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RIP Motörhead drummer, Phil 'Philthy Animal' Taylor

Nov 15, 2015
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Ex-MOTÖRHEAD drummer Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor died on Wednesday, November 11 at the age of 61.
Taylor played in MOTÖRHEAD from 1975 to 1984 and again from 1987 to 1992. He appeared on the band's debut album, On Parole, and played on a further ten albums, including 1979's Bomber, 1980's Ace Of Spades, and 1982's Iron Fist. Former MOTÖRHEAD bandmate "Fast" Eddie Clarke posted the following tribute to his colleague:



"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 Kilmister has since posted the following on the band's Facebook page, paying tribute to his mate,

"Hello this is Lemmy from Motörhead. 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 Würzel and now Philthy, it's a shame man. I think this rock n roll business might be bad for the human life. Oh well."

RIP Phil Taylor

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