Ex-Motorhead drummer Phil 'Philthy Animal' Taylor dies aged 61.

Phil “Philthy Animal” Taylor, the former drummer with British rock band Motorhead, has died.

The 61-year-old played with the heavy metal group from 1975 to 1984 and 1987 to 1992 alongside frontman Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister and guitarist “Fast” Eddie Clarke.

Lemmy led tributes to the drummer, saying he was “devastated” over his death.

The 69-year-old rocker said: “I’m feeling very sad at the moment, in fact devastated because one of my best friends died yesterday. I miss him already.

“His name was Phil Taylor, or Filthy Animal, and he was our drummer twice in our career. Now he’s died and it really pisses me off that they take somebody like him and leave George Bush alive. So muse on that.”

He added: “We’re still going, we’re still going strong, it’s just first Wurzel and now Filthy, it’s a shame, man. I think this rock n roll business might be bad for the human life. Oh well.”



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