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LEMMY: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
by LEMMY KILMISTER
with JANISS GARZA

Published by Simon & Schuster in hardback on 4 November, price £16.99

White Line Fever is the autobiography of the front man of the loudest rock band ever. Motörhead are the most outrageous and excessive heavy metal band in the history of rock music and their drugged and drink-sodden antics make compulsive reading. Told with Lemmy's indomitable charisma and humour, this is Lemmy's story in his own words: a rock icon who over the past thirty years in the industry has stayed true to his music, his fans and his pleasures.

Lemmy was born Ian Fraser Kilmister in Stoke-on-Trent in 1945, the son of a vicar who walked out on his mother when the boy was just three months old. Inspired by Little Richard and Buddy Holly, Lemmy formed what would become the ultimate metal group in 1975 and named them Motörhead. The group went on to embrace a rock-and-roll lifestyle fuelled by drink, drugs and women, and in the process recorded nineteen albums and attracted a huge following. After a brief spell in the early '90s when the band fell from grace in Britain, Motörhead are back with a vengeance, gathering more fans and getting great reviews for their latest album Hammered.

Lemmy is a survivor, a rock-legend who has been there and seen it all. At 57, few could claim with any conviction to have taken more drugs, drunk more bourbon or entertained more women than Motörhead's lead singer. In this autobiography, Lemmy relates his tales of unbridled excess in his unpretentious, hugely entertaining style and ruminates on what has kept Motorhead going after 27 years.

WHITE LINE FEVER is a truly head banging tour through the last few decades of speed metal, offering a sometimes hilarious, often outrageous, but highly entertaining trip with the front man of the loudest rock band in the world.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Born Ian Fraser Kilmister in Stoke-on-Trent in 1945, Lemmy formed Motorhead in 1975. Fronting the band through the highs and lows of superstardom, Lemmy has recorded nineteen albums with Motorhead who remain at the top of their profession after 27 years. He now lives in Los Angeles.