#Philthy Animal (R.I.P. 2015)

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Friday, July 5: Motörhead, "Talking Head"

R.I.P. Ian Fraser "Lemmy" Kilmister (1945-2015), "Fast Eddie Clarke (1950-2018), Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor (1954-2015)

Not long into "Talking Head," Lemmy hilariously croaked “Don’t touch that dial!!!” and the tune just strutted from there.  The penultimate track on Bomber carried on with the snarling swagger that defined Motörhead in the late ‘70s, and while it wasn’t as overtly heavy as what would soon come, it was still unwashed and completely unique to these three madmen.  Fast Eddie smoked out bluesy licks over Lemmy’s clacking Rickenbacker while Philthy Phil barely kept himself from going full muppet, and Lemmy croaked out his common-sense wisdom with a hysterical mix of bemusement and outrage, and these were all the fundamental attributes that made Motörhead one of the greats. 

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Today we remember the passing of Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor who Died: November 11, 2015 in London, England

Philip John Taylor, better known as Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor, was an English drummer for the rock band Motörhead from 1975–1984 and 1987–1992, recording eleven studio albums and four live albums. The Motörhead line-up consisting of Taylor, Lemmy, and "Fast" Eddie Clarke is generally regarded as the 'classic' line-up of the band.

Born on 21 September 1954, in Hasland, Chesterfield, Taylor grew up in Leeds. He took drum lessons at Leeds College of Music on advice from his father. After meeting Lemmy, who was a fellow speed user, he joined Motörhead and replaced Lucas Fox during the recording of the band's first album On Parole in 1975. Lemmy has said that Fox wasn't working out and Taylor "had a car and could give us a lift back down to the studio". Taylor, in turn, introduced Lemmy to guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke, having worked with him while painting a houseboat.

Shortly after recording the classic Ace of Spades album in 1980, Taylor broke his neck after being lifted above the head of a friend in a test of strength, only to be dropped on his head. Taylor continued to play in Motörhead with the aid of a neck brace, as is visible in the music video for "Ace of Spades". As a result, Taylor had a prominent lump located on the back of his neck (affectionately referred to as his "knob"), thought to be a calcium deposit caused by his previous spinal trauma. Tour-disrupting injuries were not unfamiliar to Taylor at the time, as he had previously broken his hand whilst punching a man outside his flat in London. Taylor continued to drum by using gaffer tape to attach his drum stick into his hand until it had sufficiently healed.

Taylor left Motörhead in 1984. The following year, he made appearances with Waysted, and joined former Motörhead and Thin Lizzy guitarist Brian Robertson to form the band Operator. In 1986, he was part of Frankie Miller's touring band.

Taylor returned to Motörhead in 1987. He said "I always regretted leaving. Let's just say I took a three-year holiday." He continued playing in the group until 1992. After having been warned three times in the previous two years "to get his act together", he was fired after recording "I Ain't No Nice Guy", because of his poor performance.

From 2005 to 2008 Taylor played and recorded in a group called The Web of Spider with Whitey Kirst (Iggy Pop) on guitar and Max Noce on bass. In 2007 Taylor briefly worked on a project called Capricorn with former Danzig guitarist Todd Youth, former Monster Magnet guitarist Phil Caivano and former Nashville Pussy bassist Corey Parks. After playing in The Web of Spider, Taylor began work on a project with guitarist Chris Holmes, formerly of the heavy metal band W.A.S.P., and in 2009, Taylor joined American thrash metal band Overkill for a set at the Islington Academy. The set included a cover of the Motörhead song from which Overkill took their name.

He sporadically played drums for Mick Farren and The Deviants, featuring on Dr. Crow (2002), Sheep in Wolves' Clothing (2008), and Portobello Shuffle (2009).

Taylor reunited with Lemmy and Clarke on 6 November 2014 at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, on stage for Motörhead's classic "Ace of Spades" only to come on to wave to the crowd and leave.

Phil Taylor died on 11 November 2015, in London, at the age of 61 after an illness. Liver failure was cited as a cause.

"Fast" Eddie Clarke said of his former bandmate: My dear friend and brother passed away last night. He had been ill for sometime but that does not make it any easier when the time finally comes. I have known Phil since he was 21 and he was one hell of a character. Fortunately we made some fantastic music together and I have many many fond memories of our time together. Rest in Peace, Phil!

Lemmy told Classic Rock that he was "devastated" to have lost one of his best friends. He also remembered former Motörhead guitarist Michael "Würzel" Burston, who died in 2011.

I'm feeling very sad at the moment, in fact devastated because one of my best friends died yesterday. I miss him already. His name was Phil Taylor, or Philthy Animal, and he was our drummer twice in our career. Now he's died and it really pisses me off that they take somebody like him and leave George Bush alive. So muse on that. We're still going, we're still going strong, it's just first Wurzel and now Philthy, it's a shame man. I think this rock 'n' roll business might be bad for the human life.

Lemmy died on 28 December 2015, less than seven weeks after Taylor and on 10 January 2018 "Fast Eddie" Clarke also died, leaving none of the classic Ace of Spades-era Motörhead lineup alive.

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Founding Motörhead Guitarist “Fast” Eddie Clarke Dead at 67

”Fast” Eddie Clarke, founding guitarist of Motörhead and the last surviving member of the band’s original lineup, died Wednesday, according to the trio’s Facebook page.

Clarke was 67 and had been hospitalized with pneumonia.

The post said those associated with Motörhead were “devastated” by the news.

”Edward Allan Clarke - or as we all know and love him Fast Eddie Clarke - passed away peacefully (Wednesday),“ it said. “Fast Eddie, keep roaring, rockin’ and rollin’ up there as, goddamit man, your Motörfamily would expect nothing less!!!”

Motörhead frontman Lemmy and original drummer “Philthy Animal” Phil Taylor died in 2015.

Longtime band drummer Mikkey Dee mourned “the last of the three amigos” on Facebook and noted he and Clarke “always hit it off great.”

”Now Lem and Philthy can jam with Eddie again, and if you listen carefully I’m sure you’ll hear them, so watch out,” Dee wrote. “My thoughts go out to Eddie’s family and close ones.“

”Heaven just got a lot louder,” Slash bassist Todd “Dammit” Kerns tweeted. “RIP Fast Eddie Clarke. Thanks for the music. They’re all gone now.”

Clarke was with Motörhead from its eponymous 1977 debut through 1982’s Iron Fist.

He then formed the metal band Fastway, which had a run through the early 1990s, and released a few solo albums, most recently 2014’s Make My Day – Back to Blues.

"Such a shock,” former Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell wrote on Facebook. “(Clarke) will be remembered for his iconic riffs and was a true rock ‘n’ roller.”

The British rock biographer Mick Wall took to Facebook and lovingly called Clarke “49 percent motherfucker, 51 percent son of a bitch.”

On its Facebook page, Saxon called Clarke’s death “a big shock” and said, “we did not see this coming.

”We have great memories of our times with him,” the band wrote of their “good friend.”

Girlschool deemed itself “so devastated to have heard the terrible news” and offered condolences to Clarke’s family.

”Fast Eddie Clarke. R.I.P.,” Living Colour’s Vernon Reid tweeted as he quoted “Ace of Spades,” Motörhead’s most-famous track.

”The Deadman’s Hand Again…”

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Monday, January 1: Motörhead, "Shoot You in the Back"

R.I.P. Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister (1945-2015), "Fast" Eddie Clarke (1950-2018), Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor (1954-2015)

Whether it was the tightened songwriting and locked-in performances, Vic Maile’s sharp production, or in Fast Eddie Clarke’s telling, simply a very good batch of methamphetamine (probably a combination of all of the above), Ace of Spades found Motörhead leveling up in a big way and crystalizing all the facets that made them uniquely awesome.  In some cases, the shift was a little more subtle, as “Shoot You in the Back” wouldn’t have sounded out of place on either Overkill or Bomber, containing a very similar outlaw swagger and groove alongside Lemmy’s rapscallion yarn and only marginally heavier riffing.  But Maile figured out exactly how to place Lemmy’s stungun bass in the mix and made his Rickenbacker simultaneously a lead and rhythm instrument in such a way as to give Philthy Phil that much room to sway and pummel.  It was a such a perfect balance of sound and power that Motörhead was undeniable and unstoppable, and perfectly believable as marauding cowboys.  Western movies!!!

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Friday, July 14: Motörhead, "Tear Ya Down"

R.I.P. Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister (1945-2015), "Fast Eddie" Clarke (1950-2018), Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor (1954-2015)

By Motörhead standards, Overkill wasn’t nearly as heavy as most of the brawling barnburners they would put out over the next 35 or so years.  But it was more than a little shocking in 1979, and “Tear Ya Down” helped introduce the band’s overall concept with a distinctly Lemmy blend of aggression, speed and swagger.  Jimmy Miller’s mix put the vocals in the back a bit, but one could easily make out the classic Lemmy charm, and in a lot of ways the tune was closer to his vision and mission statement as it played like a grooving classic rock and roll number even with the stungun bass, unhinged drumming from Philthy Phil and Fast Eddie Clarke’s all-attitude soloing.  The basic influences were apparent, but Motörhead was an entity unto itself, and “Tear Ya Down” was a prime early instance of their singularity.

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