Blogcritics: Comments on Punk legend dies

Comment by Howard Hughes

Sat, 3 Jul 2004 11:25:39 EDT

Just to say how sad I was to hear of the death of John McGeoch. I worked with him for a day on a reworking of 'The light Pours out of me' for Pete Murphy's album 'Should the world Fail to fall apart" and he was brilliant. To watch him play the riff ( check it out, it sounds like two guitarists, he does it on his own) was a great moment in my life. And a top guy too, unassuming, calm but real deep. My sincere sympathies to friends and family

Comment by Douglas Mays

Thu, 11 Mar 2004 16:18:59 EST

Having seen John live and been influenced by his recordings with the above mentioned bands all I can say is that the music world has taken a great loss from a crucial era of the music scene. Magazine, Siouxsie, PIL, Ultravox, etc. I have all seen or opened for. John's creative contribution is outstanding. May the light of his influence shine down.

Comment by Chris Kent

Thu, 11 Mar 2004 10:52:30 EST

More stuff:

Steven Severin, bass player for the Banshees, said in a statement on his website: "I was shocked and saddened to hear that John passed away in his sleep last Thursday. Although we hadn't worked together for a long time and I hadn't seen him for a couple of years he was always in my heart and often in my thoughts." He added: "Without doubt the most inventive guitarist of our generation and my favourite Banshee. Love to all his friends and family. Bye John." According to press reports, McGeoch qualified as a nurse in 1995 after giving up performing. However, he continued to work on music for television. Born in Greenock, Scotland in 1955, the guitarist moved to Los Angeles in 1986 only to return to the UK in the Nineties. His distinctive guitar playing and sound can be heard on such Siouxsie And The Banshees hits as 'Happy House', 'Spellbound' and 'Christine'. One of my favorite bands.....a sad day.

Comment by roland

Thu, 11 Mar 2004 09:47:54 EST

Sad times for my generation... am i the only one seeing the punk rock scene lose it players much earlier than any other music genre? this excludes the rap wars of course.