United Kingdom, May 24 -- Motorhead frontman Lemmy once tried to get Kim Wilde drunk on vodka in his dressing room.

Kim, 64, met the late heavy metal legend - who died from prostate cancer along with cardiac arrhythmia and congestive heart failure at the age of 70 in 2015 - at the start of her career and notorious boozer kept topping up her cup in a bid to get her tipsy.

However, Kim's chaperone dragged her away, although the pop icon considers Lemmy to have been an "absolute sweetheart".

Kim - who launched her pop career in 1981 at the age of 20 following the release of 'Kids in America' - explained to The Big Issue magazine: "I was very lucky. Both of the record companies that I worked for at the time got me travelling.

"When I was ...