Motorhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister dies

The frontman for rock band Motorhead Lemmy Kilmister has died aged 70.

Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead performs in December 2006. Mr Kilmister has died after a short fight with an aggressive cancer. Source: AAP

Lemmy Kilmister, the pioneering frontman for Motorhead, has died after turning 70.

He was the bass player, songwriter and sole consistent member of Motorhead since forming the band in London in June 1975. He had formerly been a member of Hawkwind.

Fans were informed about Mr Kilmister on the Official Motorhead Facebook page.

Motorhead drummer Mickey Dee has said the band would not join with another vocalist.

"Motorhead is over, of course. Lemmy was Motorhead," Dee told Loudwire.

Kilmister was 15 years old when he formed his first band, The Rainmakers, in 1960.

When he moved to London in 1967 he shared a flat with Jimi Hendrix's bass player Noel Redding and became a roadie for Hendrix.

In 1972 Kilmister joined Hawkwind as bass player and sang lead vocals on their best known song Silver Machine.

Kilmister was fired from Hawkwind in 1975 and formed his own band Bastard which soon changed their name to Motorhead.

The best known Motorhead song is Ace of Spades.