I was a big Motörhead fan and still am to this day. Over 20 years ago I worked with Wurzel for a year in the horticulture trade. I couldn’t believe my luck when he walked through the door on a summers day via an agency. And speaking with him for hours and hearing all his stories where incredible. And finding out what tracks he had personally wrote was great. He was a gent but his partner Jem, was very spiteful and not a very nice person to be around. I truly believe, she see everyone as stupid and that know body could suss her out with how she was. It was all about her and what she could get. And she was a complete snob. I have no doubts she went on at Wurzel to leave Motorhead and the job I shared with him for a year. . RIP Wurzel
I've been with an abusive girlfriend myself. It doesn't take long before they completely control you, I was shocked of my own inability to break out of it, and sadly I had a kid with the c**t, too, which means I have to be in touch with her for at least ten more years. I know what advice I'd give my younger self - vasectomy on my 18th birthday.
Back in 1990 I was a Sergeant in the RAF stationed at RAF Station Hullavington in Wiltshire. RAF personnel are always dreaming of ways to make money for charity as it's good for charities and makes the RAF look good in the community. I was a musician so my idea was to have a music night. I formed a band and we practiced a lot. In the mean time I wrote off to many Rock and Pop stars asking them to donate what they could for prizes on the night. WOW I couldn't believe the response. Phil Collins sent a signed CD. Linda Mcartney sent a Vegetarian cook book and so on. Believe you me we had loads of prizes to give away on the night. Anyway...... 2 days before the show I was on parachute packing floor and one of my guys came up to me and said there's an external call for you. I picked up the phone and this voice said "Hello! you Sgt Clifford " I replied "Yes, what can I do for you?" and the voice said "It's Wurzel from motorhead, if you don't mind me and Gem (Wurzel's Wife) will be pitching up at your music night Gig". Knowing that in the RAF SPOOF'S are not uncommon so I said "See you on the night then" and put the phone down. Well on the night of the Gig, I got a message from the guardroom to say that I needed to go there to escort two people onto the station to the venue. Bloody Hell, it really was Wurzel and Gem and he'd brought his guitar too. Hullavington was parachute packing unit for Airborne forces and Special forces and Gem was actually wearing a ONESY made from a Parachute fabric. Wurzel brought loads of "Gizzits" like baseball caps touring jackets etc etc. When my band actually played, Wurzel jammed with us and we had a night to remember. A video was made of the evening but it got passed from pillar to post and some one lost it what a shame. It's worth mentioning that Gem's Dad was an RAF Pilot who flew out of RAF Hullavington in WWII. RIP Mate
Great story mate and good on you all for your service and charity work! Würzel was undoubtedly a great guy; out of curiosity, how did you find his partner Jem?
a bit like Ozzy Osbourne lol Sharron did indeed launch his solo career, but after Blizzard of Ozz / Diary of a Madman his records were aimed at the American market - hence they sounded so commercial - Shot in the Dark? Shit in the Dark more like!!!!
@@BadAppleBluesi dont know if its ever been aimed morw towards a.ericans but i looked at it like the older he was getting the more he mellowed out or at least the music was becoming more mellow.
Had the pleasure of being at college with Wurzel/Mike, he was an absolute gent and a great laugh to be with, especially down the Miller's Arms! He was a very chilled out guy, even when he went back to his car one morning and it was on bricks! Happy days.
Somebody should track down tapes of Wurzel and Phil introducing videos on Headbanger's Ball. They were so drunk they couldn't even sit an a chair. Why is that not on RUclips, I mean that's what it all should be about.
Wurzel was my hero as a kid, and I'm a better musician today because of him - we love ya Wurz ... you blew my mind live in the early 90's in Melbourne, it's a memory I will treasure ..play on, old son
Mickey brought such a wave of brutal energy into motorhead and kept it going till Lemmy was too ill to continue. I would love to hear Phil ang Mickey play together one day. Lemmy absolutely loved Mickey you could tell! I miss motorhead every fucking day. Massively underrated band. ♠️♠️♠️♠️♠️♠️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
As a man who saw the band many times their 4 piece with him was my favourite in the 80,s.They continued to be great but not quite the same live.The four piece set up just gave even more power.
Wurzel was the second best guitar player Motorhead ever had, I liked his style, tone and technique. I understand he was a damn good song writer too, he contributed to many song during his time with the band. Too bad the way things went for him.
Got into Motorhead around the Rock and Roll album days. I was the biggest fan of Würzel. Fortunately I was able to catch him with Bastards on Tour. Got to joke around with him a little bit before the show. I have his signature from that show tattooed on my arm.
I'm viewing this on the 11th anniversary of his passing. RIP Wurzel. I did recall an interview with Lemmy, who said that allegedly Wurzel's wife was getting in Wurzel's ear about how he should have also been invited onto a T.V. show where Lemmy was performing Ace of Spades. But as Lemmy said himself, Wurzel didn't co write or originally play on it anyway.
Mikkey is probably right about Wurzel, but... Why Motorhead after that continued as a trio? The sacrifice album i'd say is one of the finest from Motorhead. Recently i Listened to a later album - the "inferno". It gave me memories back to the 4-line up because the album was recorded with 2 guitars - Phil playing both of them. Inferno is also very good one.
Stuart Maconie, a Brit journalist, music writer and BBC6 Music presenter interviewed Motorhead and really hit it off with Wurzel after discovering Wurzel had read and enjoyed Chaucer whilst in prison!
I absolutely LOVED Wurzel for being in Motorhead. That damn smile of his, right?!!! And UNDERRATED as a guitarist. Absolutely cleaned the clocks of anyone during his tenure spent with Motorhead. He and Phil Campbell were a perfect match as a duo, and they shredded eardrums perfectly as a team. And the reason why Gem was that way is probably due to the fact that she's a narcissist. Can't change people like that. Unfortunately, they hurt everyone and everything around them... Rest In Peace Mick Burston. We'll NEVER stop hearing your notes ♠️
Das Würzel gegangen ist war für Lemmy echt schwer, er passte sehr gut zur Band . Gerade Mikkey Dee hat sich finde ich extrem in der Band verdient gemacht und ist mit am großen späten Erfolg beteiligt.
Saw wurzel, pete, lemmy, and i think phil was there to. Dont remember exactly if there was ever four Guys in Motorhead but tbought there were two guitarists when i saw them here in the usa for the 20th anniversary of ace a spades way back in the 80's, the only time i saw wurzel but loved seeing him and the guys. Saw Motorhead four times and left me deaf for days each time.
Yes and no, there's a specific kind of "woman" who views anything that her husband enjoys as a threat. They're generally the type of person who appears to be "larger than life" but the reality is that they're consumed by self doubt and loathing and as such they see the husband in their element, fulfilled and happy and their reasoning instantly pings to "he enjoys X more than he enjoys being with me, he may *choose* X over me" and as such to maintain the confidence boost and desire for control they feel, whatever X is, has to go. And for the record this manner of thinking does exist in both sexes, you're just generally speaking more likely to encounter it with women. For example I have encountered it in my own life, my best friend from childhood got ensnared by one of them. A monsterously obese woman he met online. The two were engaged in a long term, long distance relationship during which they decided to get married, for which I was asked to be his best man. However before the wedding came to fruition, she managed to convince him to move in with her. And in the timespan of his moving and the wedding itself we had gone from talking everyday and my being the best man to absolutely zero contact (not only affecting me but his entire friend group down here) and not even being invited to the wedding. Didn't even know that it has taken place till months afterwards. I just hope that he is actually happy, but my fear is that she's expertly exploiting his insecurities (very low self confidence, something that I helped him with massively over the years and very likely the fear that he would never find anyone else) to keep him attached to her. Sorry for the massive comment guys, got carried away.
Bloody oath James Stacks. Unfortunately Wurzel like a lot of men are silent sufferers when they are trapped by a narcissistic abusive partner. The drinking covered up his pain poor bloke.
wowe I didn`t know this, good on ya Mickey `King Diamond` Dee for spilling the beans. So she ruined his life and he died miserable probably out of her sociopathic jealousy, grrrr ............ so glad that I didn`t have to experience something like that in my pretty long life but then again I would have told that woman to `f*** off`, poor Wurzel
In Lemmy's book White Line Fever he elucidated about Jem .She told Würzel that his image after joining Mötorhead was" what was keeping the band going ''. The World is full of bitches like this and Lemmy was no mug so Würzel got his ass kicked out the band .
Das ablsolut perfekte LineUp war Lemmi, Fast Eddie und Philty. Aber auch danach verstand es Lemmi immer, die richtigen Jungs zu sich zu holen. Würzel war ein Highlight davon. Schade, dass fast alle tod sind. Lemmi forever!
most guitarists careers are ruined by a domineering partner... when i was i teen my then girlfriend ALWAYS tried to stop me going to band practice... i doubt very much id have been anything..but they sure know how to spoil yo life.. ..
As with any marriage, if you truly love someone, you will support and encourage him/her to follow their heart and do what makes them the happiest, and with most musicians, it's sharing the creative process with their bandmates. Musician work and life is time consuming and demanding, especially when they have been world famous chart toppers for decades. They're never going to be traditional 9 - 5 house husbands, and if you try to push them into that corner you'll kill their spirit, the thing that makes them them. At that point, the other band members lose, but the fan lose more.
Würzel was the best Guitarist in Motörhead. Sorry Robbo, sorry Eddie. And the other little one with the chewing gum was the less important guitar player in all Motörhead story. Sorry to say
Somebody should track down tapes of Wurzel and Phil introducing videos on Headbanger's Ball. They were so drunk they couldn't even sit an a chair. Why is that not on RUclips, I mean that's what it all should be about.
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I was a big Motörhead fan and still am to this day. Over 20 years ago I worked with Wurzel for a year in the horticulture trade. I couldn’t believe my luck when he walked through the door on a summers day via an agency. And speaking with him for hours and hearing all his stories where incredible. And finding out what tracks he had personally wrote was great. He was a gent but his partner Jem, was very spiteful and not a very nice person to be around. I truly believe, she see everyone as stupid and that know body could suss her out with how she was. It was all about her and what she could get. And she was a complete snob. I have no doubts she went on at Wurzel to leave Motorhead and the job I shared with him for a year. . RIP Wurzel
Wow. Great stuff... thanks for sharing your story
She narcissist
I've been with an abusive girlfriend myself. It doesn't take long before they completely control you, I was shocked of my own inability to break out of it, and sadly I had a kid with the c**t, too, which means I have to be in touch with her for at least ten more years. I know what advice I'd give my younger self - vasectomy on my 18th birthday.
@@trr9230so true, i understand, i couldn't brake away, and i will never understand it, because i sure didn't wanna be there.
Thanx for sharing. I'm a huge wurzel fan. His wife aka warden is a power cunt
Back in 1990 I was a Sergeant in the RAF stationed at RAF Station Hullavington in Wiltshire. RAF personnel are always dreaming of ways to make money for charity as it's good for charities and makes the RAF look good in the community. I was a musician so my idea was to have a music night. I formed a band and we practiced a lot. In the mean time I wrote off to many Rock and Pop stars asking them to donate what they could for prizes on the night. WOW I couldn't believe the response. Phil Collins sent a signed CD. Linda Mcartney sent a Vegetarian cook book and so on. Believe you me we had loads of prizes to give away on the night. Anyway...... 2 days before the show I was on parachute packing floor and one of my guys came up to me and said there's an external call for you. I picked up the phone and this voice said "Hello! you Sgt Clifford " I replied "Yes, what can I do for you?" and the voice said "It's Wurzel from motorhead, if you don't mind me and Gem (Wurzel's Wife) will be pitching up at your music night Gig". Knowing that in the RAF SPOOF'S are not uncommon so I said "See you on the night then" and put the phone down. Well on the night of the Gig, I got a message from the guardroom to say that I needed to go there to escort two people onto the station to the venue. Bloody Hell, it really was Wurzel and Gem and he'd brought his guitar too. Hullavington was parachute packing unit for Airborne forces and Special forces and Gem was actually wearing a ONESY made from a Parachute fabric. Wurzel brought loads of "Gizzits" like baseball caps touring jackets etc etc. When my band actually played, Wurzel jammed with us and we had a night to remember. A video was made of the evening but it got passed from pillar to post and some one lost it what a shame. It's worth mentioning that Gem's Dad was an RAF Pilot who flew out of RAF Hullavington in WWII. RIP Mate
Great story mate and good on you all for your service and charity work!
Würzel was undoubtedly a great guy; out of curiosity, how did you find his partner Jem?
Not the first time a great man man brought down by the wife.
Fucken Amen brother
a bit like Ozzy Osbourne lol Sharron did indeed launch his solo career, but after Blizzard of Ozz / Diary of a Madman his records were aimed at the American market - hence they sounded so commercial - Shot in the Dark? Shit in the Dark more like!!!!
this
@@BadAppleBluesi dont know if its ever been aimed morw towards a.ericans but i looked at it like the older he was getting the more he mellowed out or at least the music was becoming more mellow.
@BadAppleBlues she saved him, and now she's holding him hostage
Had the pleasure of being at college with Wurzel/Mike, he was an absolute gent and a great laugh to be with, especially down the Miller's Arms! He was a very chilled out guy, even when he went back to his car one morning and it was on bricks! Happy days.
I loved his work, and he was always smiling. I was totally devastated when he died. R.I.P Wurzel.
Somebody should track down tapes of Wurzel and Phil introducing videos on Headbanger's Ball. They were so drunk they couldn't even sit an a chair. Why is that not on RUclips, I mean that's what it all should be about.
Why marry a rockstar if you're going to turn him into a gardener?
Being a Motorhead-fan during the Wurzel-years was really awesome!! Great albums those years and a splendid guitar-player he was too.
Wurzel was my hero as a kid, and I'm a better musician today because of him - we love ya Wurz ... you blew my mind live in the early 90's in Melbourne, it's a memory I will treasure ..play on, old son
Wurzel was fuckin great in the band.
Mickey brought such a wave of brutal energy into motorhead and kept it going till Lemmy was too ill to continue. I would love to hear Phil ang Mickey play together one day. Lemmy absolutely loved Mickey you could tell! I miss motorhead every fucking day. Massively underrated band. ♠️♠️♠️♠️♠️♠️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Mikkey is more technical than Motörhead needed. But he respected the material. Absolute class act
how true
As a man who saw the band many times their 4 piece with him was my favourite in the 80,s.They continued to be great but not quite the same live.The four piece set up just gave even more power.
I had a few beers with Nick 'Wurzel' Burston in Bradford at St. Georges Hall.1987, he was a lovely man!
Mike not Nick
Worked with wurz ...I know she worked in the commons but as you I miss him but a pleasure to meet meet him and had such a laugh ... RIP
Love Würzel
R.I.P
Wurzel was the second best guitar player Motorhead ever had, I liked his style, tone and technique. I understand he was a damn good song writer too, he contributed to many song during his time with the band. Too bad the way things went for him.
Rip Wurzel.
Rip Wurzel!
I saw Motörhead with Wurzel 1985 in Växjö, Sweden.
Great show and louder than hell. ♠️♠️♠️♠️❤
Nice! Caught them in D.C. around the same time. Same lineup
I was there 2 buddy 😊👍 Motörhead 4life 🎵🎸🖖
Got into Motorhead around the Rock and Roll album days. I was the biggest fan of Würzel. Fortunately I was able to catch him with Bastards on Tour. Got to joke around with him a little bit before the show. I have his signature from that show tattooed on my arm.
Nö Sleep at All, the live album opened my eyes. Motörhead with both Phil and Wurzel was just the most thrilling thing in my life when I was 13.
I'm viewing this on the 11th anniversary of his passing. RIP Wurzel. I did recall an interview with Lemmy, who said that allegedly Wurzel's wife was getting in Wurzel's ear about how he should have also been invited onto a T.V. show where Lemmy was performing Ace of Spades. But as Lemmy said himself, Wurzel didn't co write or originally play on it anyway.
or what?
Love Wurzel may he RIP !! Great guitar player ♠️♠️♠️♠️♠️
Mikkey is probably right about Wurzel, but... Why Motorhead after that continued as a trio? The sacrifice album i'd say is one of the finest from Motorhead. Recently i Listened to a later album - the "inferno". It gave me memories back to the 4-line up because the album was recorded with 2 guitars - Phil playing both of them. Inferno is also very good one.
Inferno is excellent - definitely one of Motörhead’s best albums.
Stuart Maconie, a Brit journalist, music writer and BBC6 Music presenter interviewed Motorhead and really hit it off with Wurzel after discovering Wurzel had read and enjoyed Chaucer whilst in prison!
What was Wurzel in for?
Mikkey being straight up. ✌️🤘🏴🇦🇺
Würzel was the greatest badass guy in the band. He could had been a western character sharing adventures with Lemmy as well.
Huh? Western character? Weird.
Saw them with Wurzel 3 times. Brilliant, R.I.P Wurzel, Lem , Phil , Eddie and Larry Wallis. Phew 🥹
Those albums with Wurzel were my favorite motorhead albums..........
Mikkey Dee is amazingly underrated 🤟 Good luck with those Scorpions 😀
Mikkey has been with Scorpions since 2016 and they released their latest album, Rock Believer, in 2022. He has made this gig his own!!
I absolutely LOVED Wurzel for being in Motorhead. That damn smile of his, right?!!! And UNDERRATED as a guitarist. Absolutely cleaned the clocks of anyone during his tenure spent with Motorhead. He and Phil Campbell were a perfect match as a duo, and they shredded eardrums perfectly as a team. And the reason why Gem was that way is probably due to the fact that she's a narcissist. Can't change people like that. Unfortunately, they hurt everyone and everything around them... Rest In Peace Mick Burston. We'll NEVER stop hearing your notes ♠️
Das Würzel gegangen ist war für Lemmy echt schwer, er passte sehr gut zur Band . Gerade Mikkey Dee hat sich finde ich extrem in der Band verdient gemacht und ist mit am großen späten Erfolg beteiligt.
Rest in Metal
Rust in peace
I always enjoyed Wurzels very unique guitar work.
I’m sure that he released some solo stuff that wound up on a Terrorizer magazine sampler cd.
Saw wurzel, pete, lemmy, and i think phil was there to. Dont remember exactly if there was ever four Guys in Motorhead but tbought there were two guitarists when i saw them here in the usa for the 20th anniversary of ace a spades way back in the 80's, the only time i saw wurzel but loved seeing him and the guys. Saw Motorhead four times and left me deaf for days each time.
Wurz was a most lovely man, very talented and natural 🔥🖤🔥
I seen this lineup,they were fantastic!
So sad, he was a great guy, great memories seeing him when he was with Motörhead playing in Wales.🏴.
Further reinforcement of Lemmys aversion to marriage!
Obv fast eddie , philthy are the classic and all timers but i loved the wurzel years both with phil and mikkey
Never accept your wife to decide what you should do - or not do - according to your work. Your work is your business! Period!
Always been a huge fan of this man.
His work with King Diamond was first class
Some sources say Wurzel asked to rejoin the band but they were like "Nope".
A lot of squaddies are hen pecked behind the scenes!
Sounds like most musicians' wives and girlfriends.
Hopefully the 2 never meet
They meet them because of what they do…….then they make them quit what they do. Weak men.
Or most girlfriends or wives . 😮
Yes and no, there's a specific kind of "woman" who views anything that her husband enjoys as a threat. They're generally the type of person who appears to be "larger than life" but the reality is that they're consumed by self doubt and loathing and as such they see the husband in their element, fulfilled and happy and their reasoning instantly pings to "he enjoys X more than he enjoys being with me, he may *choose* X over me" and as such to maintain the confidence boost and desire for control they feel, whatever X is, has to go.
And for the record this manner of thinking does exist in both sexes, you're just generally speaking more likely to encounter it with women.
For example I have encountered it in my own life, my best friend from childhood got ensnared by one of them. A monsterously obese woman he met online. The two were engaged in a long term, long distance relationship during which they decided to get married, for which I was asked to be his best man. However before the wedding came to fruition, she managed to convince him to move in with her. And in the timespan of his moving and the wedding itself we had gone from talking everyday and my being the best man to absolutely zero contact (not only affecting me but his entire friend group down here) and not even being invited to the wedding. Didn't even know that it has taken place till months afterwards.
I just hope that he is actually happy, but my fear is that she's expertly exploiting his insecurities (very low self confidence, something that I helped him with massively over the years and very likely the fear that he would never find anyone else) to keep him attached to her.
Sorry for the massive comment guys, got carried away.
@@WeWillAlwaysHaveVALIS Thanks for sharing.
Povero Wurz..era un mito❤
YEAH ALL THE BULLSHIT N AGGREGATION HIS WIFE GAVE HIM IS WHAT KILLED HIM!!! THAT'S WHY HE DRANK SO MUCH, CUZ OF HER!!! 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
😥
Bloody oath James Stacks. Unfortunately Wurzel like a lot of men are silent sufferers when they are trapped by a narcissistic abusive partner. The drinking covered up his pain poor bloke.
Rip Motörhead including Wurzel.
wowe I didn`t know this, good on ya Mickey `King Diamond` Dee for spilling the beans. So she ruined his life and he died miserable probably out of her sociopathic jealousy, grrrr ............ so glad that I didn`t have to experience something like that in my pretty long life but then again I would have told that woman to `f*** off`, poor Wurzel
You can always use the divorce’s back up, ¡’m here for whoever needs me..,
In Lemmy's book White Line Fever he elucidated about Jem .She told Würzel that his image after joining Mötorhead was" what was keeping the band going ''.
The World is full of bitches like this and Lemmy was no mug so Würzel got his ass kicked out the band .
Das ablsolut perfekte LineUp war Lemmi, Fast Eddie und Philty.
Aber auch danach verstand es Lemmi immer, die richtigen Jungs zu sich zu holen.
Würzel war ein Highlight davon.
Schade, dass fast alle tod sind. Lemmi forever!
It's always the woman
most guitarists careers are ruined by a domineering partner... when i was i teen my then girlfriend ALWAYS tried to stop me going to band practice... i doubt very much id have been anything..but they sure know how to spoil yo life.. ..
wurzel, an awesome person, not sure about the mrs tho
Women like that are abusive and power hungery the art of being a incredible woman is lost a sad state of life for alot of men😮
As with any marriage, if you truly love someone, you will support and encourage him/her to follow their heart and do what makes them the happiest, and with most musicians, it's sharing the creative process with their bandmates. Musician work and life is time consuming and demanding, especially when they have been world famous chart toppers for decades. They're never going to be traditional 9 - 5 house husbands, and if you try to push them into that corner you'll kill their spirit, the thing that makes them them. At that point, the other band members lose, but the fan lose more.
RIP WURZEL
Würzel was the best Guitarist in Motörhead. Sorry Robbo, sorry Eddie.
And the other little one with the chewing gum was the less important guitar player in all Motörhead story. Sorry to say
So she was another sharon osbourne !!!
No, Sharon was an actually an asset.
@@soulrpower3031 with a high price to pay !!!
Rock-wife syndrome
Gotta keep ya pimp hand strong. Didn't Jonathan Davis's wife almost ruin him as well?
all wifes do
@@Invading-Specious true dat bro 👍
No, all wives do not.
Advocating domestic assault isn’t cool, dude. Wtf
@@soulrpower3031 most do
Cherche la femme!
nuts
Joder
Salut!
So Würzel's Wife was another Sharon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Somebody should track down tapes of Wurzel and Phil introducing videos on Headbanger's Ball. They were so drunk they couldn't even sit an a chair. Why is that not on RUclips, I mean that's what it all should be about.