Lemmy statue unveiling was sea of love - sculptor

The sculptor who created the statue of dense metallic fable Lemmy Kilmister has praised the hundreds of fans who turned retired for its unveiling, describing the assemblage arsenic a "sea of love".

The 2.25m bronze-cast statue of the Motörhead frontman was uncovered successful the singer's hometown of Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, during a ceremony connected Friday.

The memorial, which stands connected a plinth connected Market Place, was designed by Andy Edwards to commemorate 10 years since the rocker's decease and 50 years since the set was formed.

The section creator told BBC Radio Stoke the lawsuit had a "festival vibe" but was much intimate.

"It was conscionable a oversea of love. The ambiance was great... everybody was lovely," helium said.

As good arsenic impermanent speakers, including Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell, the ceremonial besides saw a procession of motorbikes get with a information of Lemmy's ashes, which were placed successful the statue.

Edwards, whose erstwhile enactment includes a celebrated Beatles statue astatine Pier Head successful Liverpool, said helium was reasoning of organising different lawsuit successful Burslem successful July to people Motörhead's 50th anniversary.

"We request this statue successful our area, we request thing to bring radical unneurotic and to amusement what benignant of radical we really are," helium added.

"I don't deliberation it [the ceremony] tin beryllium topped, which is wherefore we're reasoning of doing it again."

Bloodstock festival organiser Vicky Hungerford, who was friends with Lemmy, said she has been "on a high" since attending the event.

"You had to beryllium determination to admit however unthinkable the feeling, the vibe and the time was," she said.

Lemmy, existent sanction Ian Fraser Kilmister, was calved successful Burslem successful 1945 and aboriginal lived successful adjacent Newcastle-under-Lyme and Madeley.

He joined Hawkwind arsenic a bassist and vocalist successful 1971 earlier forming Motörhead 4 years later.

The set went connected to merchandise 23 workplace albums successful a vocation spanning 40 years until Lemmy's decease connected 28 December 2015, which came aft helium was diagnosed with prostate cancer.