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centerfieldmaz top albums of 2015

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HALESTORM - INTO THE WILD LIFE     VOLBEAT - OUTLAW GENTLEMEN & SHADY LADIES   IRON MAIDEN - BOOK OF SOULS       QUEENSRYCHE- CONDITION HUMAN     MOTORHEAD - BAD MAGIC         KOBRA & THE LOTUS - WORDS OF THE PROPHETS       THE V (Veronica Freeman)- NOW OR NEVER   HYSTERICA - ALL IN       BENEDICTUM - OBEY      THUNDERMOTHER - ROCK & ROLL DISASTER       A SOUND OF THUNDER - LESSER KEY OF SOLOMON   LYNCH MOB - REBEL        SIXX:A.M. - MODERN VINTAGE         DAVID GILMOUR - RATTLE THAT LOCK         IMPERIA - TEARS OF SILENCE        RUBICON CROSS - RUBICON CROSS      SYMPHONY X - UNDERWORLD      GIRLSCHOOL - GUILTY AS SIN       NIGHTWISH - ENDLESS FORMS MOST BEAUTIFUL       SEMBLANT- Lunar Manifesto        

Remembering Rock Legend: Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead (1945-2015)

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Ian Fraser “Lemmy” Kilmister was born on Christmas Eve 1945 In Staffordshire, England.   He professionally became known as Lemmy. The name started from a young age, due to the fact he was often borrowing money to play slot machines, using the expression “lemmy” for “lend me”. In the early sixties, he saw the Beatles play the Cavern Club & loved the attitude of the band, especially John Lennon’s sarcasm. While still in school, he saw a boy bring in a guitar & noticed all the girls surround him. He quickly bought a guitar to meet girls & then soon learned to play the Beatles- “Please Please Me”. Lemmy would play in many bands in England the sixties, most famously the Rocking Victors. He soon moved to London & got a job working as a roadie for non-other than Jimi Hendrix. For a while he shared a London Flat with Jimi Hendrix Experience bassist, Noel Redding. In the early seventies Lemmy joined the space rock group; Hawkwind & sang lead on their biggest song “S