Dan HawcroftSocial Links NavigationDan Hawcroft was Lemmy’s PA, road manager to Motörhead, all-round good mate and "designated driver” in the band’s latter days. He is the author of Wasted Opportunities: Tour tales and stories from the road. Latest articles by Dan Hawcroft Lemmy's personal assistant looks back at six years on the road with the Motörhead legend By Dan Hawcroft published 24 December 25 Dan Hawcroft spent 24 hours a day with Lemmy and Motöhead for 11 months of each year – and he's got the scars to prove it Bands & Artists Get the Louder NewsletterSelect the newsletters you’d like to receive. Then, add your email to sign up.Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors MORE FROM LOUDER...1"Yelling, fighting, drugs, alcohol… everything always went on. At the very end, he took me to his house and gave me a sword." Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister, by those who knew him best2“Other bands flirted with the dark side. Listeners just knew these people were living it”: Jane’s Addiction represented a new form of prog when they stopped traffic with Nothing’s Shocking3Bob Dylan introduced him to The Beatles, he married the girlfriend of a Rolling Stone, and he played with Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page and meditated with David Lynch. Donovan looks back...4"It's remarkable that you can have a culture that's shunted into the west side of England that has nothing to do with the English at all." Robert Plant on how the mystique of Wales and the magic of J.R.R. Tolkien influenced Led Zeppelin5"They get back to me like, 'You know, there's going to be how many hundred million people watching this thing. You have to do it'" How Creed's 2001 half-time show went from unifying the nation to fuelling their resurgence
Lemmy's personal assistant looks back at six years on the road with the Motörhead legend By Dan Hawcroft published 24 December 25 Dan Hawcroft spent 24 hours a day with Lemmy and Motöhead for 11 months of each year – and he's got the scars to prove it
