gunsguy Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 (edited) Motorhead's Michael 'Wurzel' Burston died while pouring a pint of Guinness, the band have announced.The guitarist, who joined Motorhead in 1984 before leaving in 1995, died on July 9. He was 61.In a statement, his former bandmates said: “We are greatly saddened to confirm that our long-time friend and comrade Würzel died Saturday at his home.“Würz was pouring a Guinness and cracking a joke when he succumbed to a heart attack; at least we know he went with a smile.”They added: “It is a cliche to say that words cannot describe how we feel, and in this case, other than ones such as 'shit' and 'awful' and 'very very sad' it is true, they really can't.”As previously reported on Gigwise, Motorhead paid tribute to Wurzel during their performance at the Sonisphere festival on Sunday (July 10).Although he left in 1995, Wurzel rejoined the group in recent years to play festivalshttp://www.gigwise.com/news/64982/Motorheads-Michael-Wurzel-Burston-Died-Pouring-Pint-Of-GuinnessRIP Edited July 14, 2011 by gunsguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Shit..... RIP, Wurzel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Read about this earlier in the week...can't believe how much it slipped under the radar of even the music news sites.RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sandman Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Gutted RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 i wonder how the pint came out.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohmygod Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Rip.They are right, he went out smiling and pouring a drink, that's kind of a pleasent way to go out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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