Lemmy Kilmister Final Interview
We once again rummaged through our dusty archives and found a real gem. This never before seen or heard interview with Lemmy was found underneath a stack of old Winger trading cards and nude amputee magazines.
Lemmy of course, was the embodiment of all things Rock n Roll. This Lemmy interview conducted by renowned rock journalist Claude Balzac, was recorded on Christmas day 2015 at The Rainbow Bar & Grill in Los Angeles.
Madhouse: Hi Lemmy, Thanks for talking with us today and Merry Christmas
Lemmy: My pleasure, Merry Christmas to you – I love Madhouse. It’s gotten me through a lot of hard times, and back in the day, I used to rip up the magazine and roll it up to snort me cocaine. It was just the right consistency. That was when you used to put out print copies of the magazine and not just this online crap. I am old school.
Madhouse: So tell us about your childhood.
Lemmy: I grew up somewhere in England. I had a mother, a father, some grandparents, but oddly I can’t recall any of their names. I loved girls, Rock n Roll and horses but not necessarily in that order.
Madhouse: Those are some fantastic moles on your face, you never talk about them.
Lemmy: Well it’s a funny story. I was not born with these moles. I got them one night in Berlin, from an old German Hooker. I went in as a fresh faced young lad and I came back with permanent face warts. And when I say old, I mean old. I was 21, She had to be about 75. She was easily 300 lbs, bow legged and with a full beard. She threw me around like a rag doll. Greatest night of my life. I wouldn’t trade my moles for anything. They are a part of me and I love them. I named them ‘Javier & Manny’.
Madhouse: What did you learn from your time as roadie for Jimi Hendrix.
Lemmy: I learned how to perform on 5 hits of acid. I learned how to hide a brick of hash in my rectum. I learned how to juggle 3 groupies, and when I say juggle, I literally mean throwing 2 in the air while having sex with the third and rotating.
Madhouse: I heard you had a blood transfusion back in the 1980’s
Lemmy: It was 1980 and I figured I would get an oil change, you know out with the old and in with the new. My doctor advised against it after determining I would react badly to healthy blood. He told me I didn’t have human blood in my system anymore. Apparently, I had become so toxic, mostly from all the speed and alcohol, that fresh blood would have killed me. So I did a blood exchange with Keith Richards. That worked out nicely.
Madhouse: Who would you want to portray you if they ever do a movie on your life.
Lemmy: That’s easy – Morgan Freeman. We have been friends for almost 50 years. We go way back. No one knows this, but Morgan once filled in for me at a festival in Sweden. I was locked up and couldn’t make the show, so Morgan filled in and no one knew. 100,000 fans were there and no one could tell.
Madhouse: So you spend a lot of time at the Rainbow here in L.A
Lemmy: Oh god yes. I love this place. I literally live here. I setup a small cot in the attic, I have a hot plate and a small TV. I spend most of my time sitting in this stool at the bar, drinking Jack & Coke, smoking cigarettes and playing video poker. I have lived a full life. I have no regrets.
Madhouse: What is the meaning of life
Lemmy: The secret to a happy life is having fun. Do what moves you. Music, Jack Daniels, drugs and groupies are what moved me. I became a living, breathing, drinking, snorting, groupie banging, fookin legend.
Lemmy died three days later on December 28, 2015 from prostate cancer, cardiac arrhythmia, and congestive heart failure. He was such a badass, it took 3 diseases to bring him down. Rest in Peace, Lemmy! A true Rock Star!
