Video: Motorhead’s ‘Jesus’ Lands His Own Biopic

“F*ck Keith Richards, f*ck all those dudes that survived the ’60s, flying around on Lear jets,” argues Foo Fighters’ front man Dave Grohl in the trailer for Lemmy: The Movie. “You know what’s Lemmy’s doing? Lemmy’s probably drinking Jack and Cokes and writing another record.”

Now, who can argue with that? Well, some probably could, but they’d have a hell of the time convincing anyone with a sense of music history that Grohl is out of his mind.

Long before he landed a gig as a roadie for Jimi Hendrix, got kicked out of Hawkwind and launched the foundational outfit Motorhead, Lemmy Kilmister was born to rock and rock hard. Which is what Motorhead has done since 1975, influencing Grohl’s Fighters, Slayer, Metallica and many, many more. Which is another way of saying that Lemmy is overdue for a rockumentary. As one fan in the trailer argues, “He’s f*ckin’ Jesus Christ!”

Lemmy: The Movie lands not like a Lear jet but a B-52 bomber on the eyes and ears of fans, doubters and sonic dilettantes. Having recently entered his 60s, Lemmy’s feted by a big-name cast: Grohl is joined by metal stars like Alice Cooper, Slash, and Ozzy, as well as punk and pop pioneers like The Clash’s Mick Jones and New Order’s Peter Hook.

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