We're standing behind
the pressured air of
Murder One, Lemmy's notorious
amp as
Phil Campbell, the Lord Axesmith
himself dances
A kind of Monty Python
Jig onto the
Stage. The decibel level is
more less than
I remember from gigs past most
specifically House of Blues in '95,
But we're all older now, still
Hard, and sexy, and mellow as the
smoke that
Dangles forbidden in the air like
lace
Lemmy's buzz-bomb
Bass joins Mikkey Dee's precision
skins,
He won't be Killed except by
Death as Phil's fingers slay the
Fretboard wringing wa wa wa wa
From the corner a familiar
body long and muscular, fit as fuck
Not just for her age, it's Cherie
Currie from The
Runaways, belts the song
KIlled by Death
Killed by Death
Killed by Death
The crowd goes mental it's a
frozen memory later
Backstage Lem buys me a beer as
promised
We discuss Cherie's memoir on
which the movie was based then
He has to go. I only remember standing next to him he was
Wearing a suit as he shifted Bowie-like into another costume he was
One of the kindest and most
Compassionate people I've ever
Met, a true gentleman for years I
kept that
Signed beer atop a bookshelf.
We're all grayer now.
Lemmy passed in 2015. Cherie Currie is a MAGA asshole but
No bitch
we aint dead
Yet.
Alex S. Johnson's music journalism career began in 1994 and has encompassed being a staff writer for the renowned Zero Tolerance and Metal Maniacs magazines as well as being a contributor to Metal Hammer and Horns N' Hails. Journalism coincided with a career as a dark fiction author, editor and publisher. Johnson's forthcoming anthology Hand Of Doom: A Literary Tribute to Black Sabbath, which he edited, features such original work from such acclaimed names as Anna Taborska, Christi Nogle, John Shirley, Gemma Files and John Langan. He lives in Carmichael, California with his family.
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