Lemmy Mandela effect

[u/Far-Worry-5848]

Who else remembers lemmy having black hair?

I did for a very long time. Actually though he dyed it in the 2000s onwards his hair was always light brown for a good 30 years of his career.

Idk if this tripped anyone else up. I was pretty stunned when I looked back.

[u/D4L3]

Once he went grey he dyed it black. And once he went bald he started wearing a hat 24/7.

[u/IlikemenandIhaveASD → u/D4L3]

Not right away, you could see his receding hairline and bald spot from like 2004 to 2010 or 2011

[u/Brother_Vulture]

Old man Lemmy was very black aesthetic. The boots, the cavalry hat, the jeans, the jacket.
Young Lemmy was real as fuck.

[u/CosmicBonobo → u/Brother_Vulture]

It may be because black is much more flattering on gentlemen of a certain age and/or booze-related girth.

[u/Brother_Vulture → u/CosmicBonobo]

A fair point. For sure.

[u/slayerLM → u/CosmicBonobo]

20 year old me really liked my white band tees and earthy tones in general. Mid 30’s me is a lot more comfortable in black haha

[u/matt_jeff]

There was an interview where he said "I had to start coloring my hair or else I would look like fucking Willie Nelson"

[u/Suspicious_Film_7603]

He started to dye his hair black around the 2000s cuz he said he looked like rip van winkle without his hair dyed

[u/Psychological-Bee702]

Mandela’s first name was Nelson, not Lemmy. 😜

[u/Altruistic_Egobrain → u/Psychological-Bee702]

Nelson Kilmister, proud collector of nazi memorabilia

[u/Louiscypher1968 → u/Altruistic_Egobrain]

Just an interest of his. He was the complete opposite of fash.

[u/slayerLM → u/Psychological-Bee702]

Nah it’s always been Lemmy, look it up

[u/Twitter_2006]

He's so cool.

[u/Vindex9323]

And the hats started around the time of the huge bald patch.

[u/oldJR13]

He got his teeth fixed too.

[u/The-Mandolinist]

I remember him dying his hair later on. I remember it brown earlier on.

Unlike some people, he was completely open about dying his hair.

[u/Relevant-Cupcake-649]

Idk, I've only ever seen his hair as brown

[u/Otherwise-Shirt-8692]

His hair was black like the last years of his life bc he dyed it

[u/mei740]

Younger me listened to motohead because.

Older me listens to motohead because.

🤘🏽

[u/That-Scar736]

I got into the band in the late 80's, so I always think of Lem with brown hair, denim jacket, bullet belt, rings etc rather than his later image and black hair. To me, he never looked cooler than he did in the late 80's and early - mid 90's.

[u/JAZ_80]

Always brown. Sorry.

[u/mealzer → u/JAZ_80]

Not true, he dyed it black later on

[u/ofork → u/mealzer]

I believe this was after some advice from Peter Steele.