Bringing the world much sadness last week it was announced that the absolute spirit of Rock ‘n’ Roll Lemmy had sadly passed on. The seemingly indestructible man has since seen all manner of Metal heads band together and now it seems the man’s reach extends into the realm of Chemisty. 

Petitioning to have one of four newly discovered Metals named after the legendary frontman fans are trying to get the man to be forever commemorated. Kicked off by business manager from York, John Wright the man states : 

“Heavy rock lost its most iconic figure over Christmas with the sudden and unexpected death of Ian ‘Lemmy’ Kilmister, said John Wright, the business support manager from York, England who started the petition. “Lemmy was a force of nature and the very essence of heavy metal. We believe it is fitting that the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry recommend that one of the four new discovered Heavy Metals in the Periodic table is named Lemmium.”

Right you are! Not only do the fans want it to be happening by Physics professor Ken Durose is also a fan of Motörhead and their illustrious legacy. However it might be a little harder than we think to get the man inducted into the periodic table. Typically elements have to be labelled after either their properties, myth, mineral, place or a scientist. By definition the rockstar wasn’t one of these although surely you could argue that a myth he know is! 

Lemmy’s memorial will take place this Saturday and will be streamed live in order for all of us Metalheads to truly honour our fallen hero.