Mark E Smith, frontman of The Fall, has died at age 60. Word came from band manager Pamela Vander (via Fall News): “It is with deep regret that we announce the passing of Mark E. Smith. He passed this morning at home. A more detailed statement will follow in the next few days. In the meantime, Pam & Mark’s family request privacy at this sad time.”
Mark E. Smith was the lead vocalist, songwriter, bandleader, and general mastermind of the Fall, the longest-lived and most prolific band of the British post-punk movement. Smith's uncompromisingly abrasive music and bitterly cranky persona made him a cult icon in underground rock circles, and even if the Fall's appeal was far from universal, their harsh experimentalism left a huge imprint on '90s indie rock. Notoriously confrontational and difficult to work with, Smith had a penchant for firing bandmembers on whims, yet the Fall's sound remained essentially the same: jagged, angular guitars, tense rhythms, and stabbing keyboards, all overlaid with Smith's snarling monotone vocal rants.
I had bend sinister and hex education hour on CD in high school. Always loved these guys. He surely didn't take very good care of himself.. still super sad. RIP
So many songs to choose from..
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Many ex-Fall members speak of his softer, generous side – a Twitter story is circulating about the time he came across a girl crying in the street because she’d lost her teddy bear, told her “don’t worry, it’s just gone on tour with a rock band” and then sent her postcards from the road signed “Mark E. Bear” until she was 28.
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Mark E Smith (The Fall) RIP
