A massive new statue of iconic MÖTÖRHEAD leader Ian Fraser “Lemmy” Kilmister has been unveiled at this year’s edition of Hellfest, which is taking place over two weekends in June. Hellfest is an annual open-air festival held in Clisson, France and one of the biggest metal festivals in all of Europe.

The all-new Lemmy statue replaces the previous sculpture of the MÖTÖRHEAD mainman which was erected six years ago but was reportedly falling apart due to the fact that the plaster, of which it was partly composed, was seriously crumbling.

The upgraded Lemmy statue is the creation of Caroline Brisset, an emerging French sculptor who has exhibited her work in France and Belgium. Primarily inspired by energy over form and viewing the human as a subject of both fascination and fear, she constructs steel works that marry the concrete and the abstract to achieve a dreamlike effect.

Brisset was approached by Hellfest organizer Ben Barbaud last November about creating the Lemmy sculpture and she immediately agreed to get involved. “I said yes because it was a great project”, she told Ouest-France. “And it was also quite a challenge to make such a big statue in such a short time.”

Longtime MÖTÖRHEAD drummer Mikkey Dee, who has been a member of the SCORPIONS since 2016, expressed his excitement about the new Lemmy statue, sharing a photo of the sculpture on social media and writing in a caption: “Great statue/monument of Lemmy being presented at Hellfest, France. I can’t wait to come back to one of my favorite festivals in Europe. See you all there on Thursday!”

Lemmy, who celebrated his seventieth birthday on December 24, 2015, discovered two days later that he was troubled with an aggressive type of most cancers. He died two days later, on December 28, 2015, at his residence in Los Angeles.

A custom-made urn containing Lemmy‘s ashes is on everlasting show in a columbarium at Forest Garden Cemetery in Hollywood, California.

Source: Blabbermouth