GUNS N’ ROSES bassist Duff McKagan has revealed that he is one of a small group of people who received a bullet from the late MOTÖRHEAD frontman Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister as a personal gift.
Duff discussed the Lemmy ashes during the latest episode of his Planet Rock show “Three Chords & The Truth,” which he co-hosts with his wife Susan Holmes McKagan.
After playing Dave Grohl, Lemmy, and Billy Gibbons’s cover of “Run Rudolph Run,” Susan said, “Dave is a good friend of ours, and a friend of us all. We also want to take a special moment to mention Lemmy Kilmister, who passed a few years back on December 28th. Long live Lemmy. We love you.”
Duff added, “Lemmy lives forever. [He was] a good friend of Grohl. We got a little tie-in there. They did music together, they did PROBOT together as well.”
Susan continued, “You got to play the Grammys with Johnny Depp and Joe Perry [HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES’ 2016 tribute to Lemmy].”
“Listen, I’m an honorary MOTÖRHEAD member,” Duff replied.