Motorhead singer/bass player Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister has died at the age of 70, via reports coming out of England.  He had been in ill health recently and the news of his death was first broken via D.J. and television host Eddie Trunk.  This will certainly mark the end of Motorhead, whose original drummer, Phil “Philthy Animal” Taylor also died recently.

More news as details become available.

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Rob Ross has been, for good, bad or indifferent, involved in the music industry for over 30 years - first as guitarist/singer/songwriter with The Punch Line, then as freelance journalist, producer and manager to working for independent and major record labels. He resides in Staten Island, New York with his wife and cats; he works out a lot, reads voraciously, loves Big Star and his orange Gretsch. Doesn't that make him neat?

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