The news was revealed by Riki Rachtman, back-in-the-day host of MTV show Headbangers Ball. On Monday 22, Rachtman shared a photo of the bullet via his social media. The casing has been engraved with the name ‘Lemmy’ and placed on a black cushion in a transparent box.

He captioned the post: “Before his death #Lemmy asked for his ashes to be put in some bullets & handed out to his closest friends. Today, I received a bullet & was literally brought to tears. Thank you, @myMotorhead.”

 

Prior to Rachtman, last year former professional tennis player Pat Cash had also posted an image of one of the bullets, which was originally sent to UGLY KID JOE singer Whitfield Crane. Cash wrote, “#Lemmy (RIP) from #Motörhead asked that his ashes be put in some bullet and given out to his closest friends, last night one was presented to my mate #whitefieldCrane whilst we were having dinner at ‘Lemmys bar’ in The Rainbow."

 

Lemmy died on December 28, 2015, at age 70 from prostate cancer and heart failure.