Artist Statement
“I was first intrigued to check out Motörhead because the guys from G.B.H. were in a few photos wearing Motörhead t-shirts with the band's great "snaggletooth" logo. "Ace of Spades" is the first Motörhead song I heard, and I didn't know how to categorize it – punk, metal, hard rock?…but I knew it sounded AWESOME! The lyric "you know I was born to lose, and gamblin's for fools, but that's the way I like it baby… I don't wanna live forever!" Is an outlaw manifesto. There are tons of other great Motörhead albums and songs… "Overkill," "Bomber," 'No Class," "Too Late Too Late," "Damage Case," and
About This Print
Lemmy Damaged Case is a 2021 screen print by Shepard Fairey honoring Lemmy Kilmister, founder, singer and bassist of Motorhead. Published by Obey Giant, it is an 18 x 24 inch screen print on thick cream Speckletone paper, based on an original photograph by Tony Mottram and signed by Fairey in a numbered edition of 550. In Fairey's accompanying text he recounts discovering Motorhead through the band's snaggletooth logo and the song Ace of Spades, praises Lemmy as an iconic embodiment of the hard-rock lifestyle, and frames the print as a tribute following Lemmy's death from cancer. The image is a portrait celebrating Lemmy's enduring counterculture legacy.
Market Context
Estimated market value: 219.49. Observed range 105.0–400.0. Latest recorded sale: Nov 28, 20. Value is the median of recorded public sales (>= $100); low-high shows the observed sale range.