KOTAKU.COM reports, the SUPER MARIO (video game) character LEMMY KOOPA was inspired and named after LEMMY KILMISTER, bassist/vocalist of UK metal legends MOTORHEAD.
LEMMY KILMISTER himself enjoyed video games and arcades as a hobby.
UK based heavy metal legends MOTORHEAD confirmed bassist/vocalist LEMMY KILMISTER (IAN FRASER) passed away 12/28/2015 to cancer at 70.
MOTORHEAD's released "BAD MAGIC", 8/28/2015 via UDR MUSIC.
FROM KOTAKU: The true story behind the naming of Super Mario's seven koopalings.
http://kotaku.com/how-a-mario-character-was-named-after-motorheads-lemmy-1750180427?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Facebook&utm_source=Kotaku_Facebook&utm_medium=Socialflow
FROM BILLBOARD:
http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6828163/lemmy-kilmister-super-mario-lemmy-koopa
Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-