Lemmy on stage.

Smoking is never good for you but in Motorhead icon Lemmy’s case, a humble cigarette once saved, if not his life, at least his toe.

NME reports that the hell-raising late rocker suffered from diabetes and it got so bad he was left with no choice but to schedule an appointment with the doctor to have his toe amputated.

Lemmy’s old friend Anthrax’s Scott Ian revealed in an interview with Landry.Audio, “He (Lemmy) literally almost lost a couple of toes because when he was in the throes of figuring out the diabetes and all that, a couple of his toes went black from bad circulation and all this.”

So like a dutiful and health conscious patient, the hard-boozing and chain-smoking Lemmy turns up at the surgery resembling a leather-clad vision from the gates of hell and takes his seat.

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