MOTORHEAD - LEMMY's sutom urn 'A rockin' tribute'

15 January 2016

When MOTORHEAD legend Ian 'Lemmy' Kilmister died on December 28th at the age of 70 following a brief battle with an aggressive cancer, the music world lost an icon and a true originator of heavy metal. Pete Saari of the Eden Prairie-based company Foreverence hand-delivered a custom-made urn that KILMISTER’s family enlisted him to make for his ashes.

"What an honor to have worked on this piece," says Saari. "Todd, Shelly and family allowed us full creative freedom to make something remarkable. Our condolences to the Kilmister family — we’re honored we could create a rockin' tribute."

According to the StarTribune, customized with 3-D printing technology (typical cost: $2,500-$3,000), the urn was pure LEMMY, made of all-black ceramic-like material shaped like his trademark black cavalry hat, with his Ace of Spades tattoo underneath and the lyrics, “Born to lose / Lived to win.”

The urn will be on permanent display in a columbarium at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Hollywood.