When Würzel entered Motörhead, he worked as a builder and played rock guitar in small clubs and pubs. He read in an interview with Lemmy, that the guitarist Brian Robertson had recently left Motörhead, he then wrote a letter and sent a tape to the band. Lemmy called him for an audition, telling that they probably would end up hiring an unknown guitarist. Würzel said there was no one in the country who was more unknown than him!!! And that was it...

Born Michael Burston, Würzel was an English guitarist best known for playing in the heavy metal band Motörhead (1984–1995). Würzel was in recent times a figure in British ambient music.