Lemmy and Motorhead at Glastonbury 2015

Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister on stage with his band at the Glastonbury Music Festival in England on June 26, 2015. (Joel Ryan/AP)

(Joel Ryan/AP)

Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister was many things--as far as metal fans go, he was basically God--but among them was a master "Tempest" player.

As Portland's Ground Kontrol shared on Facebook on Tuesday, the legendary frontman made a surprise visit to the arcade-bar in 2009, notching two of the top three high scores on the vintage Atari game. It was his favorite, he told Ground Kontrol. Then he put the roomful of gamers on the guest list for Motorhead's Roseland Theater show that night.

Lemmy visited Ground Kontrol on 10/3/09 before Official Motörhead played the Roseland Theater. He put up 2 high scores... Posted by Ground Kontrol Classic Arcade on Tuesday, December 29, 2015

The hard-partying musician's death at 70, days after his birthday and a cancer diagnosis, was announced on Monday. Motorhead, the group he led for decades, will retire, drummer Mikkey Dee told reporters.

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