John McGeoch

Played guitar for Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Visage, Armoury Show and Public Image Ltd.. He has been credited as an inspiration by U2 and most of the world's biggest rock bands. The Red Hot Chili Peppers' John Frusciante recently said that he taught himself to play "learning all John McGeoch's stuff in Magazine and Siouxsie and the Banshees". In the mid-90s he worked on more dance-oriented material with Heaven 17's Glenn Gregory and a projected band, Pacific, with Spandau Ballet's John Keeble, came to nothing He qualified as a nurse in 1995, but had lately been writing music for television as subsequent generations of guitarists hailed him. Siouxsie Sioux once described McGeoch as "my favorite guitarist of all time". He is survived by his partner Sophie and daughter Emily.