10 Facts About Wally Nightingale

Warwick Alan "Wally" Nightingale was an English guitarist.

Wally Nightingale attended Christopher Wren Boys' School, in Shepherd's Bush, where he met Paul Cook and Steve Jones, who were pupils.

In 1972, at the end of their school years, Nightingale told Cook and Jones they should start a band.

Jones and Wally Nightingale stole high-quality instruments and equipment from professional headline musical acts by breaking into venues where they were due to perform.

However, McLaren thought Wally Nightingale did not fit the image of the band he had in mind, and told Jones and Cook he would only manage them if they fired Wally Nightingale.

Wally Nightingale was informed that he was being fired upon his arrival for a rehearsal.

Wally Nightingale co-founded a band named Key West in 1981, and a demo of four songs was submitted to Warner Bros.

Wally Nightingale appeared as a one-off guest guitarist with the Brentwood punk rock band Beat of the Beast in 1989.

Wally Nightingale died on 6 May 1996, of a drug-related illness at the age of 40.

The other song was "Did You No Wrong", for which Wally Nightingale composed the music and Jones wrote the original lyrics.