Keith Levene, co-founder of The Clash and Public Image Ltd., has died aged 65. Martin Atkins and Jah Wobble, members of his former band, announced his death on social media. . According to The Guardian, Levene died on 11/11 of liver cancer at his home in Norfolk, England.
Atkins stated:
“It was a shock to read about the death of guitar legend Keith Levene. We’ve had our ups and downs with time. My admiration for his unique talent will not never fade.”
Keith Levene was born in Wood Green, London and has a lifelong love of music. He started playing guitar as a teenager and since then he has collaborated with various famous bands, thereby achieving fame.
After Keith Levene’s death, tributes flooded Twitter.
Following the news of Keith Levene’s death, Twitterati expressed their grief and paid their respects to the great guitarist. Several people have submitted photos of Levene in his youth, with one calling him “one of the best guitarists of the 1980s.”
RIP Keith Levene. He’s working with Public Image Ltd to invent all the best post-punk guitar sounds in one song. Chant’s full transcript from Check It Out in 1979 is available at https://t.co/Po46rFpVGX pic.twitter.com/tx9PHiUEV9
– Birmingham 81 (@Birmingham_81) November 12, 2022
Keith Levene : 1957-2022 RIP pic.twitter.com/UOg9jZq2ff
— Graham Crosby (@Gracro5) November 12, 2022
Keith Levene started his music career as a streetwalker.
Keith Levene was a key figure in the punk and post-punk music scene of the 1980s. At a young age, he began his musical career as a frontrunner for the progressive rock band Yes. He formed the rock band The Clash with Mick Jones in 1976, but quit before their debut album was completed. However, he co-wrote the song What’s My Name on their 1977 album.
After the Sex Pistols disbanded in 1978, Levene founded Public Image Ltd. along with singer John Lydon, drummer Jim Walker and bassist Jah Wobble. PiL elevated the punk scene with a mix of reggae and dub, highlighted on their 1979 album Metal Box. Levene worked on the band’s first and third albums, Public Image: First Issue and Flowers of Romance.
In an interview with Anger news site in 2001, Levene said:
“What happened to me was that after I mastered the rules, I didn’t want to be like any other guitar player.” I don’t bother to point it out. I just have a keen sense of what went wrong. So if I do something wrong, like he made a mistake or did something wrong, I’m open to hearing back.”
Levene left the band in 1983, although he contributed lyrics to their fourth studio album, This Is What You Want, This Is What You Get. After leaving, Levene moved to Los Angeles. In 2012, he again teamed up with bandmate PiL Wobble to release the song Yin & Yang. According to The Guardian, Keith is writing a book about his time in PiL with British writer Adam Hammond.
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