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The memorial service at Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery was streamed live to more than 250,000 viewers worldwide via the band's YouTube channel. Motorhead manager Todd Singerman hosted the service, which featured a backdrop of Lemmy's Marshall amplifiers alongside images the band through the years on a table where his ashes and famous top hat and boots were displayed.

The service opened with a farewell by Lemmy's son Paul Inder. "He was 100% real," said Inder. "I won the lottery when I got Lemmy. You were perfect. Travel well, my dear father. You are back out on the road for a longest tour to the great gig in the sky, we will never, never forget you. I love you."

Motorhead drummer Mikkey Dee paid tribute to his fallen bandmate, saying "I miss you already, Lemmy. I miss our arguments and our hard work in the studio and on the road. It was so much fun, and I will miss it forever. Try to take it a little easier on the other side. Rest in peace. See you soon."

A lengthy list of musicians followed, including Judas Priest's Rob Halford, Lars Ulrich and Robert Trujillo of Metallica, Matt Sorum, Bob Kulick, and Mike Inez of Alice In Chains.

Slash offered his own salute, saying "Lemmy was somebody that I feel blessed to be friends with. He was such a great example of what my peers wanted to be. More integrity than anybody. 100 loyal. All these fine attributes."

Dave Grohl closed the service with tales of Lemmy's hospitality and friendship, and the pair's admiration for one of rock's pioneers. "He and I shared a love of Little Richard," explained Grohl, who said he ran into Little Richard's son at LAX airport, who introduced the Foo Fighter to his idol before walking away with an autographed biblical pamphlet.

Grohl then took the pamphlet out of his jacket pocket. "I wanted to give it to him for his birthday," he said, before choking up while reading a psalm titled "Precious Lord, Take My Hand."

The group were finally selected for inclusion in the Rock Hall last month, with the nod given to Roger Glover, Ian Paice, Ritchie Blackmore, David Coverdale, Rod Evans, Ian Gillan, Glenn Hughes and Jon Lord.

Simper tells TeamRock's Malcolm Dome: "The first I knew about the Hall Of Fame induction was when I read about it and fans were complaining that I wasn't being inducted.

"Maybe I am being naive, but I always thought that if a band gets into the Hall Of Fame then all members, past and present, are part of it. Obviously not.

Skid Row have insisted there would be no reunion following the departure of singer Tony Harnell last month - but Bach thinks it's now time for both parties to put the past behind them.

The vocalist says in response to a fan tweet, "Only way a Skid Row Reunion could happen is if we somehow tried2 bury a 20 year hatchet between us. Would love the chance to do so."

The band say: "The time has come Kiss Navy! You are being called into action for another head-banging, fist-pumping mission at sea on The Kiss Kruise VI. What exactly is lurking in the shadows during this adventure of the deep? All manner of creatures from the depths of the sea - that's what.

The band say in a statement: "It is with great sadness and regret that due to some health issues for one of the band, we will not be able to embark on our 2016 US tour.

Curated by Collins himself, the albums come with extra material including demos, b-sides, live performances and new artwork featuring the artists recreating his poses from the original covers.

The drummer now reveals the second phase of the series will be issued next month. Collins says: "We are pleased to announce that the Hello I Must Be Going and Dance Into The Light reissues will be released on February 26."

Led a by a UK No. 1 cover of The Supremes' You Can't Hurry Love, 1982's Hello I Must Be Going peaked at No. 2 on the UK charts on its way to triple-platinum sales and Collins' first Grammy and Brit Award nominations.

But the 48-year-old says he wouldn't reunite with bassist D'arcy Wretzky, drummer Jimmy Chamberlin and guitarist James Iha again, having previously described the trio as "two drug addicts and one major pain in the ass."

Corgan tells Jennifer Weigal (via Loudwire): "I have no interest in doing anything that's inorganic. I have people in my band now that I talk to - and they don't want to talk to me and I don't want to talk to them.

Singer West tells Blabbermouth: "It started about five years ago when Craig Goldy contacted me and said he'd like to do something because we'd played together, doing some covers in an all-star thing called Hollywood Allstarz."

Powell died in a car crash in 1998 aged 50 - ending a career which included stints with Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Whitesnake, Jeff Beck, Gary Moore, Thin Lizzy and more.

Trujillo tells the Huffington Post: "The most important thing that I tell young people is to have fun. Back in the day in the music business, bands would get these multi-million dollar record deals and that was the big thing, 'We got a record deal! We got a record deal!'

"That's not the way it is anymore, it's about making music and having fun. Don't make music to make money, because that's not why you should be doing it. Have fun, be creative, and embrace the past.

Blythe tells Metal Hammer's Chris Chantler: "I'm working on an outline for a book, but that's about as much as I can do while I'm on the road. Writing a book makes writing a record look like going to kindergarten. It's a much more tense, concerted, extended, creative effort - it requires a lot of focus that this environment does not provide.

"It's set 50 to 100 years in the future. I'm wracking my brain right now, because you have to figure out all sorts of little things we don't think about, because of the incredibly rapid advancement of technology.

Filming will start at the NAMM convention in Southern California at the end of January and continue on the band's run of UK shows, which starts in Swindon on January 30.

The band are also plotting a new album, on which they hope to explore jazz or blues influences. Hayes says: ""We're going to make a new Gov't Mule record soon. I still want to make a jazz-influenced instrumental record, which I've never done.

The annual award, which celebrates artists and designers of vinyl record cover art, recognizes the work of Dave Stansbie and Rupert Truman from The Creative Corporation among 50 finalists nominated by a panel of music design experts and previous Best Art Vinyl Award winners.

Gilmour says: "I am thrilled that the artwork to Rattle That Lock has received the Art Vinyl award. I'd like to offer my congratulations and thanks to Dave Stansbie and the team at The Creative Corporation for the brilliant work that they have done for me.

Staples said recently: "I told the writers I was looking for some joyful songs. I want to leave something to lift people up - I'm so busy making people cry. Not from sadness, but I'm always telling a part of history that brought us down. I'm trying to bring us back up."

Hughell says the album, "takes the listener on a roller coaster of extreme highs and lows which parallel the emotions one would experience after having the misfortune of inhaling one of the world's hottest chillies."

Frontman Dani Winter-Bates says: "Last Light is about the acceptance of death. The video uses animation, which is something we've never done and it turned out awesome.

Hell To Pay follows previews of Snake Charmer and By The Blood as the third tune issued ahead of the project's release next month.

Vocalist Jasen Moreno says: "It's about the futility of regret. It's about the danger in second guessing yourself. It's about battling depression. It's about closure."

The follow-up to 2013's Resilience was produced by Jason Suecof (Trivium, August Burns Red, Deicide) and recorded at Audio Hammer studios in Sanford, Florida.

He tells Billboard: "The music means so many different things to so many people. We hear over and over about how the lyrics affect people. Tyler covers some pretty heavy subjects. On the previous record, he tackled depression and suicide, helping kids to understand that there is always an answer when you're down, and suicide is not it.

Available on CD and CD/DVD combo, the band's first full-length film presents a 10-song acoustic concert of their most popular songs recorded in Los Angeles last October in front of a live audience of 100 female fans.

The set is rounded out with vignettes showcasing the comedic skills of the group. Bassist Lexxi Foxx says: "It was so much fun playing our songs on these new wooden guitars in my mom's garage!

She tells ABC News Radio: "We're definitely working on new stuff. We have about four new songs now and we only need a few more, and we'll have enough for a new full-length record, which should be ready by June. We have to make sure it's truly great, which we're in the process of doing."

On the band's sound, guitarist and vocalist Liam Downey tells Upset: "One of my friends says we're louder than Nirvana. And we are subjected to grunge by default but it's not that bad. Mudhoney is cool but Tad is rad.

"I see us as another spinoff of new wave music. I love Devo. I don't think any of us are into one style, we all have our conventions, we're all really snobby artists but at the same time we're normal people who listen to Backstreet Boys because it's what we heard growing up.