Influential post-punk musician was an original member of the Clash before founding PiL with John Lydon and Jah Wobble.
The guitarist left before the punk pioneers found fame but went on to join Public Image Limited.
The co-founding member died peacefully at home on Friday, November 11.
Guitarist Keith Levene, a co-founder of the Clash whose violently melodic work Public Image Ltd. cast a long shadow over alternative rock, has died, ...
Keith Levene, the trailblazing guitarist who co-founded The Clash and Public Image Ltd., died of liver cancer Friday. He was 65.
He was an iconic guitarist and composer, my best friend, my love, my everything, I love you to the moon.” A post-punk legend who changed the sound of guitar music,” We were fortunate enough to work with Keith on an album he recorded with Jah Wobble. He left the group in 1983. made a mistake or did something that wasn’t in key, I was open-minded enough to listen to it again.” Born in 1957 in London, Levene got his start as a roadie for Yes as a teenager in the early 1970s.
Keith Levene, whose innovative guitar work was part of The Clash and Public Image Ltd., dies at 65 of liver cancer.
Levene appeared at early shows with The Clash and contributed the song “What’s My Name” on the group’s 1977 debut. Levene started as a roadie for Yes in the early 1970s, then formed The Clash with Mick Jones in 1976. Hammond added, “Keith sought to create a new paradigm in music and with willing collaborators John Lydon and Jah Wobble succeeded in doing just that. “It is with great sadness I report that my close friend and legendary Public Image Limited guitarist Keith Levene passed away on Friday 11th November,” Hammond wrote. But Levene left The Clash before they began recording music. Author/writer Adam Hammond confirmed the death.