Australian guitar hero Lobby Loyde died April 21 in a Melbourne hospital after a two-year battle with lung and brain cancer. By Christie Eliezer Australian guitar hero Lobby Loyde died April 21 in a ...

When Australian guitarist Lobby Loyde died of lung cancer on April 21st at age sixty-five, that country lost its first homegrown guitar hero. Born John Baslington Lyde in Queensland in 1941, he was a ...

Loyde, whose loud, plectrum-bending guitar style blasted from rock pubs and concert venues throughout the 60s and 70s, was acknowledged as a father figure of Australian rock music. He died in Box Hill ...

Australia's first guitar hero, Lobby Loyde, has died in Melbourne aged 66. Loyde had lung cancer but finally succumbed to brain tumours on Saturday. Loyde's former bandmate Billy Thorpe, who helped ...

The 60’s Australian rock band The Aztecs have lost another member, with guitarist Lobby Loyde passing away on Saturday (April 21). Having accepted his illness, Loyde recently told indie website ...

An Australian guitar ace has cancer but just wants to keep playing loud, reports Patrick Donovan. WHENEVER someone picks up a guitar in this country, cranks up the amplifier and pumps out some heavy ...

GROUNDBREAKING guitarist Lobby Loyde will be inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame alongside Rose Tattoo, the Divinyls, Icehouse, Daddy Cool and Helen Reddy in a gala ceremony at Melbourne's Regent ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. ONLY a handful of the hundreds of thousands of Australians who flocked to the national Long Way To ...

All through Ausmusic Month, we're asking Australian musicians about home. What they love about it, how it has inspired their work, and what song takes them back there. Our home is Melbourne, Victoria.

Purple Hearts and Wild Cherries band member Lobby Loyde spent his youth strumming guitars and singing at this Portsea pad. He even helped build the outdoor deck. Now it could be yours. The pub rock ...

The Australian music industry is mourning another death after guitarist Lobby Loyde lost his battle with cancer. The 65-year-old died in a Melbourne hospital on Saturday night. Loyde was born in ...

The guitarist who was credited with teaching Billy Thorpe how to "really" play, died from cancer at 9pm (AEST) on Saturday at a Melbourne hospital. The man who performed so memorably in bands such as ...