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Motorhead's Ace of Spades is 40 years old this year. Technically the 4th studio album, by Motorhead, Ace of Spades was the official debut of the band, in the United States, and it not only cemented them as heavy metal pioneers, but it became an inspiration for numerous bands who are now, themselves, considered icons of hard and classic rock. Motorhead were part of a movement happening in Britain, during the late 1970s, called the New Wave of Heavy Metal. Other bands lumped into t …

 Edward Allan Clarke, best known as "Fast" Eddie Clarke, passed away yesterday (January 10, 2018), from complications caused by pneumonia, at the age of 67.  The guitarist was the last surviving member of the original lineup of Motorhead.  The other two founding members Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor and Lemmy Kilmister died within a month of each other, in 2015.Eddie joined Motorhead in 1976, after meeting Phil Taylor, and was an instrumental part of the band's best known albu …