He was there at the birth of rock n roll savouring Elvis, Bo Diddley and the like, watched The Beatles play early gigs in Liverpool, became an acid-dazed roadie for Hendrix, pioneered octane space rock with Hawkwind and used his speedfreak bent to invent thrash metal with Motorhead. Dude's a legend.

Highlights: Lemmy piling tirade on tirade on venemous tirade upon Sony. Drummer Philthy Animal Taylor getting trapped in his hotel room and trying to climb out a mirror he thought was a window. Lemmy speculating it may have been his one night with Girlschool's Kelly Johnson that sent her over to the other team. Hawkwind's noise generator - designed to procure epileptic fits or sudden bowel movements amongst audience members...

Only takes a weekend to read. Two hours if you're on what Lemmy's on.