[Music] Mark E Smith

[Insel affe]

That’s terrible news, really loved the fall, wish I’d made the effort last year pretty sure they played Bexhill, but was not in the mood or something, wish I’d gone to see them just one more time.

R.I.P Mr Smith

 

[Lower West Stander]

Terrible news.

He was a total legend.

No other words.....


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[Pevenseagull]

Bugger, I'm pretty sure I was due to be in the Fall sometime soon.
Some magnificent gigs, a few absolute shockers.
Good work that man.

 

[Razzoo]

Gutted about this. The Fall seemed to be an unstoppable force. This settled line up was really something. RIP.

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

Will be wearing my Fall Heads Roll t shirt to work tomorrow.

 

[gripper stebson]

Saw him described as 'a magnificent, cantankerous ****'....

https://youtu.be/InXwZc4RS7M

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[jakarta]

60 is no age, cancer I believe, he certainly has looked awful for the past couple of years.

Couldn't get into all of their stuff but some of it was truly magnificent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzivmOQWkVQ

He actually wasn't bad looking in the 1980's was he? Pulled Brix anyway.

 

[foul old ron]

The Fall. Love them.

Mark E Smith. Love him more.

RIP

 

[Pevenseagull]

Breaking news....Hendrix sacked from the mythical afterlife band for being a scruffy hippy ****

 

[Hungry Joe]

A genuine one-off. RIP Mark.

 

[Simster]

I am absolutely gutted about this. Rip Mark. Your music was genius at times

 

[The Clamp]

Damn. Just seen this. Saw them live about 20 times, hell of a band.

All the best in your new adventures MS. Godspeed.

 

[BrianWade4]

....has died according to Twitter.

RIP

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Who?

 

[basque seagull]

Life should be full of strangeness, like a rich painting.... RIP MES...

 

[redoubtable seagull]

Sad news. A one-off who influenced many. First saw the Fall in 84 and then numerous times around the country over the years. Gave up on MES after a particularly shambolic 45 minute show a few years ago at the Concorde. What a phenomenal back catalogue though.

 

[Mr Banana]

Sad news. A one-off who influenced many. First saw the Fall in 84 and then numerous times around the country over the years. Gave up on MES after a particularly shambolic 45 minute show a few years ago at the Concorde. What a phenomenal back catalogue though.

He came back after that (I think) in 2012 and played a brilliant gig at The Old Market. They were always wretched or sublime.

 

[Tarpon]

If I had to choose one band’s catalogue to listen to it would probably be The Fall.
I can’t quite compute that he has gone and they are no more.

 

[redoubtable seagull]

He came back after that (I think) in 2012 and played a brilliant gig at The Old Market. They were always wretched or sublime.

Think I was at the Old Market gig. Was that with the American version of the band and when the fire alarm went off? You’re so right though, live, the Fall veered from brilliance to awful sometimes in the same set! I’m listening to R6 who are playing Fall songs on rotation. It must hit every generation when their musical heroes who you grow up with and who continued to make good music pass away. End of an era. Sad evening.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I loved Mark E Smith. R.I.P.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTLzOp3uTYw

 

[sten]

Totally wired