Lemmy Thank Lemmy!
posted in `Roids |Greetings from Tromaville! With Thanksgiving right around the corner, I feel it’s important to give thanks to the people that mean the most you. This year, I am especially thankful for a real hero in Tromaville, someone to whom I am eternally grateful — Lemmy Kilmister. Lemmy has put his reputation as an iconic musician on the line for independent art by appearing in Tromeo and Juliet, Terror Firmer, and Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger Part IV, among others. He also contributed a very articulate and thoughtful forward for my book, Direct Your Own Damn Movie! From his humble beginnings as a member of the Rockin’ Vickers, to his major successes with Motorhead, to being hailed as “God” by Steve Buscemi and Brendan Fraser in Airheads, and to being a pioneer in the fight for equal rights for hermaphrodites with his famed, hilarious public service announcement in Terror Firmer, Lemmy is a permanent fixture in pop culture.
Lemmy has worked hard to help Troma keep the independent spirit alive, asking to be compensated for his time with only a bottle of Maker’s Mark and a couple of Tromettes to talk to help pass the time on our very boring movie sets! In Direct Your Own Damn Movie! Lemmy wrote that he “will always respect” me. I hope he is aware of how much that means to a broken down, drunken, impotent, failed film director like myself. On behalf of the Troma Team, I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to Lemmy for all his support, friendship, and above all, his candor.
Lloyd ‘Woops-a-Daisy’ Kaufman
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