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Hollywood Vampires to Honor Motörhead’s Lemmy at the Grammys

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - SEPTEMBER 24: (L-R) Johnny Depp, Duff McKagan, Alice Cooper and Joe Perry perform as The Hollywood Vampires during Rock in Rio on September 24, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Dave J Hogan/Getty Images)

Alice Cooper and the rest of Hollywood Vampires will pay tribute to the late Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister with a performance at the Grammys next week. The band – which features Johnny Depp, Aerosmith‘s Joe Perry and Guns N’ Roses‘ Duff McKagan, among others — will also play the live premiere of a new song, “As Bad as I Am.”

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“Lemmy was one of those salt-of-the-earth guys,” Cooper told Rolling Stone. “Find me somebody who didn’t love Lemmy. He’s just one of those guys that’s impossible not to like.”

The Grammys will air live next Monday, February 15 on CBS starting at 8 p.m. EST.