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"I get choked singing that one. I lose the rhythm, lose the riff, and I think to myself: 'Oh, don't do that.' It's stupid." The story of the pub rock classic that journeyed from paradise to paradise lost

With cryptic lines only some were meant to decipher, Dr Feelgood's Paradise experienced new life after tragic death

Louder

Commuter train named after Dr Feelgood rock legend Wilko Johnson

The influential Essex band released their first album 50 years ago

Evening Standard

“I did the intro to The Killing Moon without thinking. We went for a curry – and the engineer spotted that run and put it at the start”: How happy accidents, disastrous finances and an un-tuneable 12-string made Echo and the Bunnymen’s classic album

Sergeant might not be 100 percent happy with Ocean Rain but that doesn't stop it being a stone-cold classic with a killer lead single, whose influence we hear in generations of post-punk bands

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Wilko – Love and Death and Rock ‘n’ Roll at Southwark Playhouse review: 'remarkably dull and utterly leaden'

2/5 All potential for excitement is squandered in Jonathan Maitland’s exceptionally laborious retelling

Evening Standard

You can stick your Manchester and stick your London: here’s 10 reasons why Essex is responsible for the UK’s best ever artists (as decided by an Essex boy)

Who do you have to thank for Blur, Depeche Mode, punk, Underworld and many more? Not Kent, that’s for sure!

Louder

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Rubens Paiva | Jenny Lau | Great northern diver | Wilko Johnson

The Guardian - UK

‘I hope you enjoy the show. I hope I’m not dead’: how Feelgood star Wilko never saw the play about his life

The musician lived a wild story of many acts: Jonathan Maitland turned it into a play and read it to him just a year before he died. This is how their encounter went …

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Wilko review – the life and riffs of a pub rock pioneer, with a stonking star turn

Jonathan Maitland’s drama about the Dr Feelgood guitarist, played by Johnson Willis, is a nostalgic celebration of an Essex legend

The Guardian - UK

“We just tuned to whoever’s guitar sounded most in tune. That’s how green we were in the studio!”: Jake Burns on Wilko Johnson, mistranslations, and Stiff Little Fingers’ punk classic, Inflammable Material

Stiff Little Fingers set the world alight on their 1979 debut album, bringing the sound of Belfast punk to the world and working through troubled times with high-volume guitar

Guitar World

A beginner’s guide to pub rock in five essential albums

Pub rock: a live-wire, booze-driven reaction to the pomp and excesses of prog and the perceived artifice of glam

Louder

Letter: Wilko Johnson obituary

Brian Bennison writes: the guitarist was a somewhat unorthodox chair of the Newcastle University Socialist Society

The Guardian - UK

If greed can ever be good, that philosophy didn’t work at FTX’s charity

The ‘ethics stuff’ was just a front, says the bankrupted cryptocurrency billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried

The Guardian - UK

Wilko Johnson’s second act was every bit as belligerent and explosive as his first

Before a miraculous recovery from cancer made him more famous than ever, the Dr Feelgood guitarist fired up 70s rock with proto-punk playing and divisive songwriting

The Guardian - UK

Wilko Johnson, English rock icon and ‘Game of Thrones’ actor, dies at 75

Wilko Johnson, an English rock guitarist who played for the band Dr. Feelgood and influenced a generation of rockers, died this week at 75.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Wilko Johnson, British guitarist and ‘Game of Thrones’ actor dies at 75

Johnson helped give his band, Dr. Feelgood, a dangerous edge with his choppy, relentless guitar style and thousand-yard glare — a look terrifying enough to earn him a role later in life as silent executioner Ser Ilyn Payne on “Game of Thrones.”

Daily Mirror

Dr. Feelgood's Wilko Johnson's reason for refusing chemo after cancer diagnosis decade ago

It was announced earlier today guitarist Wilko Johnson had died, aged 75 - with the musician having been best known for his work with bands such as Dr. Feelgood and Solid Senders

The Independent UK

Roger Daltrey and Jimmy Page lead tributes to Dr Feelgood’s Wilko Johnson

The musician found fame in the 1970s pub-rock band who helped pave the way for British punk.

Reuters

Dr Feelgood guitarist Wilko Johnson dies aged 75

Wilko Johnson, guitarist for 1970s pub-rock band Dr Feelgood and influencer of Britain's punk rock movement, has died aged 75.

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The Independent UK

Wilko Johnson, British rocker who defied cancer, dies at 75

Wilko Johnson, the guitarist with British blues-rock band Dr. Feelgood who had an unexpected career renaissance after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, has died

The Guardian - UK

Wilko Johnson obituary

Musician with Dr Feelgood whose stark chords and pin-sharp riffs made him one of the most distinctive of British rock guitarists

Evening Standard

Wilko Johnson: Dr Feelgood guitarist and punk legend dies age 75

Canvey Island guitarist had been in music for more than 50 years before his death

Manchester Evening News

Dr Feelgood legend and Game of Thrones star Wilko Johnson dies

The musician and actor, 75, had been previously diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer

The Independent UK

Musician Wilko Johnson dies aged 75

The Dr Feelgood star had previously been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

The Independent UK

Wilko Johnson death: Guitarist dies aged 75 after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer

Musician was diagnosed with cancer in 2013 and told he had between nine and 10 months to live

Daily Record

Dr Feelgood star and Game of Thrones actor Wilko Johnson dies aged 75

The sad news was announced on his band's official Twitter page this morning as they paid tribute to the 75-year-old.

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