Eddie Clarke

"Fast" Eddie Clarke earns my lasting respect as the guitarist who shaped Motörhead's golden era alongside Lemmy and Phil Taylor. There is something poignant in his being the last survivor of that classic lineup. What I love is his tone: gritty, muscular, more about building a wall of sound than showing off technique, and you can hear his fingerprints on the thrash metal that followed. His no-nonsense rock-and-roll sensibility carried through to Fastway too. He passed in 2018, but that roar keeps playing. In my book, Eddie never really stopped being current.

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Name (English)

Eddie Clarke

Name (Japanese)

エディ・クラーク

Reading

えでぃ・くらーく

Born

October 5, 1950 – January 10, 2018

Origin

Twickenham, United Kingdom

Occupation

musician / guitarist / composer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Tiger

• Official sitehttps://www.fasteddieclarke.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Fast%22%20Eddie%20Clarke
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q980220

Tags

• musician
• guitarist
• composer

Last updated

September 28, 2026

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