Edward Allan Clarke
October 5, 1950 - January 10, 2018
Former Motorhead guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke has died. According to sources, Clarke passed away yesterday in a hospital after a battle with pneumonia. The news of Clarke's death was confirmed by Motorhead's Facebook page in a post, also adding that Clarke passed away peacefully. Clarke was 67.
Clarke's career began at the age of fifteen, playing in several local bands. Prior to joining Motorhead, Clarke was in and out of several bands including Curtis Knight's Zeus and Blue Goose. With each of these bands, Clarke recorded an album or two with each of them from 1974 to 1975. Clark eventually joined Motorhead in 1976 after meeting drummer Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor. The two are said to have met when Clarke was working on refitting a houseboat. Taylor introduced Clarke to Motorhead's bassist and frontman, Lemmy Kilmister. With that, Clarke was in the group. From 1976 to 1982, this line-up of Motorhead would go on to create the band's first five studio albums (Motorhead, Overkill, Bomber, Ace of Spades and Iron Fist). Many fans consider this line-up of Lemmy, Taylor and Clarke to be the band's classic line-up.
Clarke left Motorhead in 1982 following the release of Iron Fist. The following year, Clarke joined Fastway- a supergroup originally formed by him and UFO bassist Pete Way. Rounding out the line-up was former Humble Pie drummer Jerry Shirley and future Flogging Molly singer Dave King. Despite the band's revolving door of members, Clarke stuck with the group until their split in 1990. Fastway would reunite in 1997 and 2007. The band's last album was 2011's Dog Eat Dog, which featured singer Toby Jepson. Clarke's last album was his one and only solo effort- 2014's Make My Day-Back to the Blues. While Clarke kept busy throughout his career, he still found time to reunite with Motorhead for one-off performances over the years.
Clarke is the fourth former member of Motorhead to pass away. He his predeceased by guitarist Wurzel (2011) and his bandmates- Phil Taylor and Lemmy Kilmister (both 2015).
Clarke left Motorhead in 1982 following the release of Iron Fist. The following year, Clarke joined Fastway- a supergroup originally formed by him and UFO bassist Pete Way. Rounding out the line-up was former Humble Pie drummer Jerry Shirley and future Flogging Molly singer Dave King. Despite the band's revolving door of members, Clarke stuck with the group until their split in 1990. Fastway would reunite in 1997 and 2007. The band's last album was 2011's Dog Eat Dog, which featured singer Toby Jepson. Clarke's last album was his one and only solo effort- 2014's Make My Day-Back to the Blues. While Clarke kept busy throughout his career, he still found time to reunite with Motorhead for one-off performances over the years.
Clarke is the fourth former member of Motorhead to pass away. He his predeceased by guitarist Wurzel (2011) and his bandmates- Phil Taylor and Lemmy Kilmister (both 2015).
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