According to a posting on the Facebook page of Tim Butcher, MOTÖRHEAD leader Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister's longtime bass tech and "right-hand man," former MOTÖRHEAD guitarist Michael "Würzel" Burston died earlier today (Saturday, July 9). He was 61 years old.

Before joining MOTÖRHEAD in 1984, Burston had been a corporal in the Army, serving in Germany and Ireland with the 1st Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment, and had played in the bands BASTARD and WARFARE. Joining another relatively unknown guitarist, Phil Campbell, they played together at a MOTÖRHEAD audition, and both were taken on. Würzel eventually left the band in 1995.

Würzel can be heard on the following MOTÖRHEAD albums :


No Remorse (1984) - Orgasmatron (1986) - Rock 'n' Roll (1987) - Nö Sleep at All (1988) - The Birthday Party (1990) - 1916 (1991) - March ör Die (1992) - Bastards (1993) - Sacrifice (1995).