Re: Motorhead's Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor dead at 61
2015/11/12 14:16:50
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Well that sucks but not really surprising. Dude was an absolute lunatic and likely lived much harder than Lemmy.
IMO his playing was probably far more influential on hardcore punk (and thrash metal) than any other drummer. Raw, violent, smashing.
Not sure what happened between him and Mister Kilmeister to sever the relationship but I did prefer his drum sound over the fellow from Dokken... who is pretty godlike himself but certainly not as raw and maniacal. He still does an awesome job though. Just kind of hard to exude complete and utter lunacy when you still have a few marbles left.
I salute you, crazy speed freak guy.