(1979) and Solid Gold (1981) and hit singles such as "At Home He's a Tourist", "Damaged Goods", "Anthrax", "What We All Want" and "I Love a Man in a Uniform".

He also produced albums for artists such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Jesus Lizard, the Stranglers, the Futureheads, Michael Hutchence, Killing Joke, Polysics, Fight Like Apes, Therapy?

[4][5] Gill was noted for a distinctive rhythm guitar style and sound, emphasizing a treble-heavy attack likened by one critic to "metal splintering.

A band's spokesman told The New York Times that the cause of death was listed as multiple organ failure and pneumonia.

[14] On 14 May 2020, following a hospital investigation, Mayer realised that Gill was an early victim of the COVID-19 pandemic, following a music tour to China in November 2019.