Don’t underestimate the guitar licks he came up with . When we went to see Motörhead it was in Lemmies home town , you know , the fukn Deeside leisure center , way back , at the beginning. It was only ten miles away , just wondering if the ice would melt that’s all we thought, it was an ice rink but thankfully some one had thought of that possibility before hand and so actually out steel boots weren’t necessary, we thought, then all these MODs turned up punks and shit . Wow violence for standing in a line ? Then the Hells Angels turned up also and told them to fuck off on their hair dryer engine powered things and they did scooter off ! I felt tribal warfare for the first time as a teenager. We were all deaf for a week with a strange form of tinitus , a ringing in our ears . The Guinness book of Records said Motörhead was the loudest band , it was to be expected in Lemmys local area , we concluded.
His leads on "Overkill" and "Stone dead forever"( especially the Golden years EP) are ICONIC and truelly in the same league as the riffs itself !!! All hail to Fast Eddie Clarke, six string GOD forever!!!
Listen to those killing drum rolls and fills, damn, in his own style NOBODY will EVER beat him !!! This guy was a total machine, never forgotten !!! R.I.P. master Philthy !!!
When my band first moved to LA in 1992, Philthy lived in an apartment 3 doors down, in the heart of Hollywood. Sold some cymbals to my drummer; drove a big caddy, poor guy was in bad shape at the time...
To this day I maintained that fast. Eddie wasn't the most technical or greatest guitar player of all time. But he probably has the best tone. He was a true master of understanding his own personal musical limits and making the absolute most out of that. Plus his 70s all wood and brass stratocaster was so damn cool.
