Brian James, founding guitarist and songwriter of seminal British punk group The Damned who later played in The Lords of the New Church, died March 6 at 70.

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Joey Molland, guitarist and sole surviving member of Badfinger, who had toured catalog hits like 'Day After Day' and 'No Matter What,' has died at 77.

Joey Molland, a guitarist with the Welsh pop-rock band Badfinger that was known for such 1970s hits as “No Matter What” and “Day After Day,” has died at age 77.