Keith Levene: The Clash guitarist and founding member dies aged 65 - BBC

Keith Levene, a founding subordinate of The Clash and aboriginal guitarist for Public Image Ltd, has died aged 65, his adjacent person has said.

Author Adam Hammond said Levene, who died connected Friday, was 1 of the astir influential guitarists of each time.

Levene founded The Clash with Mick Jones successful the 1970s but near earlier they became successful.

He past joined Public Image Ltd (PiL), the post-punk set acceptable up by John Lydon aft helium near the Sex Pistols.

Hammond said his person had been surviving with liver crab for 2 years, but his decease had been unexpected.

"He had truthful galore plans - determination were truthful galore things helium was doing," Hammond said.

Levene had conscionable completed a publication astir Public Image Ltd, co-written with Hammond, and had been moving connected euphony to travel it.

After quality of his decease broke, his erstwhile bandmates paid tribute to Levene connected societal media.

PiL subordinate Martin Atkins paid tribute to Levene's "unique talent", portion the band's erstwhile bassist Jah Wobble remembered his family.

Fellow musicians besides paid tribute.

Former Oasis bassist and subordinate of Ride, Andy Bell, said the dependable Levene made connected the guitar was "like ground-up diamonds fired astatine you done a precocious unit hose".

While euphony mag Rolling Stone said the musician's "influential fretwork shaped the dependable of punk and post-punk to come".