What you're gonna do? They just look good.' I mean, the SS uniform is fucking brilliant! They were the rock stars of that time. 'From the beginning of time, the bad guys always had the best uniforms. Like Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, Hungary.' 'Also from countries who aren't even mentioned anymore as former parts of the Axis. 'I don't only collect Nazi stuff, I collect objects from all the Axis countries,' he said. Lemmy spoke about his collection of Nazi paraphernalia in a December interview with New York Waste. Though no official statement has been issued, there are reports that German prosecutors have launched an investigation. The photograph was taken to promote Motörhead's performance at the July 5 Wacken Rocks Seaside concert in Aurich, Germany.
Nazi paraphernalia is generally illegal under German law, as is anything that could be seen as promoting the movement. But frontman Ian 'Lemmy' Kilmister may have made the transition from heavy to criminal last week, after sporting a Nazi cap for a German newspaper's photoshoot. The heavy metal band is renowned for, well, being heavy. Nobody expects Motörhead to be a gang of sweethearts.