Cha Burns was the guitarist for the Scottish band, The Silencers. Born in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire in 1957, Burns became a guitarist on the London punk and new wave scene of the mid 1970s. Before forming Fingerprintz with fellow Coatbridge local Jimme O'Neill Burns played guitar in an early incarnation of Adam and the Ants. Fingerprintz were recognised in retrospect as influential, but failed to gain any real commercial success in the UK. In 1985, Burns and Jimme O'Neill formed The Silencers.
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- Cha Burns was the guitarist for the Scottish band, The Silencers. Born in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire in 1957, Burns became a guitarist on the London punk and new wave scene of the mid 1970s. Before forming Fingerprintz with fellow Coatbridge local Jimme O'Neill Burns played guitar in an early incarnation of Adam and the Ants. Fingerprintz were recognised in retrospect as influential, but failed to gain any real commercial success in the UK. In 1985, Burns and Jimme O'Neill formed The Silencers. Although Burns health became an issue during the recording of the first album, as he suffered a brain haemorrage. Burns was, however, back in the studio recording six weeks later despite the fact that he was still re-learning how to read. The Silencers received critical comparisons to Simple Minds and U2. A high point for the band was a support slot on a Squeeze tour which culminated in a gig at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan. The Silencers had a European hit with "Bulletproof Heart,". However the single did not receive much airplay in UK. The song was written by O'Neill in the Fingerprintz days and was about the Irish Troubles. During the late 1980s, The Silencers opened for David Bowie and U2 as well as your touring for 4 months with Simple Minds. despite modest success in the UK, in mainland Europe, especially France, and Spain, The Silencers had an almost fanatical following. In more recent years the band were best known for supplying the theme music of a popular ad campaign for VisitScotland. Burns was a man of few words and described by fellow band member Jimme O'Neill as "a dark, smouldering presence, rocking slowly back and forwards on his heels, caressing jagged, bittersweet melodies from his black Les Paul. " After five albums, Burns left the The Silencers in 2000, rarely playing on-stage again. After two years in Switzerland Burns moved to Wales. He was diagnosed with lung cancer in late 2006 and had unsuccessful courses of treatment. Reportedly a keen environmentalist whose motto was "Planet Before Profit", he was keen to try metabolic therapy, a controversial alternative treatment not available on the NHS, which uses natural methods including diet to boost the immune system. Ex-band mate JJ "Jinky" Gilmour organised a benefit concert for Burns at the ABC in Glasgow in January. Despite Burns believing he was the "forgotten man of Scottish rock", the 1,500 capacity venue sold out. The date was planned six weeks after his last course of chemotherapy, and on the night Burns had regained enough strength to play with original band members and those from subsequent line-ups. Cha Burns died from lung cancer on March 26, 2007.
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- Cha Burns was the guitarist for the Scottish band, The Silencers. Born in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire in 1957, Burns became a guitarist on the London punk and new wave scene of the mid 1970s. Before forming Fingerprintz with fellow Coatbridge local Jimme O'Neill Burns played guitar in an early incarnation of Adam and the Ants. Fingerprintz were recognised in retrospect as influential, but failed to gain any real commercial success in the UK. In 1985, Burns and Jimme O'Neill formed The Silencers.
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