motorhead's Lemmy: 20 Essential Songs From Hawkwind to Probot, via several decades' worth of Motörhead madness, here's the late metal icon at his gruff best The emailed invitation had called for a night of music, "chit-chat and general all-around merriment" on December 13th. Former...
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