A statue of legendary heavy metal frontman Lemmy Kilmister has been unveiled in his hometown.
Hundreds of fans of the legendary Lemmy flocked to Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, on Friday to attend the unveiling of a 2,25-metre-tall black statue, made of bronze.
The monument to the singer and bassist of the band Motorhead was created by local sculptor Andy Edwards, on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of Lemmy's death and the 50th anniversary of the band's founding.
Among the guests and speakers at the ceremony was the band's guitarist, Phil Campbell, who had previously described the sculpture as "incredible".
A Motorhead fan named Nobby, who attended the event, told BBC Radio Stoke that he had been following the band since he was 15 and described the unveiling of the statue as "absolutely fantastic".
"It's incredible, it looks like he's alive. When I look at it now, it really captured the essence of Lemmy in detail. It's great," he said.
The statue contains some of Lemi's ashes, which were accompanied to the ceremony by a motocross procession.
The statue depicts Lemmy in his iconic pose, singing while playing the bass guitar.
Edwards has previously created sculptures of The Beatles, Bob Marley, Sir Alex Ferguson, Muhammad Ali and the Bee Gees.
He said that Lemmy was his hero growing up and had a big influence on his life.
"Of all the musical figures, there aren't many who have the unique greatness that Lemmy has," he said.
"He's like the embodiment of the purest spirit of rock and roll, he's one of us. I think it's right that [the statue] was made locally."
The singer, whose real name is Ian Fraser Kilmister, was born in Burslem in 1945.
He joined the band Hawkwind as bassist and vocalist in 1971, and four years later founded Motörhead.
The band released 23 studio albums during a career spanning 40 years, until Lemmy's death on December 28, 2015, after being diagnosed with prostate cancer.
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