If Music Could Talk

Died with his Doc Martens on...

Just saw this on Twitter, terrible news.

Very sad news, a true innovator. Rest in power.

This one gutted me.

Damn.

Yeah that's a bummer for sure.

Hello,

RIP. He had a big hand in such tremendous music.

Might have to get a shirt made from this.

Many years ago I bought a cassette copy of A Brief History of the 20th Century from the cutout bin of a local record chain. I knew very little about the band: they were British and they were listed as "post-punk" and they had an interesting name. I'm glad I took a chance on it because it was such incredible music from top to bottom, but the thing that really jumped out was Andy Gill's guitar playing: cold, twitchy, electric, angular...yet catchy. I hear his influence in so many modern bands that have seemingly built themselves around imitating Andy Gill's guitar sound.

Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑

02 Feb 2020, 4:12pm

Might have to get a shirt made from this.

Oh my god this is amazing.

Just looked at his Wikipedia page because I'd never heard about cause of death. It says pneumonia-related organ failure, but his wife has suggested it might have been COVID-19, as the band toured China in November 2019.

Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑

22 Jun 2020, 8:31am

Just looked at his Wikipedia page because I'd never heard about cause of death. It says pneumonia-related organ failure, but his wife has suggested it might have been COVID-19, as the band toured China in November 2019.

I mentioned this to a friend a few weeks into lockdown — sudden/unexpected mystery respiratory illness sounds like it fits. Really sad.