# RIP Phil Taylor (drummer for Motörhead) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 12, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-phil-taylor-drummer-for-motorhead/737409 "2015-11-12T21:20:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bunyupp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@bunyupp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bunyupp)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-phil-taylor-drummer-for-motorhead/737409/1 "2015-11-12T21:20:34Z")
[link](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3315907/Former-Mot-rhead-drummer-Phil-Philthy-Animal-Taylor-dies-aged-61-former-bandmates-pay-tribute-dear-friend-brother.html) to story. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-phil-taylor-drummer-for-motorhead/737409/2 "2015-11-13T01:38:55Z")
RIP Philthy Animal You know I’m born to lose, and gambling’s for fools But that’s the way I like it baby I don’t wanna live for ever And don’t forget the joker! ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-phil-taylor-drummer-for-motorhead/737409/3 "2015-11-13T03:01:49Z")
Very sad news. I always felt that Motörhead lost some of its spark after he quit the band. Here’s a mini-playlist in tribute: [The Chase Is Better Than the Catch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buElOjx2T7w) [Iron Fist](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwtg4ZX6uKU) [I Got Mine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9Qr8G0Lrvs) [I’m So Bad Baby I Don’t Care](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GI7LrSHYaU) and of course: [Stone Dead Forever](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkqKOFavXE8) ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-phil-taylor-drummer-for-motorhead/737409/4 "2015-11-13T03:01:49Z")
Danm. Half of one hell of a rhythm section. Gonna have to make a point of listening to those records tomorrow morning. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-phil-taylor-drummer-for-motorhead/737409/5 "2015-11-13T03:03:02Z")
Wow, no shit! :mad: RIP Philthy! ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-phil-taylor-drummer-for-motorhead/737409/6 "2015-11-13T03:19:51Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6Q3E5TTjuaw/hqdefault.jpg "The Best of Philthy Animal Taylor - Motörhead - (1)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q3E5TTjuaw) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-phil-taylor-drummer-for-motorhead/737409/7 "2015-11-13T05:04:01Z")
Phuck. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-phil-taylor-drummer-for-motorhead/737409/8 "2015-11-13T10:49:02Z")
To the station! Music! ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-phil-taylor-drummer-for-motorhead/737409/9 "2015-11-13T12:14:06Z")
I have the wrong member of Motorhead in the Death Pool. With their lifestyle how are any of them still alive? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-phil-taylor-drummer-for-motorhead/737409/10 "2015-11-13T13:39:39Z")
A friend of mine is a drummer and was working as an engineer on recording projects at the time. He was hanging out in a studio and rehearsal space when he was shown Motorhead’s rehearsal space. The bassist was there and invited him to get behind the kit. He said the drumsticks were telephone poles and the kit was set up so big and tight that he had to play the HARDEST HE HAD EVER PLAYED, ALL THE TIME to make the kit go. Then Phil showed up and stared him off the kit 😉 RIP Phil. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-phil-taylor-drummer-for-motorhead/737409/11 "2015-11-13T16:15:11Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > A friend of mine is a drummer and was working as an engineer on recording projects at the time. He was hanging out in a studio and rehearsal space when he was shown Motorhead’s rehearsal space. The bassist was there and invited him to get behind the kit. Loving how your friend actually met LEMMY IN THE FLESH and merely refers to him as “the bassist.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-phil-taylor-drummer-for-motorhead/737409/12 "2015-11-13T16:23:48Z")
I was just listening to the early Motorhead yesterday too. Looks like I’ll have to listen to some more today. RIP Philthy. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-phil-taylor-drummer-for-motorhead/737409/13 "2015-11-13T16:29:05Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > Loving how your friend actually met LEMMY IN THE FLESH and merely refers to him as “the bassist.” 🙂 Jeez - I walked right past that. He has so many stories where the side characters matter (this was a sidebar within a much larger story). He was telling me this story about producing a recording in a barn - the complexity of capturing the natural sound of the place. I eventually asked him who the artist was and it was Paul Carrack. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-phil-taylor-drummer-for-motorhead/737409/14 "2015-11-13T17:04:11Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > Loving how your friend actually met LEMMY IN THE FLESH and merely refers to him as “the bassist.” 🙂 I pinged my friend - it wasn’t Lemmy, it was “the guitarist” - he couldn’t remember who, but it was in the early 80’s so likely Fast Eddie Clarke or Robbo Robertson…glad I didn’t miss that. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-phil-taylor-drummer-for-motorhead/737409/15 "2015-11-13T21:40:25Z")
I remember the first time I heard “[Overkill](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9NT6BBYWLg)”, and I couldn’t believe how fast, yet distinct, the drum line was. [Overkill](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqUmVMIbDLY), live in Nottingham, 1980. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-phil-taylor-drummer-for-motorhead/737409/16 "2015-11-13T23:58:16Z")
Here he is doing [Ace of Spades](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co9yv2NjyWs) on The Young Ones. The _Hard Day’s Night_ pisstake at the station still cracks me up, especially Rik trying to shoplift. ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-phil-taylor-drummer-for-motorhead/737409/17 "2015-11-14T05:59:26Z")
RIP.