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Rock guitarist Wurzel Burston passes away

Rock guitarist Wurzel Burston passes away

The former Motorhead guitarist Michael Burston, who was known as Wurzel, has passed away. He was 61.

Mr. Burston played with the group between 1984 and 1995 and appeared on ten of their albums including Orgasmatron, No Sleep at All and 1916.

He had played with other heavy metal bands including Warefare before joining Motorhead.

Although he dropped out of the line-up in 1995 he was not replaced and returned to make appearances with then at some dates in 2008 and 2009 (see below).

After Motorhead he remained very active musically.

He guested on a number of albums for groups such as Disgust and  WVKEAF, as well as releasing solo albums Bess in the ambient improvisational album Chill Out or Die. 

In recent times he had been working with a new band called Leader of Down.

It is reported that Mr. Burston died after suffering heart problems.

To see Wurzel Burston perform with Motorhead click here.

 

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