White Line Fever by Lemmy Kilmister and Janiss Garza

This autobiography allows Ian Fraser Kilmister, better known to the world as "Lemmy", to tell the story of how he came to be the front man for one of the loudest bands in the world, Motorhead. This book is hilarious in some parts, sweet in some parts and he does not mince words-he tells it as it is, no matter who it might offend

-He was born Ian Fraser Kilmister on December 24, 1945 in the city of Burslem, in Stoke-on-Trent, England. He grew up an only child in the city of Colwyn Bay in Wales. As he got older, he often ran into trouble at school, as a result of not wanting to follow orders from the teachers. He states the reason he got into music was to meet girls. Sure enough, when he got old enough, he bought himself a guitar and suddenly girls started noticing him

-Some of the first bands he played in included the Rocking Vicars, Opal Butterfly and Hawkwind. He worked as a roadie for Jimi Hendrix and he firmly states Jimi was one of the nicest guys he's ever met. He talks about seeing The Beatles live and how he was just blown away. He said The Rolling Stones were okay, but for him The Beatles were better

Opal Butterfly

The Rocking Vicars (the internet has the name spelled incorrectly)

-He had a short stint with Hawkwind, and that he was fired from the band for possessing cocaine. He states it was not cocaine, but amphetamine. He was crossing the border into Canada with the band and border patrol caught him. After testing the narcotics found on him, it came up positive for cocaine. He states the members of Hawkwind had been looking to fire him anyway. This now gave him an opportunity to form a new band, which he named Motorhead after the last song he wrote with Hawkwind, which was "Motorhead". He discovered that this was an American slang term for a meth user

-Some of the earliest members of Motorhead included Larry Wallis, Lucas Fox. He finally settled on Phil Taylor for drums and Eddie Clarke for guitar. They made quite a few albums, including Ace of Spades, Bomber, Iron Fist, Another Perfect Day. When Eddie left the band, according to Lemmy, Eddie left and came back multiple times, Brian Robertson of Thin Lizzy joined the band. Lemmy states Brian would dress oddly on stage, dressing in a way that heavily clashed with the look Motorhead was known for. Phil left for a short time in the mid 1980s, which meant a new drummer came in, one named Pete Gill. When Brian Robertson left, in came another guitarist named Michael Burston, who went by the nickname Wurzel. Lemmy often nicknamed Phil Taylor Clumso because he was so uncoordinated. Because of this, Phil ended up in a hospital almost everywhere they went. Lemmy jokes that they should have written a book about all of the hospitals Phil ended up in

Larry Wallis

Lucas Fox

"Philthy" Phil Taylor

"Fast" Eddie Clarke

Put the three together and you get Motorhead

Brian Robertson

Pete Gill

Michael Burson, aka "Wurzel"

-Lemmy is strongly supportive of women in music. He had wanted to make a song with Tina Turner, but never got the chance. Over time, he became good friends with all female hard rock band Girlschool. He states he would go to bat for them. It turned out that Girlschool and Motorhead were on the same label, Bronze Records, so that is how Girlschool ended up opening for and even touring with Motorhead

-He jokingly said one time he was ill and was told that his blood was so toxic that actual human blood would kill him. He was told that because of all the substances in his blood that fresh, pure human blood would actually do more harm than good

-As the 1980s progressed to the 1990s and 2000s, Lemmy would state that he and the band seemed to have issue after issue with management and labels until they found one that finally worked for them. As usual, they would record their albums and the fans would be happy, but the labels they were on were not pushing the album as the band had hoped. The band would also change lineups, bringing in new guitarist Phil Campbell and new drummer Mikkey Dee. Lemmy would see Phil Campbell leave and come back multiple times and Mikkey would be hard to understand when he talked sometimes due to his heavy Swedish accent

Phil Campbell

Mikkey Dee

-Towards the mid to late 2000s, Lemmy's health started declining. People started noticing how painfully thin he was getting. He was diagnosed with diabetes, meaning he had to strongly cut back on his iconic Jack Daniel's and Coke and he had to start taking better care of himself. He was doing good after a while, but he ended up getting diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. He went in to his room at home to lie down for a while and never woke up. When the news of Lemmy's death hit the media, fans all over the world mourned his passing