A unique special request made by late Motörhead frontman Lemmy before his death has been honoured after his ashes were divided up and sent out inside golden bullets to his closest friends.
The singer died in December 2015, at the age of 70 shortly after he was diagnosed with cancer.
Before his death #Lemmy asked for his ashes to be put in some bullets & handed out to his closest friends Today I received a bullet & was literally brought to tears Thank you @myMotorhead pic.twitter.com/gnI9aWe4iU
— Rev. Riki Rachtman (@RikiRachtman) March 22, 2021
The typically Lemmy request was revealed when former MTV Headbangers Ball host Riki Rachtman posted a picture on social media of the golden bullet, engraved with Motörhead man's name, he had received.
"Before his death #Lemmy asked for his ashes to be put in some bullets & handed out to his closest friends Today I received a bullet & was literally brought to tears Thank you @myMotorhead." Rachtman said.
Last year, Australian tennis player Pat Cash posted a picture of a similar bullet that was given to his friend Whitfield Crane, of the rock band Ugly Kid Joe.
A letter accompanying the bullet read: "We all know Lemmy knew many people, but he had few that he considered friends and even fewer that he considered family.
"Being that you are one of those people he considered family, we would like to share a little piece of him with you. Lemmy touched all of our lives in a way I don't think any of us could ever forget, but with these ashes you keep not only the memories you have, you keep Lemmy with you forever. He was Lemmy. He played Rock 'n’ Roll. Don’t forget him."
Meanwhile, plans for a biopic about Lemmy are moving ahead.
Lemmy is reported to be about the late rocker’s life before he joined Motörhead and is being directed by Greg Olliver, who made the 2010 documentary of the same name.
The film aims to show the "compelling, complicated and lion-hearted man" Lemmy was behind the "rock 'n' roll façade".
It will also detail his early life, working as Jimi Hendrix's roadie, and his stint in Hawkwind.
In a statement issued last summer, Olliver said: "Everything you've heard about Lemmy is probably true ... not because he was embracing rock n' roll clichés, but because he was creating them.
"Marlboro Reds and Jack Daniel's for breakfast, speed for dinner - all true.
"But behind that steely-eyed façade of rock 'n' roll was also a compelling, complicated and lion-hearted man who stayed the course and never gave up playing the music that made him happy.
"We've been carefully developing this biopic since 2013, making sure to stay true to Lemmy, Motörhead band members Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee, and all the other folks that played important roles in Lemmy's life. This will be a film they'll be proud of."
