{"id":29591,"date":"2026-06-23T16:55:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T16:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=29591"},"modified":"2026-06-23T16:55:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T16:55:44","slug":"legendary-rock-star-has-passed-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=29591","title":{"rendered":"Legendary Rock Star Has Passed Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"135\" data-end=\"229\">Mot\u00f6rhead guitarist Phil Campbell has died at the age of 64, his family announced on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"231\" data-end=\"504\">He passed away after a \u201clong and courageous battle in intensive care following a complex major operation,\u201d according to a family statement reported by the <em data-start=\"386\" data-end=\"398\">Daily Mail<\/em>. Loved ones described him as a devoted husband, father, and grandfather, affectionately known as \u201cBampi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"506\" data-end=\"751\">Campbell rose to fame as a longtime member of Mot\u00f6rhead, joining the band in 1984 and playing alongside Lemmy Kilmister for over three decades. He contributed to some of their most iconic albums, including <em data-start=\"712\" data-end=\"725\">Orgasmatron<\/em>, <em data-start=\"727\" data-end=\"733\">1916<\/em>, and <em data-start=\"739\" data-end=\"750\">Sacrifice<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"753\" data-end=\"927\">After Mot\u00f6rhead disbanded in 2015 following Lemmy\u2019s death, Campbell continued his music career with his family band, Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons, formed with his sons.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"929\" data-end=\"1071\">The band confirmed his passing on social media, sharing a tribute and a photo of Campbell with his wife, Gaynor, honoring his life and legacy.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1073\" data-end=\"1163\">Earlier this year, the group had to cancel their Australian tour due to his health issues.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FPhilCampbellATBS%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02TSpiYWu8wCCADUWFexdPEYEc7GHN9k14GNTjoeK9PTknK6CPdGP6sPv2STk793nsl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"651\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mot\u00f6rhead guitarist Phil Campbell has died at the age of 64, his family announced on Saturday. He passed away after a \u201clong and courageous battle in intensive care following a complex major operation,\u201d according to a family statement reported by the Daily Mail. Loved ones described him as a devoted husband, father, and grandfather, affectionately&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=29591\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Legendary Rock Star Has Passed Away&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29592,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29591"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29593,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29591\/revisions\/29593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}