Babyshambles guitarist Patrick Walden dead at 46
The sad news was announced by the band's official Facebook page.
'It is with deep regret and sadness that we share the news of Patrick Walden's death,' the band wrote.
'We feel very fortunate to have known, loved and worked with him and we kindly ask for respect and privacy during these difficult times.
'Peter, Drew, Mik, Adam.'
The Babyshambles was formed in 2004, with the band releasing its self-titled single Babyshambles later that year.
The Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty made the band instant tabloid fodder, during his high-profile romance with British supermodel, Kate Moss.
Walden was part of the initial line-up which included Doherty, bassist Drew McConnell, and drummer Gemma Clarke.
The band released its debut album, Down in Albion, in 2005, which entered the top 10 album charts.
Walden left the band in 2005, with him returning the following year to play for them during a number of gigs.
Prior to Babyshambles, Walden played guitar with Fluid, the Six Cold Thousand, and The White Sport.
He later left the band due to substance abuse problems.
A number of fans poured their hearts on the band's Facebook page.
'A brilliant guitarist. Always skating on the edge yet somehow holding it together to glorious effect. Punch it, Patrick!' one fan wrote.
'Such an absolutely incredible musician. RIP,' yet another wrote.
'Heartbroken. I knew Patrick well. He was my guitar teacher and mentor over the last 5 years,' another wrote.
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She plays post-punk drums, and now she's taking punk-inspired knits to the world
For 10 years now, Kaylene Milner has worked with bands, artists, and other labels around Australia and the world to create playful, colourful jumpers and other knitted garments that amount to wearable art. Her brand, WAH-WAH, was born thanks to an idea she had "rumbling around in the back of [her] brain" to create knitted punk sweaters. "I just kind of love the idea of having that much care and attention put into a garment that pays tribute to punk music, the graphics, the posters that accompany it," Ms Milner from Helensburgh, north of Wollongong, said. "It had a really strong visual language. And yeah, it just kept evolving from there." The first partnership was with Sydney band the Hard-Ons, whose bassist, Ray Ahn, gave Ms Milner permission to adapt his artwork. While the partnerships have since expanded beyond punk music - other collaborators include First Nations clothing brand House of Darwin, Aboriginal artist Kaylene Whiskey, and British comedian and artist Noel Fielding - "honouring music, art, culture" remains at the heart of what WAH-WAH does. Recently, Ms Milner designed a jumper with the artwork Redback Graphix created for the 1982 Mary Callaghan film Greetings from Wollongong. The film gave its name to an exhibition now on at Wollongong Art Gallery, which Ms Milner also guest curated. While personal style was something she was interested in from a young age, Ms Milner didn't always dream of a career in fashion. After graduating from Smith's Hill High School in Wollongong she first studied psychology at university, then musicology. She could not see a long-term career in the latter, so she enrolled at TAFE NSW's Fashion Design Studio. Once she completed her course, Ms Milner undertook an internship with Diane von Furstenberg in New York. "It was great in the sense that it showed me what I didn't want to do ... I observed how fast the fashion world moves, and how unsustainable - and unsustainable also in terms of lifestyle," she said. "Like the designers were staying back till midnight, and it was a really eye-opening experience. There were great aspects to it, obviously, and it was really cool to see all the different facets of the industry and how much work goes into a big brand like that, but I came away thinking I never want to do that." She returned to Australia and started up her first label, producing high-end garments, but did not have the capital behind her to make it financially viable. However, the urge to create remained. The idea for WAH-WAH took root when Ms Milner read the book Our Band Could Be Your Life by Michael Azerrad, and saw a photo of J Mascis from the band Dinosaur Jr wearing a hand-knitted jumper decorated with the logo of punk band Deep Wound. Punk has been a part of Ms Milner's life since she was young, and she herself plays drums in post-punk band Loose Fit. The name WAH-WAH is also nod to music; there's the music pedal by the same name, the song by George Harrison, and the song by Australian rock band (and WAH-WAH collaborator) King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. Ms Milner has collaborated with international bands too, including American indie rock icons Sonic Youth and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and her designs have reached audiences overseas with Noel Fielding wearing them while hosting The Great British Bake Off. This year delivered another highlight for WAH-WAH: showing as part of the We Wear Australian campaign at New York Fashion Week. Ms Milner was one of just 12 designers invited to take part. "That's the first time that I've been in a store with my garments and getting that direct feedback from customers [WAH-WAH is sold almost entirely online] and particularly customers who weren't familiar with the brand," she said. Environmental sustainability is a significant philosophy behind WAH-WAH, with most garments made of superfine merino wool and thought put into the environmental impacts of packaging. When Ms Milner first started producing clothing, she initially had only had access to yarn that was 80 per cent wool and 20 per cent nylon. While these garments were hard-wearing, the sustainable fashion writer Clare Press one day mentioned in conversation that the nylon component would stop the garments from being compostable and breaking down. "After that I was like, I really need to explore how to do it in the most sustainable way possible," Ms Milner said. When she had to find a new manufacturer, she thought it was time to focus on the fibres used. "I really like using merino wool because not only does it feel really beautiful to wear, it's breathable, it's a renewable fibre, naturally repels dirt and odour, and will eventually break down, unlike most garments which have some man-made synthetic fibres in them," Ms Milner said. Ms Milner has her eye on benefiting the community, too: profits or royalties from numerous WAH-WAH garments go towards various charitable causes (specialist homelessness service SAHSSI will benefit from the Greetings from Wollongong collaboration). Ms Milner mostly works from the Helensburgh home she shares with partner Max, son Levi, 3, and cavoodle puppy Bear. More collaborations are on the horizon, but they are in the early stages, so Ms Milner is reluctant to share too many details. Otherwise, she said, she was "trying really hard not to take on too much at the moment". "But I know that won't go to plan, so just creating space for opportunity to come up that I really want to explore." For 10 years now, Kaylene Milner has worked with bands, artists, and other labels around Australia and the world to create playful, colourful jumpers and other knitted garments that amount to wearable art. Her brand, WAH-WAH, was born thanks to an idea she had "rumbling around in the back of [her] brain" to create knitted punk sweaters. "I just kind of love the idea of having that much care and attention put into a garment that pays tribute to punk music, the graphics, the posters that accompany it," Ms Milner from Helensburgh, north of Wollongong, said. "It had a really strong visual language. And yeah, it just kept evolving from there." The first partnership was with Sydney band the Hard-Ons, whose bassist, Ray Ahn, gave Ms Milner permission to adapt his artwork. While the partnerships have since expanded beyond punk music - other collaborators include First Nations clothing brand House of Darwin, Aboriginal artist Kaylene Whiskey, and British comedian and artist Noel Fielding - "honouring music, art, culture" remains at the heart of what WAH-WAH does. Recently, Ms Milner designed a jumper with the artwork Redback Graphix created for the 1982 Mary Callaghan film Greetings from Wollongong. The film gave its name to an exhibition now on at Wollongong Art Gallery, which Ms Milner also guest curated. While personal style was something she was interested in from a young age, Ms Milner didn't always dream of a career in fashion. After graduating from Smith's Hill High School in Wollongong she first studied psychology at university, then musicology. She could not see a long-term career in the latter, so she enrolled at TAFE NSW's Fashion Design Studio. Once she completed her course, Ms Milner undertook an internship with Diane von Furstenberg in New York. "It was great in the sense that it showed me what I didn't want to do ... I observed how fast the fashion world moves, and how unsustainable - and unsustainable also in terms of lifestyle," she said. "Like the designers were staying back till midnight, and it was a really eye-opening experience. There were great aspects to it, obviously, and it was really cool to see all the different facets of the industry and how much work goes into a big brand like that, but I came away thinking I never want to do that." She returned to Australia and started up her first label, producing high-end garments, but did not have the capital behind her to make it financially viable. However, the urge to create remained. The idea for WAH-WAH took root when Ms Milner read the book Our Band Could Be Your Life by Michael Azerrad, and saw a photo of J Mascis from the band Dinosaur Jr wearing a hand-knitted jumper decorated with the logo of punk band Deep Wound. Punk has been a part of Ms Milner's life since she was young, and she herself plays drums in post-punk band Loose Fit. The name WAH-WAH is also nod to music; there's the music pedal by the same name, the song by George Harrison, and the song by Australian rock band (and WAH-WAH collaborator) King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. Ms Milner has collaborated with international bands too, including American indie rock icons Sonic Youth and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and her designs have reached audiences overseas with Noel Fielding wearing them while hosting The Great British Bake Off. This year delivered another highlight for WAH-WAH: showing as part of the We Wear Australian campaign at New York Fashion Week. Ms Milner was one of just 12 designers invited to take part. "That's the first time that I've been in a store with my garments and getting that direct feedback from customers [WAH-WAH is sold almost entirely online] and particularly customers who weren't familiar with the brand," she said. Environmental sustainability is a significant philosophy behind WAH-WAH, with most garments made of superfine merino wool and thought put into the environmental impacts of packaging. When Ms Milner first started producing clothing, she initially had only had access to yarn that was 80 per cent wool and 20 per cent nylon. While these garments were hard-wearing, the sustainable fashion writer Clare Press one day mentioned in conversation that the nylon component would stop the garments from being compostable and breaking down. "After that I was like, I really need to explore how to do it in the most sustainable way possible," Ms Milner said. When she had to find a new manufacturer, she thought it was time to focus on the fibres used. "I really like using merino wool because not only does it feel really beautiful to wear, it's breathable, it's a renewable fibre, naturally repels dirt and odour, and will eventually break down, unlike most garments which have some man-made synthetic fibres in them," Ms Milner said. Ms Milner has her eye on benefiting the community, too: profits or royalties from numerous WAH-WAH garments go towards various charitable causes (specialist homelessness service SAHSSI will benefit from the Greetings from Wollongong collaboration). Ms Milner mostly works from the Helensburgh home she shares with partner Max, son Levi, 3, and cavoodle puppy Bear. More collaborations are on the horizon, but they are in the early stages, so Ms Milner is reluctant to share too many details. Otherwise, she said, she was "trying really hard not to take on too much at the moment". "But I know that won't go to plan, so just creating space for opportunity to come up that I really want to explore." For 10 years now, Kaylene Milner has worked with bands, artists, and other labels around Australia and the world to create playful, colourful jumpers and other knitted garments that amount to wearable art. Her brand, WAH-WAH, was born thanks to an idea she had "rumbling around in the back of [her] brain" to create knitted punk sweaters. "I just kind of love the idea of having that much care and attention put into a garment that pays tribute to punk music, the graphics, the posters that accompany it," Ms Milner from Helensburgh, north of Wollongong, said. "It had a really strong visual language. And yeah, it just kept evolving from there." The first partnership was with Sydney band the Hard-Ons, whose bassist, Ray Ahn, gave Ms Milner permission to adapt his artwork. While the partnerships have since expanded beyond punk music - other collaborators include First Nations clothing brand House of Darwin, Aboriginal artist Kaylene Whiskey, and British comedian and artist Noel Fielding - "honouring music, art, culture" remains at the heart of what WAH-WAH does. Recently, Ms Milner designed a jumper with the artwork Redback Graphix created for the 1982 Mary Callaghan film Greetings from Wollongong. The film gave its name to an exhibition now on at Wollongong Art Gallery, which Ms Milner also guest curated. While personal style was something she was interested in from a young age, Ms Milner didn't always dream of a career in fashion. After graduating from Smith's Hill High School in Wollongong she first studied psychology at university, then musicology. She could not see a long-term career in the latter, so she enrolled at TAFE NSW's Fashion Design Studio. 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The idea for WAH-WAH took root when Ms Milner read the book Our Band Could Be Your Life by Michael Azerrad, and saw a photo of J Mascis from the band Dinosaur Jr wearing a hand-knitted jumper decorated with the logo of punk band Deep Wound. Punk has been a part of Ms Milner's life since she was young, and she herself plays drums in post-punk band Loose Fit. The name WAH-WAH is also nod to music; there's the music pedal by the same name, the song by George Harrison, and the song by Australian rock band (and WAH-WAH collaborator) King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. Ms Milner has collaborated with international bands too, including American indie rock icons Sonic Youth and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and her designs have reached audiences overseas with Noel Fielding wearing them while hosting The Great British Bake Off. This year delivered another highlight for WAH-WAH: showing as part of the We Wear Australian campaign at New York Fashion Week. Ms Milner was one of just 12 designers invited to take part. "That's the first time that I've been in a store with my garments and getting that direct feedback from customers [WAH-WAH is sold almost entirely online] and particularly customers who weren't familiar with the brand," she said. Environmental sustainability is a significant philosophy behind WAH-WAH, with most garments made of superfine merino wool and thought put into the environmental impacts of packaging. When Ms Milner first started producing clothing, she initially had only had access to yarn that was 80 per cent wool and 20 per cent nylon. While these garments were hard-wearing, the sustainable fashion writer Clare Press one day mentioned in conversation that the nylon component would stop the garments from being compostable and breaking down. "After that I was like, I really need to explore how to do it in the most sustainable way possible," Ms Milner said. 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