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Four days after his 70th birthday on Christmas Eve, 2015, Lemmy Kilmister<\/a> passed away after a brief battle with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. <\/p>\n The Mot\u00f6rhead frontman and bassist<\/a> had learned of his diagnosis just two days before his passing, which his manager, Todd Singerman, later recounted to Sky News. \u201cNobody had any idea, we just learned Saturday, two days ago, that he even had cancer, and the doctor told him he had between two to six months to live.\u201d<\/p>\n Kilmister\u2019s last birthday was spent in Los Angeles, upon returning home from tour, at the Whisky A Go Go, just next door to his beloved Rainbow Bar & Grill on Hollywood\u2019s Sunset Strip, where a life-sized bronze statue and elaborate mural now stand in his place. \u201cTwo days later, I could tell he wasn\u2019t feeling good,\u201d Singerman said. <\/p>\n Adding, \u201cSo we took him to the hospital, they release him, then after the brain scan, they found the cancer in his brain and his neck\u2026 The doctor comes with the result a couple of days later and says\u2026 it\u2019s terminal.\u201d<\/p>\n Kilmister\u2019s passing sent a genuine shock<\/a> through the rock and metal spheres: even when considering the high-wire, adrenaline-fueled lifestyle that Kilmister had lived, indulgent in every vice seemingly possible, he exuded the personality of someone immortal, and to imagine someone like him not being around any longer was difficult to fathom. <\/p>\n For Kilmister, however, the concept of death was one he never necessarily shied away from. \u201cDeath is an inevitability, isn\u2019t it?\u201d he posed to Classic Rock in 2013. \u201cYou become more aware of that when you get to my age. I don\u2019t worry about it. I\u2019m ready for it. When I go, I want to go doing what I do best. If I died tomorrow, I couldn\u2019t complain. It\u2019s been good.\u201d<\/p>\n What was Lemmy Kilmister\u2019s final recording?<\/p>\n About six months before his passing, Kilmister entered the studio for one last time. He was at Paramount Recording Studio, in his favourite room, with Swiss guitarist and songwriter Chris Declercq to work on a song to be called \u2018We Are The Ones\u2019. <\/p>\n Further reading: From The Vault<\/p>\n The two musicians first crossed paths ten years earlier, in 2005, at none other than Kilmister\u2019s haunt of the Rainbow Bar & Grill<\/a>. Declercq had just moved from Switzerland to Hollywood and approached Kilmister with a demo CD in hand, and the two eventually found themselves in the studio together.<\/p>\n \u201cAt that moment, never could I have ever imagined that I would end up co-writing with him and making some magic,\u201d Declercq said in a behind-the-scenes video<\/a> of the making of \u2018We Are The Ones.\u2019 <\/p>\n In the Paramount studio, Kilmister supplied lead vocals and later, bass, after hearing the first takes of the song. Declercq provided his guitar, while Josh Freese played on drums, and co-producer Martin Guigui featured synthesisers. <\/p>\n In a statement to Rolling Stone upon the single\u2019s release, Declercq shared his gratitude for having Kilmister featured on the song. \u201cYou opened a door no one else wanted to open for me. You allowed me to share precious moments with you as a composer, musician, and friend,\u201d he shared. \u201cBy helping me, you showed that you were the most generous, humble and honest man. I am honouring your gift every day, and you are forever in my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2018We Are The Ones\u2019 was finally released in December of 2017, a song of classic heavy riffs fit for a Mot\u00f6rhead track, mixed with the gravel of Kilmister\u2019s voice, as he sings of sleepless nights filled with hedonism and reckless abandon \u2013 a fitting note for his final song.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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