## Verified facts
Phil Campbell, Motorhead’s guitarist from 1984 until the band disbanded in 2015, died aged 64 on March 13. An inquest at St Pancras Coroner’s Court heard that his recorded cause of death was multi-organ failure.
The evidence stated that Campbell underwent two liver transplants and bowel surgery at the Royal Free Hospital in London earlier this year. Although the second liver transplant was successful, he experienced further complications, underwent bowel surgery and was moved to intensive care, where his condition deteriorated rapidly.
Coroner Dr Richard Brittain said there was nothing to suggest Campbell’s death could have been prevented. He summarised the cause as “recognised complications of necessary surgical procedures”.
The inquest also heard that Campbell had previously drunk alcohol to excess but had been sober for seven years by the time of his death. He had suffered from Hepatitis-C, which the inquest heard had been treated.
## Interpretation
The inquest evidence presents Campbell’s death as a fatal complication of necessary medical procedures rather than an outcome the coroner considered preventable. This is the coroner’s assessment as reported in the evidence, not an independent medical conclusion beyond the inquest findings.
Campbell’s death marks the loss of a long-serving member of Motorhead. He joined the band in 1984, remained its second-longest-serving member after Lemmy, and later recorded and toured with his sons in Phil Campbell and The Bastard Sons.
## Uncertainty
The supplied evidence reports what the inquest heard and the coroner’s opinion. It does not provide full medical records, detailed timelines for each procedure, or further expert testimony, so no broader conclusion about the medical treatment should be drawn from the available account.
