Eddie Clarke
Edward Clarke ( born October 5, 1950 in London), known as " Fast Eddie Clarke ", is a British rock guitarist. He became known to a wider audience as the guitarist of the English hard rock band Motörhead. Clarke was from 1976 to 1982 together with Lemmy Kilmister and Phil Taylor a member of the classic line-up. Among the most important achievements of Clarke during this period include the albums Overkill, Bomber, Ace of Spades and Iron Fist with which the British international breakthrough.
The 1981 released live album No Sleep 'til Hammersmith was the first rock live album that made it to the UK at first No. 1 on the British charts. Fast Eddie Clarke was at this time as one of the outstanding guitarists on the island, but more on the surprising success and revolutionary style of music Motörhead was as to his technical skills. Both Motörhead and Clarke were personally on the commercial peak of their art.
After disagreement about the musical career of the band he left during the " Iron Fist " tour in North America in the spring of 1982 the group. The Motörhead tour continued with Brian Robertson, Eddie Clarke but could not replace equivalent and wanted. Clarke formed his own band Fastway, but with which he was unable to repeat the international success with Motörhead.