He was the founder, lead vocalist, bassist and primary songwriter of the rock band Motörhead, of which he was the only continuous member, and a member of Hawkwind from 1971 to 1975.

Lemmy servers can connect to each other in a web of trust, sharing posts, comments, and communities. With Lemmy, you can easily host your own server, and all these servers are federated (think email), …

Lemmy.World is a general-purpose Lemmy instance of various topics, for the entire world to use. If you would like to make a donation to support the cost of running this platform, please do so at the …

Lemmy.org is a general-purpose Lemmy instance of various topics, for the entire world to use. New users and communities welcome!

An international (English speaking) socialist Lemmy community free of the "ML" (read: Dengist) influence of instances like lemmy.ml and lemmygrad. This is a place for undogmatic shitposting and …

Dec 24, 2025 · Who was Lemmy Kilmister and why is he the godfather of metal? Ian Fraser Kilmister, known universally as Lemmy, was the founding bassist and vocalist of Motörhead, a band that …

Jun 23, 2023 · Lemmy is a link-aggregator, similar to sites like Reddit and HackerNews. But unlike Reddit, it isn’t really a website you can visit, it is just a source code. But that code is Open Source, …

Lemmy is similar to sites like Reddit, Lobste.rs or Hacker News: You subscribe to communities that you're interested in, post links and vote and comment on them.

Lemmy is a self-hosted link aggregation and discussion platform. It's like Reddit or Hacker News, but better. Content is organized into communities, so it's easy to subscribe to topics that you are …

Jan 9, 2026 · "Lemmy Kilmister: Born to Raise Hell—The Life, Music, and Mayhem of Rock’s Loudest Legend" is the definitive biography of "Lemmy Kilmister" — the raw-nerved, chain-smoking, whiskey …