There is more than one artist by the name of Phil Campbell, including: 1) a Scottish singer-songwriter and lead singer of the bands White Buffalo and The Temperance Movement 2) the lead guitarist since 1984 of the British heavy metal band Motörhead 1) Phil Campbell is a Scottish singer-songwriter. Born in Scotland and into a family of lay preachers (his father) and hymn writers (his grandparents), Campbell soaked up the religious ether of this existence and then ignored it as best he could.