1. Kevin Walker, known professionally as Geordie Walker, was an English rock musician, songwriter and producer.
15 Facts About Geordie Walker
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Geordie Walker was best known as the guitarist of post-punk group Killing Joke.
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Geordie Walker joined the band in March 1979; his first recording was released in December of that year.
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When he was ten years old, Geordie Walker was deeply marked by the guitar sound in the song "Sabre Dance" by Love Sculpture.
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Geordie Walker learnt that melody lines are important, as opposed to solos.
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Geordie Walker then bought another guitar, a Gibson SG Junior.
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Geordie Walker later moved to London to study architecture and became a founding member of Killing Joke in March 1979 when he responded to an advertisement placed by the singer Jaz Coleman.
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Geordie Walker recorded fifteen studio albums with the band between 1980 and 2015.
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Geordie Walker had been a member of industrial music supergroups Murder, Inc and The Damage Manual.
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Geordie Walker then resided in Prague, where he co-operated with Studio Faust Records recording other artist's music.
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Geordie Walker cited the band Love Sculpture featuring Dave Edmunds and their sound on their cover version of "Sabre Dance" because "it used the guitar as a musical instrument to convey an atmosphere, it wasn't normal guitar playing which people feel they have to play, certain rhythms, certain solos, certain scales".
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Geordie Walker named Siouxsie and the Banshees' debut studio album The Scream as an influence because their original guitarist John McKay "came out with these chord structures that I found very refreshing".
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Geordie Walker tuned his guitar a whole tone lower than standard, an unusual choice in the 1980s.
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Geordie Walker bought it in the early 1980s from an old jazzman who played in clubs.
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Geordie Walker died in Prague on 26 November 2023, two days after suffering a stroke.