Michael Monroe received the ashes of Lemmy Kilmister as a gift

Singer-bassist Lemmy Kilmister of the legendary Motörhead band died in December 2015 at the age of 70.

Now Kilmister’s close circle has remembered this friend, a Finnish musician Michael Monroeta with a special gift.

Monroe shared a picture of a bullet engraved with the name Lemmy on his Instagram account on Wednesday. However, the gift is more than what it looks like on the outside.

– I just got an extremely special and touching gift – a bullet with some of Lemmy’s ashes inside. Lemmy is in the room with us today, Monroe writes.

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Monroe also attached a picture of a letter that had apparently been sent with the bullet. Judging from the letterhead, the shipment had come directly from Motörhead.

The letter states that Kilmister considered only a few friends and even fewer part of his family.

– Since you were one of those he experienced as part of his family, we would like to share a small piece with him. Lemmy touched the lives of all of us in an unforgettable way. These ashes will not only leave you with memories, you will have Lemmy with you forever, the letter reads.

Monroe isn’t the only one remembered with a special gift. Loudwiren according to, among others, the beak man of Judas Priest Rob HalfordGerman heavy metal singer Doro Pesch and U.S. television face Riki Rachtman have received a bullet case with Kilmister ash inside.

Rachtman said In its Twitter update in the spring of 2021, that Kilmister had hoped before his death that his ashes would be placed on bullets to be given to his closest friends.

In December, Motörhead shared a video on Kilmister’s ashes into bullets on his own Instagram account. The video also shows how they worked with the band Eddie Rocha and Emma Cederblad immortalized Motörhead tattoos on their skin. Kilmister ash was also applied to the ink used for tattoos. The British newspaper also reported in December Metro.

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Decades of friendship

Monroe became acquainted with Kilmister as early as the early 1980s in London, when an American rock singer Stiv Bators introduced the men to each other. Monroe and Kilmister quickly became good friends.

The friendship also led to joint performances. Monroe has performed several times at Motörhead’s gigs, and five years ago Monroe’s band was a warm-up on Motörhead’s tour in England.

In 2011, the men made a duet called Debauchery as a Fine Art on Monroe’s Monroe record Sensory Overdrive.

The friends last performed at one of Motörhead’s Helsinki concerts on Independence Day 2015. Three weeks later, Kilmister died of prostate cancer and heart failure. Kilmister had only been diagnosed with cancer days earlier.

– Big loss, big person, big band. Everyone can learn from his attitude, Monroe commented to Iltalehti shortly after Kilmister’s death.