
In celebration of Motörhead’s upcoming 50th anniversary, Z2 gathered 50 star contributors including Dave Grohl, Ozzy Osbourne, Slash, Triple H, Chrissie Hynde,
Dee Snider and Lars Ulrich to participate in the oral history of Lemmy Kilmister
Formed in 1975 by iconic bassist/vocalist Lemmy Kilmister, Motörhead’s aggressive sound gave rise to the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. Motörhead have released 23 studio albums, 10 live recordings, 12 compilation albums, and five EPs over a career spanning 40 years, with several successful singles in the UK Top 40 and a Grammy win 2005. Enduring releases, Ace of Spades, Overkill, Iron Fist, and the live set, No Sleep ’til Hammersmith secured Motörhead their spot as perennial arena headliners. Motörhead are cited as seminal influencers by generations of thrash and speed metal bands, while Lemmy Kilmister is heralded as the poster-boy for the sex, drugs, and rock & roll lifestyle up to his 2015 passing.
NO REMORSE: THE ILLUSTRATED TRUE STORIES OF LEMMY KILMISTER AND MOTÖRHEAD kicks off this 176-page tribute with a deeply personal foreword by his dear friend Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters) and a truly touching afterword by his longtime friend and collaborator Ozzy Osbourne.
The book pairs 28 superstar contributors with 28 acclaimed illustrators to tell the stories of their true and unbelievable personal encounters with the heralded founding father of Motörhead. Recounting their history with Lemmy over the span of his life and career are the greatest living musicians – Ozzy Osbourne, Lars Ulrich, Slash, Chrissie Hynde, Dee Snider, Dave Navarro plus world-class writers Neil Gaiman, Michael Moorcock, pro-wrestling giants Triple H, Corey Graves, TV & Film luminaries including Matt Pinfield, Penelope Spheeris, Riki Rachtman, as well as his bandmates Phil Campbell, Mikkey Dee, and Slim Jim Phantom.
With a gorgeous variety of visual approaches, the artists of NO REMORSE: The Illustrated True Stories of Lemmy Kilmister and Motörhead; including Dave Chisholm, Steve Chanks, Jay Jay Jackson, and Jim Mahfood capture the many facets of these incredible TRUE TALES of Lemmy Kilmister. The cover art is illustrated and designed by comic book legend Tim Bradstreet (Punisher, Hellblazer) and features the gleam of a holographic coating on Lemmy’s classic aviator specs!
Like all Z2 collaborations, this book is packaged with an exclusive white vinyl variant of the legendary Motörhead double LP, No Remorse. Plus, a poster triptych set by renowned designer Hydro74, and a three-card collectors set presented in a custom frame featuring the art of the iconic thrash-metal painter Ed Repka (Megadeth, Super7).
STORY CONTRIBUTORS: Phil Campbell, Mikkey Dee, Sir Neil Warnock, Wayne Kramer, Michael Moorcock, Ozzy Osbourne, Chrissie Hynde, Kim McAuliffe, Slim Jim Phantom, Lars Ulrich, Neil Gaiman, Dee Snider, Slash, Steffan Chirazi, Lita Ford, Riki Rachtman, Penelope Spheeris, Dave Navarro, Mikael Maglieri Jr., Todd Singerman, Lars Frederiksen, Dave Grohl, Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque, Matt Pinfield, Josh Bernstein, Steve Luna, Corey Graves and more.
All collector editions will include the oversized deluxe volume of the NO REMORSE: The Illustrated True Stories of Lemmy Kilmister and Motörhead book which contains a metallic foil embossed slipcase, with die cuts that reveal the holographic coating on Lemmy’s classic aviator specs seen on the cover of the book. All editions available for ORDER now!