It seems we must now add one more name to the list of fallen heroes of the punk rock wars: John McGeoch, mighty fine guitarist with Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees and (I didn't know this, it must have been during my anti-Lydon phase) Public Image Ltd. According to Pitchfork, he had been drug free for years and simply died in his sleep at the age of 49.
Which is rather sobering news for those of us who, in six weeks time, will no longer have a "3" as the first digit of our stated age.
