{"id":18956,"date":"2026-03-14T07:35:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T12:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=18956"},"modified":"2026-03-14T07:35:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T12:35:54","slug":"motorhead-guitarist-phil-campbell-dead-at-64","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=18956","title":{"rendered":"MOT\u00d6RHEAD Guitarist PHIL CAMPBELL Dead At 64"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SOURCE: www.loudersound.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mot\u00f6rhead<\/a> guitarist Phil Campbell has died at the age of 64.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His death was announced via a statement from Phil Campbell And The Bastard Sons<\/a>, the band also featuring his sons Todd, Dane andTyla Campbell.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The statement reads: \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.

Phil was a devoted husband, a wonderful father, and a proud and loving grandfather, known affectionately as \u201cBampi.\u201d 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.

\u201cWe kindly ask that our family\u2019s privacy is respected during this incredibly difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Campbell, who was born in Pontypridd, Wales, in 1961, was the guitarist in Mot\u00f6rhead from 1984 to their demise in 2015, following the death of frontman Lemmy,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Influenced by guitarists such as Tony Iommi, Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix, he co-founded NWOBHM band Persian Risk in 1979, playing on two singles, 1981\u2019s Calling for You<\/em> and 1982\u2019s Ridin\u2019 High<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1984, he auditioned for Mo\u2020\u00f6rhead along fellow guitarist Michael \u2018W\u00fcrzel\u2019 Burston. The pair made their debut on 1984 compilation No Remorse, <\/em>co-writing and playing on four new songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Campbell made his full studio debut on Mot\u00f6rhead\u2019s 1986 album Orgasmatron. He would go on to play on 16 album with the band, up to 2015\u2019s Bad Magic. <\/em>After the departure of W\u00fcrzel in 1995, he was the band\u2019s sole guitarist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Mot\u00f6rhead disbanded following Lemmy\u2019s passing in December 2015, Campbell formed Phil Campbell And The Bastard Sons, going on to release an EP and four albums, the most recent of which was 2023\u2019s Kings Of The Abyss<\/em>. He also released a solo album, Old Lions Still Roar<\/em>, in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February 2026, the Bastard Sons cancelled a tour of Australia \u201cdue to medical advice Phil has just received\u201d., adding: \u201cWe sincerely apologise for the inconvenience this is likely to cause our fans, but Phil’s health will always be our number one priority.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doro Pesch paid tribute to the guitarist on Instagram, writing: \u201cI’m at a loss for words. This is so sad… Phil, it was an honor to call you a friend. We will never forget you! Rest in peace!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SOURCE: www.loudersound.com Mot\u00f6rhead guitarist Phil Campbell has died at the age of 64. His death was announced via a statement from Phil Campbell And The Bastard Sons, the band also featuring his sons Todd, Dane andTyla Campbell. The statement reads: \u201cIt is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved father, Philip Anthony Campbell,… Read More »MOT\u00d6RHEAD Guitarist PHIL CAMPBELL Dead At 64<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18956"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18959,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18956\/revisions\/18959"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}