Keith Levene (born Julian Keith Levene,
July 18, 1957, London)
is an English
guitarist
and songwriter,
best known as a member of Public Image Limited.
Levene was an early member of The
Clash and The Flowers of Romance
(most notable for also featuring a pre-Sex
Pistols Sid Vicious). Although he never recorded
with the Clash, he co-wrote "What's My Name", featured on their first
album. Levene would later claim he had written or co-written several
other songs on the same record, but occasionally he relinquishes this
claim.
After the Sex Pistols disintegrated,
Levene co-founded Public Image Ltd (PiL) with John
Lydon (a.k.a. Johnny Rotten). His guitar work was much
imitated by several punk rockers and others, including The Edge of U2. On later PiL
recordings, Levene would often forgo his guitar for synthesizer.
He left PiL acrimoniously in 1983 around the time the band released This
Is What You Want... This Is What You Get. He
released the original versions of the songs on his own label under the
title Commercial Zone.
He has released several solo records, most recently the Killer
in the Crowd EP in 2004. He is finishing a new
album, which might be released in 2007.
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