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Randall Bewley

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Randall Bewley
Also known asRandy Bewley
Born
Randall Bewley

(1955-07-25)July 25, 1955
Bradenton, Florida, US
DiedFebruary 25, 2009(2009-02-25) (aged 53)
Athens, Georgia, US
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Years active1978–2009
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Randall Eugene Bewley (July 25, 1955 – February 25, 2009) was the guitarist for the Athens, Georgia-based band Pylon.

Life and career

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Bewley was born in Bradenton, Florida. He lived in Sarasota, Florida, Washington, D.C., and near Atlanta, Georgia, while growing up. Bewley attended the University of Georgia's Lamar Dodd School of Art where he met Michael Lachowski, a fellow art student.[1] They became roommates and decided to form a band. He and Lachowski, along with fellow art students Vanessa Briscoe Hay and Curtis Crowe, formed Pylon, having their first performance in 1979.[2] On their first trip to New York City, they were reviewed in Interview Magazine.[3]

Bewley was a very influential guitarist and used the guitar to create not just notes, but interesting sounds as well.[4] Pylon recorded three albums, three singles and one EP.[5] The band has opened for U2, R.E.M., the B-52's, Talking Heads and Gang of Four.[6][2] Pylon broke up twice, but they reunited and had been playing occasional shows.[7] Pylon's first album Gyrate was reissued in October 2007 by DFA records. Chomp was reissued in 2009.[1]

Bewley was an art teacher for a while, but towards the end of his life, he devoted more time to his music and his own art.[6] He also played with two other Athens projects: Sound Houses (formerly The New Sound of Numbers) and Supercluster.

Death

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On February 23, 2009, Bewley was driving on Barber Street in Athens when he suffered a heart attack. According to a statement by his band Pylon, his van drifted off the road and overturned.[8] He was admitted to Athens Regional Medical Center and lapsed into a coma; he died two days later on February 25 when he was removed from life support. He was 53.[9]

Discography

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Pylon

Compilations

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With Pylon (band)

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  • Declaration of Independents - 13 Tracks of U.S. Rock 1980, Vinyl LP, Various artists (1980, Ambition Records AMB1, Basement Records BASE 6005, Stiff Records Yank 2)
  • Jericho Go, Vinyl LP, Various artists (1985, DB Recs / Stiff Records D BAT80) (DB Recs / Victor Musical Industries, Inc. VIL 28034)
  • Athens, GA - Inside / Out, Vinyl LP, Various artists (1987, I.R.S. Records IRS6185)
  • Hits, Cassette, CD (1989, DB Recs DB91)
  • Squares Blot Out the Sun, Vinyl LP, CD, Cassette, Various artists (1990, DB Recs DB72)
  • Totally Wired, CD, Various artists (1995, Razor & Tie RE 2076)
  • KFJC 98.7 Fifty - Blowing Minds Since 1959, Vinyl double record LP, Various artists (2009, No label KJFC24)
  • Keith Haring - The World of Keith Haring - Influences + Connections , Vinyl triple record LP boxset, Triple CD boxset, Various artists (2019, Soul Jazz, Ltd. SJR LP444)
  • Blank Generation- A Story of US and Canadian Punk and It's Aftershocks 1975-1981, Five CD boxset, Various artists (2023, Cherry Red Records, (CRCDBOX147)

Supercluster

Other

Video

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  • Beep (1990), Pylon, from CD: Hits, a compilation, DB Records
  • Look Alive (1992), Pylon, from album :Chain, Sky Records

Filmography

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References

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  1. 1 2 Ankeny, Jason. "Pylon Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
  2. 1 2 Hale, Grace Elizabeth (8 July 2020). "The Birth and Death of Pylon, America's Best Rock Band". Slate.
  3. ↑ Masters, Marc (10 November 2020). "Pylon Box: Pylon". Pitchfork.
  4. ↑ Cohan, Brad (25 July 2016). "America's (Other) Best Band: Pylon's Brilliant Punk Minimalism Lives On". Observer.
  5. ↑ Strong, M. C. (2003). The Great Indie Discography. Edinburgh: Canongate. p. 469. ISBN 1-84195-335-0.
  6. 1 2 "Randy Bewley: guitarist". The Times. 18 March 2009.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. ↑ Hurt, Edd (1 March 2018). "Pylon Reenactment Society Carries the Flame for Athens Post-Punk Legends". Nashville Scene.
  8. ↑ "Pylon Guitarist Suffers Heart Attack". idiomag. 2009-02-26. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
  9. ↑ "Pylon Guitarist Randy Bewley dies". Access Atlanta. Archived from the original on 2009-03-01.
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