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Phil Campbell, born Philip Anthony Campbell in Pontypridd on 7 May 1961, was a British guitarist, musician and composer working in heavy metal, hard rock and rock and roll. He played guitar and sang, and was a member of Persian Risk and Motörhead. His career, based in Wales, began in 1979 and ran until 2026.
Campbell died of natural causes in Pontypridd on 13 March 2026.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 8
Top works
- Old Testament
- Saving Eutychus
- Full of promise
- Grassroots
- The effects of caffeine consumption on short-term memory and perception at different times of the day
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Film & TV
Acting · Pontypridd, Wales, UK
Philip Anthony Campbell (7 May 1961 — 13 March 2026) was a Welsh rock musician, best known as the guitarist in Motörhead from 1984 until its disbandment 2015 upon the death of founder and frontman Lemmy. Up until his death, he toured with his own band Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons, featuring his three sons. Description above from the Wikipedia article Phil Campbell (musician), licensed…
Known for
- Doro - Live at Wacken Open Air 2023 — Guest Guitar2023
- Motörhead: Louder Than Noise... Live in Berlin — Self2021
- Sepultura Endurance — himself2017
- Motörhead: Clean Your Clock — Guitars2016
- Doro - Strong and Proud (30 Years Of Rock And Metal) — Self2016
- Motörhead: The Bronze Era - The Early Daze — Self (Archive Footage)2013
- Motörhead: The Wörld Is Ours - Vol 2 "Anyplace Crazy as Anywhere Else" — Guitars2012
- Motörhead: The Wörld Is Ours, Vol 1 - Everything Further Than Everyplace Else2012
- Une Dose 2 Metal — Self2012
- Motörhead: The Wörld Is Ours - Vol 1 "Everywhere Further Than Everyplace Else" — Guitars2011
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1961
- Active to
- 2026
Discography
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 12,813
- Total plays
- 106,638
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Philip Anthony Campbell (7 May 1961 – 13 March 2026) was a Welsh rock musician best known as the guitarist of Motörhead from 1984 until the band disbanded in 2015 following the death of its founder and frontman Lemmy. He also performed with his band Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons, which included three of his sons. Campbell was born in Pontypridd, Wales, on 7 May 1961. He began playing guitar at the age of 10 and cited influences including Jimi Hendrix <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Phil
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Key facts
- Also known as
- Wizzö Zööm Wizzöőm Löřd Äxŝmïth
- Born
- Philip Anthony Campbell , ( 1961-05-07 ) 7 May 1961, Pontypridd , Wales
- Died
- 13 March 2026 (2026-03-13) (aged 64), Pontypridd, Wales
- Genres
- Heavy metal hard rock rock and roll
- Occupation
- Musician
- Instrument
- Guitar
- Years active
- 1979–2026
- Formerly of
- Motörhead Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons Persian Risk Phil Campbell's All Starr Band
- Website
- imotorhead .com , philcampbell .net
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Anthony
- Family name
- Campbell
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Pontypridd
- Place of death
- Pontypridd
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- rock and roll
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.philcampbell.net
- Image
- Motorhead-johngullo-photograph-sofajockey-com.jpg
- Work location
- Wales
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- date of birth
- 1961-00-00
- Commons category
- Phil Campbell
- start of work period
- 1979-00-00
- social media followers
- 33099
- birth name
- Philip Anthony Campbell
- copyright representative
- PRS for Music
- name in native language
- Phil Campbell
- date of death
- 2026-03-13
- end of work period
- 2026-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Philip Anthony Campbell (7 May 1961 – 13 March 2026) was a Welsh rock musician, best known as the guitarist in Motörhead from 1984 until its disbandment in 2015 upon the death of founder and frontman Lemmy. He also toured with his own band Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons, featuring his three sons.
Early life and career
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Phil Campbell” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.