Philip Chevron

Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Philip Chevron combined the musical traditions of Ireland with the hard-edged attitude of punk rock. A former member of the Pogues and the Radiators, Chevron became one of the most unusual interpreters of the music of Berthold Brecht and Kurt Weill. The son of an actor and theatrical producer, Chevron found his earliest inspiration in the cabaret singing of Agnes Bernelle, whom he heard on the radio in 1971. He later produced one of Bernelle's albums. Influenced by the punk movement of the mid-'70s, Chevron joined with Pete Holidai and Stev...