Gang of Four’s Andy Gill dies aged 64

Andy Gill, founding member and guitarist of the highly influential Gang of Four, has died aged 64. "Andy’s final tour in November was the only way he was ever really going to bow out; with a Stratocaster around his neck, screaming with feedback and deafening the front row" - his current band said on Facebook. The surviving members of the original Gang of Four lineup also released a statement - "we fondly remember the good times when the four of us wanted to change the world. Andy was our brother. We made a lot of great noise and art together. We had a few drinks. We traveled the world and made friends. We made people dance, and think, and laugh, and love". Many musicians are paying tribute to Gill, as well as the music writer Alexis Petridis - "by mixing hard rock, punk and funk with radical theory, the late musician unleashed a fresh and furious sound".