Just home and shocked to hear this. Phil wrote one of my favourite songs - Thousands Are Sailing - and I was due to see the band again this Christmas. Cancer is such a horrible disease. I'm not sure you are ever clear, once it is in you.
Rest in Peace Phil...but maybe with just a little mischief as befits a good auld punk.
From Consequence of Sound
Philip Chevron, longtime guitarist of Celtic punk legends The Pogues, has died following a lengthy battle with head and neck cancer. He was 56.
Chevron was initially diagnosed with the cancer in 2007. It had been thought that he fully recovered, but doctors discovered a new tumor in April 2012, and in May 2013 determined it was inoperable.
Born in Dublin, Ireland in 1955, Chevron joined The Pogues following the release of their debut album in 1984. He became a full-time member as the band began work on its sophomore album, Rum, Sodomy and the Lash, playing guitar, banjo, and mandolin. He also appeared on the band’s most critically acclaimed album, 1989′s If I Should Fall from Grace with God.
Declining health spurred on by drug and alcohol abuse led Chevron to quit The Pogues in 1994. However, when the band reunited in 2001, Chevron once again became an active touring member. He was also chiefly responsible for the remastering of the band’s entire back catalog in in 2004.
In addition to his work with The Pogues, Chevron fronted punk band The Radiators through the 1970s, 80s, and 2000s.
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RIP
Thousands are Sailing also one of my favourites, stunning live.
RIP
Thousands is a great song.
RIP
(Pete Doherty tomorrow at Brixton Jamm).