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Julian Keith Levene Biography and Timeline

Follow Julian Keith Levene through 7 dated historical records for Great Britain.

Julian Keith Levene, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

7Distinct records
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1957–2003Years on this page

1957

Birth of Julian Keith Levene

Member of Clash, The · Wood Green · Arts / Popular Music

Birth of Julian Keith Levene in Wood Green, London

1976

Clash

Member of Clash, The · Arts / Popular Music

The Clash is formed, originally composed of Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, Keith Levene and Terry Chimes

1978

PiL

Member of Public Image Ltd · Arts / Popular Music

After the Sex Pistols disintegrated, Levene and Lydon co-founded Public Image Ltd (PiL)

1983

PiL

Member of Public Image Ltd · Arts / Popular Music

Levene left PiL in 1983 over creative differences concerning what would eventually become the bands fourth album, This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get. He later stated this was a difficult decision for him but he felt he had to in order to maintain the integrity of the project

1986

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Burbank · Arts / Popular Music

Asked to produce demos for the album The Uplift Mofo Party Plan by the Red Hot Chili Peppers at Master Control in Burbank with engineers Steve Catania and Dan Nebenzal

1989

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Arts / Popular Music

Releases his first solo release, Violent Opposition, on which members of the Red Hot Chili Peppers perform

2003

Pigface

Arts / Popular Music

Levene contributes to industrial rock supergroup Pigfaces album Easy Listening

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.