Chad Gilbert, founding guitarist and lead songwriter of the American pop-punk band New Found Glory, has died at the age of 45. The band announced his death on Sunday, September 20, saying he passed "peacefully in his sleep" surrounded by family and friends — alongside his wife Lisa Cimorelli and his mother, Jackie. SPIN ↗
Gilbert had battled health problems for more than fifteen years. In 2010, half of his thyroid gland was removed due to suspicious cells, and since 2021, when he was diagnosed with liver cancer, he underwent a series of oncological surgeries. This past March, he revealed he had undergone brain surgery in which three tumors were removed. Rolling Stone Italia ↗
Gilbert founded New Found Glory in 1997 at the age of seventeen, together with Jordan Pundik, Ian Grushka, and Steve Klein. He wrote most of the band's repertoire, including two songs that defined an entire pop-punk era — "My Friends Over You" and "Head On Collision." Over nearly three decades, the band released more than a dozen albums and played countless tours around the world. Rolling Stone Italia ↗
"His guitar playing, songwriting talent, sense of humor, and unwavering determination shaped New Found Glory for almost thirty years," his bandmates wrote in a joint statement. "He pushed us to grow as musicians, as performers, and as human beings." The band added that although he's being described as a legendary musician, his favorite achievement was being a husband and father. SPIN ↗
Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 also remembered Gilbert, describing him in Rolling Stone as "joy in human form." Gilbert is survived by his wife, daughter Lily, his mother, and his brother Brian. Rolling Stone Italia ↗
Illustrative photo: Chad Gilbert (2010). Photo: Brent Schmidt / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
Chad Gilbert, guitarist and lead songwriter of New Found Glory, has died
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