{"id":241745,"date":"2026-03-14T15:08:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T19:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2026\/03\/14\/phil-campbell-longtime-motorhead-guitarist-dies-at-64\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T15:08:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T19:08:13","slug":"phil-campbell-longtime-motorhead-guitarist-dies-at-64","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2026\/03\/14\/phil-campbell-longtime-motorhead-guitarist-dies-at-64\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Campbell, Longtime Mot\u00f6rhead Guitarist, Dies at\u00a064"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tPhil Campbell, the longtime guitarist of Mot\u00f6rhead<\/a>, has died. He was 64.<\/p>\n

\n\tCampbell\u2019s death was announced Saturday (March 14) through the Instagram<\/a> account for his band, Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cIt is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved father, Philip Anthony Campbell, who passed away peacefully last night following a long and courageous battle in intensive care after a complex major operation,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cPhil was a devoted husband, a wonderful father, and a proud and loving grandfather, known affectionately as \u2018Bampi\u2019. He was deeply loved by all who knew him and will be missed immensely. His legacy, music and the memories he created with so many will live on forever.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe reason for Campbell\u2019s original operation remained unclear at press time.<\/p>\n

\n\tBorn in Wales in 1961, Campbell began his music career in the 1970s with the metal band Persian Risk before being recruited by Lemmy Kilmister to join Mot\u00f6rhead in 1984 following the departure of guitarist Brian Robertson. At the time, Michael \u201cW\u00fcrzel\u201d Burston was also a guitarist for Mot\u00f6rhead, remaining with the band until 1995.<\/p>\n

\n\tCampbell\u2019s first album with Mot\u00f6rhead was the band\u2019s seventh, Orgasmatron<\/em>, released in 1986. He went on to become the group\u2019s longest-tenured guitarist, spending three decades with the band until they parted ways following Kilmister\u2019s death<\/a> in 2015. Campbell recorded 16 albums with Mot\u00f6rhead during his time with the metal act.<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter his time in Mot\u00f6rhead, Campbell formed Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons in 2016, and the band released three albums: The Age of Absurdity<\/em> (2018), We\u2019re the Bastards<\/em> (2020) and Kings of the Asylum<\/em> (2023). The. guitarist released his solo debut, Old Lions Still Roar<\/em>, in 2019.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Bastard Sons had been scheduled for a European tour earlier this year, but the outing was canceled \u201cdue to medical advice Phil has just received,\u201d the group announced at the time<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tMot\u00f6rhead was nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2020, but Campbell was left out of the members considered for induction. Only Kilmister, founding guitarist \u201cFast\u201d Eddie Clarke and drummer Phil \u201cPhilthy Animal\u201d Taylor were nominated. Campbell and Dee were not original members of the \u201cAce of Spades\u201d group, but they both spent more time in the lineup than Clark or Taylor.\u00a0Following an outpouring of support from fans, Campbell and drummer Mikkey Dee were added to the ballot<\/a>. The band has not yet been inducted.<\/p>\n

\n\tDee, who joined Mot\u00f6rhead in 1992 and remained with the band until Kilmister\u2019s passing, honored his bandmate on Instagram<\/a> following Campbell\u2019s passing.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHe was the funniest guy I have ever known and the best rock guitar player I have ever played with,\u201d Dee wrote. \u201cHis vibe and feel for rock music were outstanding. We wrote 12 studio albums together, and he never stopped surprising me with his extreme talent. Most of all, I will miss hanging out with the nicest guy you could ever meet.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe drummer continued, \u201cMy family and I send our thoughts to Phil\u2019s family. I truly wish them all the best for the future, and I will be right here if they ever need anything. Sleep well, my friend and rock soldier. Say hi to Lemmy, W\u00fcrzel, Filthy and Eddie. I am sure you\u2019ll be a crazy gang hanging out together again!\u201d<\/p>\n


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Phil Campbell, the longtime guitarist of Mot\u00f6rhead, has died. He was 64. Campbell\u2019s death was announced Saturday (March 14) through the Instagram account for his band, Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons. Related Gone But Not Forgotten: Musicians We Lost in\u00a02026 Lemmy Kilmister, Mot\u00f6rhead Frontman, Dies at\u00a070 Mot\u00f6rhead to Mark 50th Anniversary With Release of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-241745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241745\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}