Friday, May 23

• Lemmy Kilmister Documentary Planned

  A documentary profiling the life and career of Motorhead's legendary bass-playing frontman Lemmy Kilmister is currently in the works, says The Hollywood Reporter. The film is slated for a 2009 release and will include tributes from assorted rock luminaries, including Slash, Alice Cooper, Steve Vai, Dave Grohl, Mick Jones and for some reason wrestler Triple H.

  Sporting a trademark handlebar mustache and warbling raspy vocals into a microphone stationed a foot above his head, Kilmister propelled Motorhead to heavy metal greatness in the '70s and '80s with hits like "Ace of Spades" and "Hellraiser." He was reportedly the primary inspiration for Harry Shearer's Derek Smalls character in the 1984 mocumentary classic This is Spinal Tap.

  Source: The Hollywood Reporter.

  
  

  Posted 05/23/2008 by Thomas

  Related: Lemmy Kilmister | This Is Spinal Tap

Wednesday, April 25

• Spinal Tap to invade Wembley

  Variety reports that the members of the seminal British heavy metal band Spinal Tap are set to once again reunite. They'll be joining the lineup of Live Earth, Al Gore's tribute to himself concert to raise environmental awareness at London's venerable Wembley Stadium in July, where they'll debut their new single "Warmer than Hell."

  The band, famously profiled in Marty Di Bergi's pioneering "rockumentary" This is Spinal Tap, is no stranger to political activism. Tap's 1967 hippie anthem "(Listen to the) Flower People," a passionate plea for peace and love, was their first major hit.

  
  

  Posted 04/25/2007 by Thomas

  Related: This Is Spinal Tap