Alexander Daniel Kustow (10 May 1955 – 11 March 2019) was an English rock guitarist, known for his dynamic performance style and work with the Tom Robinson Band in the 1970s and 1980s.
[6] After learning to play the guitar in the early 1970s, influenced by the work of the British blues guitarists Alexis Korner and Paul Kossoff (both fellow alumni with Kustow of King Alfred School),[7] Kustow commenced his professional career at the age of 21 in late 1976 amidst London's Punk rock scene as the guitarist of the Tom Robinson Band.
Despite the band's politically radical agenda, reflected in its song-writing and activities under the influence of Robinson, Kustow's primary personal musical ambition was to be a successful rock star.
[13] In the late 1980s, Kustow performed live with a temporarily reformed Tom Robinson Band, and played on its long-player release Winter of '89 (1992),[14] after which he retired from professional music.
[17] A memorial gig for Kustow was performed by the Tom Robinson Band and TV Smith at the Scala venue in London on the night of 29 July 2019, with profits raised from the event being donated to the Royal United Hospital, Bath.