Ian Fraser Kilmister, better known by his nickname Lemmy, was an English musician, who cofounded the rock band Motörhead and steered it for the next forty years. Born in England to a chaplain-cum-concert-pianist father, he was mostly raised in Wales by his mother and stepfather. He learned to play guitar just to impress the girls in school. But, he soon developed a passion for rock and roll, deriving inspiration from renowned musicians the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, Little Richard, and Conway Twitty etc. By early 1960s, he started playing with the local bands before joining Hawkwind and remained with them for three years. Eventually, he formed his own band and served as its chief vocalist, songwriter and bassist. He quickly gathering a huge following and sold more than 15 million albums worldwide till 2016. When he died in 2015, his memorial service was not only attended by a large number of his admirers, but its live streaming on You Tube was watched by 230,000 people. Such was his popularity.