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rdmtimp

(1,579 posts)
Sat Feb 1, 2020, 04:05 PM Feb 2020

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.

Gill’s current band mates Thomas McNeice, John Sterry and Tobias Humble announced the guitarist’s 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. “Andy’s 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…”

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/gang-four-guitarist-andy-gill-174627832.html

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Gang of Four Guitarist Andy Gill Dead at 64 (Original Post) rdmtimp Feb 2020 OP
I saw them at Tyrone's OC in Athens GA in 1981 jpak Feb 2020 #1
memories of my Aiwa walkman and headphones IcyPeas Feb 2020 #2
Too young They_Live Feb 2020 #3
Saw The Gang of Four snort Feb 2020 #4
Ah, the great old Ontario.. swag Feb 2020 #5

jpak

(41,742 posts)
1. I saw them at Tyrone's OC in Athens GA in 1981
Sat Feb 1, 2020, 04:16 PM
Feb 2020

Astonishing

Entertainment is still one of my all time fav albums.

RIP Andy.

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snort

(2,334 posts)
4. Saw The Gang of Four
Sat Feb 1, 2020, 07:45 PM
Feb 2020

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)
5. Ah, the great old Ontario..
Sat Feb 1, 2020, 07:55 PM
Feb 2020

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.

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