Motorhead Fans Watch Lemmy's Funeral Online

More than 230,000 people logged onto YouTube to watch a live stream of Lemmy's funeral in Los Angeles, where the Motorhead frontman's friends and family have paid their respects.

The musician's son, Paul Inder, led tributes to the 70-year-old, who died on 28 December just two days after learning he was terminally ill with an extremely aggressive cancer.

He said: "Travel well, my dear father. You are back on the road for a longest tour to the great gig in the sky - we will never, never forget you. I love you."

According to Mr Inder, who is now a successful record producer, his father had "felt something was wrong" last August and had appeared frail - but never complained that he was in pain.

The private ceremony, which was being held at the Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery, had a distinctive rock and roll feel - and next to a lectern at the front of the chapel was a table decorated with a top hat, cowboy boots and bottles of Jack Daniel's.

Slash, the Guns N' Roses guitarist, said Lemmy - whose real name was Ian Kilmister - had "more integrity in one finger than a whole roomful of rock 'n' rollers", adding he was "honoured" to have been friends with the Staffordshire-born musician.

At times, the chapel was filled with laughter as stars shared their stories.

Triple H, a famous WWE wrestler who used Lemmy's music with Motorhead for his entrances, said: "I remember going to him one time after getting beaten again and walking up to him to shake his hand.

"I gave him a hug and he looked right at me and he goes… 'man, you suck - you can't win a match to save your life!'

"I probably looked at him stunned and he grabbed me by the back of my neck and he said 'that's why you're perfect for Motorhead'."

Back in the UK, his loyal fans "raised a glass or six" as the ceremony took place, and vowed to give him a proper Motorhead send-off: "loud, messy and full of random chaos".