Philip Chevron, guitarist for The Pogues during the legendary Irish band’s prime, has died—after the cancer he’d believed he’d beaten in 2007 suddenly returned in 2012. He was 56. Chevron got his start in The Radiators From Space, an early Irish punk band that formed in 1976. The group’s debut single, “Television Screen,” and debut album, TV Tube Heart, came out in 1977 at the height of the original punk explosion. Both are considered minor classics of the genre, and they also helped galvanize and inspire the Irish music scene. (An excellent appreciation of The ...
- 10/8/2013
- avclub.com
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