Gang of Four Guitarist Andy Gill Dead at 64
Source: Yahoo/Rolling Stone
Andy Gill, founding member and guitarist for the British post-punk outfit Gang of Four, has died at the age of 64.
Gills current band mates Thomas McNeice, John Sterry and Tobias Humble announced the guitarists death Saturday on Twitter. A rep for the band said that Gill died at a London hospital following a short respiratory illness.
This is so hard for us to write, but our great friend and Supreme Leader has died today, Gang of Four wrote. Andys final tour in November was the only way he was ever really going to bow out; with a Stratocaster around his neck, screaming with feedback and deafening the front row.
The band continued, One of the best to ever do it, his influence on guitar music and the creative process was inspiring for us, as well as everyone who worked alongside him and listened to his music. And his albums and production work speak for themselves. Go give em a spin for him
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jpak
(41,742 posts)Astonishing
Entertainment is still one of my all time fav albums.
RIP Andy.
IcyPeas
(21,747 posts)They_Live
(3,222 posts)snort
(2,334 posts)at the Ontario in D.C. back in I think it was 1981. Smoked weed up in the rafters while banging on the ductwork. It was quite a ride.
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swag
(26,480 posts)I moved to DC on June 15, 1983. The next night, me and my roomies walked from our dump in Columbia Heights to the Ontario to see Minor Threat, the Anti-Nowhere League, and the Damned.