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{{Short description|Irish musician (1957β2013)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox musical artist |name = Philip Chevron |image = Philip chevron.jpg |caption =Philip Chevron, Milk club, Moscow, August 2010 with the [[Pogues]] |image_size = |background = non_vocal_instrumentalist |birth_name = Philip Ryan |birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1957|6|17}} |birth_place = [[Dublin]], Ireland |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2013|10|08|1957|6|17}} |death_place= [[Dublin]], Ireland |instrument = Guitar, [[banjo]], [[mandolin]] |genre = {{Flatlist| *[[Punk rock]] *[[folk rock]] *[[folk punk]] *[[Celtic rock]] *[[Celtic punk]]}} |occupation = Musician, singer-songwriter |years_active = 1976β2013 |past_member_of = [[The Pogues]], [[The Radiators From Space|The Radiators]]}} '''Philip Ryan''' (17 June 1957 β 8 October 2013), professionally known as '''Philip Chevron''', was an Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist and record producer. He was best known as the lead guitarist for the [[celtic punk]] band [[the Pogues]] and as the frontman for the 1970s [[punk rock]] band [[The Radiators from Space]]. Upon his death in 2013, Chevron was regarded as one of the most influential figures in Irish punk music.<ref name="indydeath">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/pogues-guitarist-philip-chevron-dies-aged-56-8867252.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/pogues-guitarist-philip-chevron-dies-aged-56-8867252.html |archive-date=26 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Pogues guitarist Philip Chevron dies, aged 56|work=The Independent|date=8 October 2013|access-date=9 October 2013|author=O'Brien, Liam}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://theimmortaljukebox.com/2016/03/17/philip-chevron-the-pogues-francis-ledwidge-the-music-of-longing/|title = Philip Chevron (The Pogues) & Francis Ledwidge β the Music of longing| newspaper=The Immortal Jukebox |date = 17 March 2016}}</ref>
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