The most acclaimed Motörhead lineup might have been the Ace Of Spades [1980] and No Sleep ’Til Hammersmith [1981] power-trio comprising berserker/bassist Lemmy, guitarist ‘Fast’ Eddie Clarke and drummer Phil ‘Philthy Animal’ Taylor.
But in February 1984 (by which point Thin Lizzy’s Brian Robertson had also come and gone), the then-unknown Phil Campbell announced himself as the perfect fit for this most dissolute of hard-rock bands by arriving at auditions bearing three different types of amphetamine (“Orange, white and pink!”).
