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Ian Fraser "Lemmy" Kilmister Biography and Timeline

Follow Ian Fraser "Lemmy" Kilmister through 3 dated historical records for Great Britain.

Ian Fraser "Lemmy" Kilmister, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

3Distinct records
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1945–1975Years on this page

1945

Birth of Ian Fraser Lemmy Kilmister

Burslem · Arts / Popular Music

Birth of Ian Fraser "Lemmy" Kilmister

1972

Hawkwind

Arts / Popular Music

The addition of bassist Lemmy and drummer Simon King propel the band to greater heights

1975

Hawkwind

Arts / Popular Music

Lemmy is caught in possession of amphetamine crossing the border from the USA into Canada which is mistaken for cocaine and he is jailed, forcing the band to cancel some shows & fire him

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.