Motorhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister was laid to rest before a group of family, friends, bandmates and fellow rockers in Hollywood on Saturday.
Kilmister passed away from an aggressive form of cancer at his Los Angeles home on December 28 at the age of 70.
The band said: “Today we mourn the loss of our dear friend and leader, Lemmy. As he would have wanted, raise your glass and celebrate his life today along with the entire Motorhead family. His legacy will never die.”
Manager Todd Singerman hosted the memorial service at Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery, which was streamed live to more than 250,000 viewers worldwide via the band’s YouTube channel.
Alongside a table where his father’s top hat, boots and ashes laid, Lemmy’s son Paul Inder began the proceedings with reflections on a man he didn’t meet until he was six years old but developed a close bond with through the years.
Inder said: “He was 100% real. I won the lottery when I got Lemmy. You were perfect. Travel well, my dear father. You are back out on the road for a longest tour to the great gig in the sky, we will never, never forget you. I love you.”
