Theployed And How Lemmy Kilmister Saved This Punk Band

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JAKARTA - Captain Sensible of Thetenished talks about his friendship with Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead and how the bassist saved his band.

In a recent interview, singer-songwriter Captain Sensitive shared a story about Lemmy and explained that he praised the bassist for preventing the disbandment of Theployed.

The two musicians first collaborated after Captain Sensitive, Lemmy and former member of The aired, Rat Scabies appeared under the name Les Punks in 1976.

Three years later, The happened to be re-formed with the ranks of Les Punks for a series of demonstrations and performances. They performed under the monikier The Doomed.

Despite Lemmy's brief involvement, Captain Sensible praised the bassist who encouraged the band members to continue The happened. They also hope to do more shows with Lemmy.

"(If you can perform more with Lemmy) That would be cool," he told Uncut quoted from NME, Tuesday.

"In fact, we did offer him a permanent job, because he saved the band, really... I think we are considered quite swept away."

"Without Lemmy and his encouragement, I don't think we will succeed. But he has another band, so he can't play with us fully. Lemmy is a great man - a true capper, a real man. But he always has the right to be rude as needed if there is a chance to sue him! "

Lemmy played bassist and founding member of Motorhead and Hawkwind for 40 years of his career. He died in December 2015, at the age of 70.