Randall Eugene Bewley (July 25, 1955 – February 25, 2009) was the guitarist for the
Athens, Georgia
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, band Pylon. Born in Bradenton, Florida, United States. He lived in Sarasota, Florida, Washington, DC and near Atlanta, Georgia while growing up. Bewley attended the
University of Georgia
, mottoeng = "To teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things.""To serve" was later added to the motto without changing the seal; the Latin motto directly translates as "To teach and to inquire into the nature of things."
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art school where he met
Michael Lachowski
Michael Scott Lachowski was the bass guitar player for Pylon, a band from Athens, Georgia. He was born in Norfolk, Virginia and attended the University of Georgia art school. He and his roommate Randy Bewley formed Pylon, recruiting Curtis Cro ...
, a fellow art student. They became roommates and decided to form a band. He and Lachowski, along with fellow art students
Vanessa Briscoe Hay
Vanessa Briscoe Hay (born October 18, 1955) is an American singer for the Athens, Georgia bands Pylon, Supercluster and Pylon Reenactment Society.
Biography
Born to a textile worker and a housewife in Atlanta, Georgia, Hay attended elementar ...
and Curtis Crowe, formed Pylon, having their first performance in 1979. On their first trip to New York City, they were reviewed in '' Interview Magazine''.
Bewley was a very influential guitarist and used the
guitar
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to create not just notes, but interesting sounds as well. Pylon recorded three
albums
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, three
singles
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R.E.M.
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,
the B-52s
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, the Talking Heads and Gang of Four. Pylon broke up twice, but reunited and had been playing occasional shows. Pylon's first album '' Gyrate'' was reissued in October 2007 by DFA records. ''
Chomp
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'' was reissued in 2009.
Bewley was an art teacher for a while, but towards the end of his life devoted more time to his music and his own art. He also played with two other Athens projects: Sound Houses (formerly The New Sound of Numbers) and Supercluster.
On February 23, 2009, Bewley was driving on Barber Street in Athens when he suffered a heart attack. According to the band's statement, his van drifted off the road and overturned. He was admitted to
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and lapsed into a coma; he died two days later on February 25 when he was removed from life support. He was 53.
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DB Records
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, Armageddon 1980)
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Pylon !!
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'' 10" EP (DB Records, Armageddon 1980)
* '' Crazy/M-Train'' 7" single (DB Records 1981)
* '' Beep/Altitude'' 7" single (DB Records 1982)
* ''
Four Minutes/Beep/Altitude
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'' EP (DB Records 1982)
* ''
Chomp
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'' LP (DB Records 1983)
* '' Hits'' LP/ CD (DB Records 1988)
* '' Chain'' LP/CD (
Sky Records
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DFA Records
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DFA Records
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Double LP
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(self-issued, 2008)
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DFA Records
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, October 2011) (Cover of "Cool" by Deerhunter, Remix of Yo-Yo by Calvinist)
Video
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Beep
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'' (1990), Pylon, from CD: ''Hits, a compilation'', DB Records
* ''Look Alive'' (1992), Pylon, from album :Chain, Sky Records
* Reynolds, Simon: ''Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984'',
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Canongate Books
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, October 2003, p. 282.
* Christgau,Robert: ''Christgau's Consumer Guide-the 80's'', Pantheon Books, 1990, pp. 329, 498, 506.