you think ozzy is the only british 50 something slightly senile burned-out rock star ?
meet Lemmy, the lead singer of the hardcore heavy metal train wreck band motorhead. mat wrote about how someone stole his hat after a recent show in san francisco, then mike watt posted this interview clip on his list today.

when reading, put on a more guttural ozzy voice - that gives you an idea of lemmy's voice.



YOU HAVE A LOT OF GOOD MEMORIES OF PLAYING IN
CLEVELAND?

Yeah, it's home of the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame, which is a piece of shit. I've never
seen so much wasted space in my entire life.
It's a fuckin' gift shop, isn't it?

YOU PROBABLY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BEING
INDUCTED.

I don't think I would accept. I'd tell 'em to
fuck off.

DID YOU DO A LOT OF SPEED IN THE 70s?

Oh, yes. But I don't really want you to print
shit like that because it gets the police on
my ass. Ask me about something else.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF 'THE OSBOURNES' ?

I haven't seen it yet, but I don't look
forward to seeing it. I think it's kind of
weird.

WOULD YOU WANT A CAMERA FOLLOWING YOU AROUND?

Fuck no. I fuckin' knock it down the fuckin'
toilet. Then again, I haven't got a family,
so my life isn't very interesting. You would
just have to sit and watch me play video
games for a whole episode. When you live on
your own, you have to make your own amusement.

TELL ME A BIT ABOUT THE SONG 'BRAVE NEW
WORLD.' IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE DOWN ON LIFE
AFTER THE MILLENNIUM.

Is that unusual? Is that difficult for you to
comprehend? If you're not down on the shit
that's been going on with your government,
then there's something wrong with you.

WELL, PRESIDENT BUSH HAS A HIGH APPROVAL
RATING...

Give him 2 months. Wait until more body bags
start coming back.

YOU'VE BEEN ANTI-WAR FOR SOME TIME.

War is obviously stupid. The more you study
it, the stupider it is. A whole generation of
England vanished in 1916. I wrote a song about
that. This is the same thing. It's just that
we kill people from further away. You notice
you never got any pictures from Afghanistan.

ANY NEW BANDS YOU LIKE?

I manage to get out of my wheelchair now and
again. I used to like Skunk Anansie, but they
broke up last year. They were really good, the
best band out of England in 10 years. I like
Nashville Pussy, too. There's a lot of good
bands coming out of Sweden.-- Backyard Babies and Hardcore Superstar.

WHAT KEEPS YOU GOING?

A relentless determination not to let those
bastards be right.

WHO ARE THOSE BASTARDS?

All those people who said we were a
five-minute band, and we'd be gone soon. That
was a long time ago, but I'll never forget it.
I proved it to them, didn't I? They're all
gone and I'm still here. So fuck 'em.