Fast Eddie Clarke
| Eddie Clarke | |
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Clarke in 2009
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Edward Allan Clarke |
| Also known as | Fast Eddie Clarke |
| Born |
5 October 1950 Twickenham, London |
| Genres | Rock and roll, hard rock, blues rock, heavy metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Guitar, vocals |
| Years active | 1973–present |
| Associated acts | Motörhead, Fastway |
| Website | fasteddieclarke |
| Notable instruments | |
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Gibson Les Paul |
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Edward Allan Clarke (born 5 October 1950), better known as "Fast" Eddie Clarke, is a British guitarist who was a member of heavy metal bands Fastway and Motörhead. Of Motörhead's classic lineup, which consisted of Lemmy, himself and Phil Taylor, he is the only surviving member.
Clarke began playing guitar and by the time he was aged fifteen had been through many local bands, one of which was called The Bitter End. He continued playing local gigs until 1973, when he turned professional by joining Curtis Knight's blues prog rock band, Zeus, as lead guitarist. In 1974, the band recorded an album called The Second Coming at Olympic Studios. Clarke wrote the music to Knight's lyrics, on a track entitled "The Confession".
Clarke also recorded the album Sea of Time with Zeus. Later with guitarist friend Allan Callan, keyboard player Nicky Hogarth, and drummer Chris Perry, Clarke attended a recorded jam session at Command Studios in Piccadilly. As a result of the tracks from this session, the quartet secured a deal with Anchor Records, and called the band Blue Goose. With a recording contract secured, Clarke, Hogarth and Perry left Zeus to focus on their own project with Callan.
An argument soon erupted between Clarke and Callan, because Callan did not have any amplifiers. Clarke had allowed him to share his during rehearsals, but Clarke then found he could not hear his solos because Callan was drowning him out. The argument ended with Clarke being sacked. Still short of amps, the band asked him to re-join a few days later. Clarke refused, feeling that they were doing Anchor Records an injustice because they had been paid an advance to record an album, but had done nothing productive towards making it. Blue Goose finally released their eponymous album through Anchor in 1974, crediting an instrumental track, entitled "Over The Top", to Clarke-Hogarth-Perry.
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