Eddie Clarke obituary

Motörhead guitarist who brought a lithe, blues-influenced playing style to the heavy metal group’s soundMotörhead, the British heavy rock band, were not renowned for their good behaviour. In 1979, after playing a set at the Punkaroka Midnight Sun festival in Finland, the trio were warned by the pilot of the airliner on which they were flying home that they would be arrested if they disturbed the other passengers. On hearing this, their guitarist “Fast” Eddie Clarke po