R.I.P a guitar hero Keith Levene

Levene said in 2012: “People thought I was classically trained, which was bollocks. I knew the E chord, and ventured into E minor.

In 2021, the website the Quietus described him as “one of the architects of the post-punk sound, his guitar style occupying a space between angular abrasion and pop opulence”.

 

Interview: Keith Levene – the founding member of The Clash and PiL talks about his new book