John McGeoch (1955 - 2004) John McGeoch has to be one of my favorite guitarist from the Post Punk era. He was born in Scotland and moved to London with his family in the early ’70s. In 1977, he met Howard Devoto and formed his first band called Magazine. He’s also played on great records & songs by bands like Siouxsie & The Banshees, Public Image, Ltd., The Skids, Visage, and Generation X just to name a few. In 1996, Mojo Magazine named him in their list of “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time” for his work on Siouxsie & The Banshees’ “Spellbound.” Many others have also name checked him as an enormous influence on them including Johnny Marr of The Smiths, Jonny Greewood of Radiohead, The Edge & Dave Navarro from Jane’s Addiction. I love what Siouxsie Sioux had to say about him: John McGeoch was my favourite guitarist of all time. He was into sound in an almost abstract way. I loved the fact that I could say, I want this to sound like a horse falling off a cliff, and he would know exactly what I meant. He was easily, without a shadow of a doubt, the most creative guitarist the Banshees ever had. Often called the “post punk or new wave Jimmy Page”…one thing is certain, John McGeoch was in a league of his own.
Posted on: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 15:40:33 +0000
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