Lemmy Interview
As usual, an interview with Lemmy is hilarious, tongue-in-cheek, laughfest. This latest one from Classic Rock Revisited is no exception. A few excerpts are below:
Classic Rock Revisited: Neither MOTÖRHEAD or Lemmy have given into trends.
Lemmy: Trends are bullshit. The funniest one was when they tried to make us get our hair cut. We had an old manager who thought we could reach a much broader audience if we would get our hair cut. I said, "That's it then, I guess we are not going to reach a much broader audience."
Classic Rock Revisited: You got to experience the early era of THE BLIZZARD OF OZ.
Lemmy: That was the first tour and that is where I met Ozzy. They came out with a better band than BLACK SABBATH. I knew that he would come out with a better band because I never liked SABBATH. I really liked Ozzy with BLIZZARD OF OZ.
Classic Rock Revisited: Did you see the talent in Randy Rhoads?
Lemmy: People get better when they are dead; I think that is true of anybody. Look at Buddy Holly and Stevie Ray Vaughan, nobody gives a fuck about them when they are alive; they are just a guy who plays guitar. Suddenly they die and they are a great influence. It is all bollocks. I am not saying Randy was not great, because he was, but the death thing really elevated things. Randy was really a quiet little guy. He was very straight and humble. He was very small, about five foot nothing. He couldn't play Asteroids for nothing; I beat him all across the United States.
Classic Rock Revisited: Is there any music that you cannot listen to?
Lemmy: Hip-hop. I think that is the worst music black people have ever made. I started out because of black people's records. I started out with the blues and then got into Chuck Berry and then Stax Records and Motown. Is hip-hop an extension of that? I don't think so. I would kill for Little Richard, as he is the best rock n' roll ever.
Classic Rock Revisited: You have done well with the opposite sex. What is your secret?
Lemmy: Don't stop talking. Just blitz them into it and be a gentleman. Be a right guy as chicks see a lot of wrong guys. I have always been a gentleman. Hendrix was a gentleman too. You wouldn't have thought that. Hendrix used to jump up and pull chairs out for chicks and I have always been like that too. There are some extreme feminists that would say it was patronizing but I don't see it like that. I just see it as good manners. All the ones that complain are ugly motherfuckers that wouldn't get any dates anyway.
Classic Rock Revisited: Neither MOTÖRHEAD or Lemmy have given into trends.
Lemmy: Trends are bullshit. The funniest one was when they tried to make us get our hair cut. We had an old manager who thought we could reach a much broader audience if we would get our hair cut. I said, "That's it then, I guess we are not going to reach a much broader audience."
Classic Rock Revisited: You got to experience the early era of THE BLIZZARD OF OZ.
Lemmy: That was the first tour and that is where I met Ozzy. They came out with a better band than BLACK SABBATH. I knew that he would come out with a better band because I never liked SABBATH. I really liked Ozzy with BLIZZARD OF OZ.
Classic Rock Revisited: Did you see the talent in Randy Rhoads?
Lemmy: People get better when they are dead; I think that is true of anybody. Look at Buddy Holly and Stevie Ray Vaughan, nobody gives a fuck about them when they are alive; they are just a guy who plays guitar. Suddenly they die and they are a great influence. It is all bollocks. I am not saying Randy was not great, because he was, but the death thing really elevated things. Randy was really a quiet little guy. He was very straight and humble. He was very small, about five foot nothing. He couldn't play Asteroids for nothing; I beat him all across the United States.
Classic Rock Revisited: Is there any music that you cannot listen to?
Lemmy: Hip-hop. I think that is the worst music black people have ever made. I started out because of black people's records. I started out with the blues and then got into Chuck Berry and then Stax Records and Motown. Is hip-hop an extension of that? I don't think so. I would kill for Little Richard, as he is the best rock n' roll ever.
Classic Rock Revisited: You have done well with the opposite sex. What is your secret?
Lemmy: Don't stop talking. Just blitz them into it and be a gentleman. Be a right guy as chicks see a lot of wrong guys. I have always been a gentleman. Hendrix was a gentleman too. You wouldn't have thought that. Hendrix used to jump up and pull chairs out for chicks and I have always been like that too. There are some extreme feminists that would say it was patronizing but I don't see it like that. I just see it as good manners. All the ones that complain are ugly motherfuckers that wouldn't get any dates anyway.
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