Being Lemmy Kilmister: Performativity and Metal

Bayer G (2017)


Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2017

Journal

Book Volume: 4

Pages Range: 221–33

Journal Issue: 3

DOI: 10.1080/19401159.2017.1351859

Abstract

This essay discusses how the late Lemmy Kilmister, the driving force behind Motörhead, is framed in the film Lemmy as a rock and metal star who has fully incorporated and embodied his stage persona. This conflation of on-stage and off-stage personas brings to the fore the inherent fiction of authenticity as it is commonly attached to rock and metal music. The film, alongside other iconographic objects that present alternative Lemmies, also undermines the essentialist notion of authentic rock personalities, thereby making visible the constructed nature of such performative identities.

 

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APA:

Bayer, G. (2017). Being Lemmy Kilmister: Performativity and Metal. Rock Music Studies, 4(3), 221–33. https://doi.org/10.1080/19401159.2017.1351859

MLA:

Bayer, Gerd. "Being Lemmy Kilmister: Performativity and Metal." Rock Music Studies 4.3 (2017): 221–33.

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