Mark E. Smith
Mark Edward Smith (born March 5, 1957 in Salford near Manchester , England , † January 24, 2018 in Prestwich ) was the singer of the English post-punk band The Fall . He last lived in Prestwich, England.
biography
Smith had worked in the Manchester docks before starting The Fall in 1976 . During the long history of the band there were frequent changes of lineups , Smith remained the only constant in the band's history as a singer and frontman. In addition to the numerous albums by The Fall, he published two spoken word projects: The Post-Nearly Man and Pander! Panda! Tank! In 2007, the album Tromatic Reflexxions was released in collaboration with Mouse on Mars under the band name "Von Südfed" .
From July 19, 1983 until 1989, Smith was married to guitarist Brix Smith, who was also a member of The Fall during that time . After divorcing in 1989, he married Safron Pryor, secretary of the Cog Sinister Fan Club on November 27, 1991 . They divorced in February 1995. In December 1995, Smith met Elena Poulou in Berlin, whom he later married. She joined the band in 2002 as a keyboard player.
Smith had his last appearance at the Queen Margaret Union in Glasgow in November 2017. He was in a wheelchair. After a long illness, Mark E. Smith died shortly afterwards in January 2018 at the age of 60.
Appreciations
- The band Tocotronic mentioned Smith in their song I dreamed I was eating pizza with Mark E. Smith .
- The English band The Fat White Family released an EP entitled I Am Mark E Smith .
- The Swedish singer Jens Lekman also mentions Smith in one of his lyrics. In Maple Leaves he sings "And when she talked about the fall, I thought she talked about Mark E. Smith, I never understood at all"
- In 2004 the album A Tribute to The Fall - perverted by Mark E.
- The band project Knarf Rellöm with the Shi Sha Shellöm by and with Knarf Rellöm released a song in 2004 entitled How I wrote Mark E. Smith .
- The writer Frank Witzel quotes a song ("How I Wrote Elastic Man") by Smith in his book The Invention of the Red Army Faction by a manic-depressive teenager in the summer of 1969 .
literature
- Mark E. Smith: Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. Smith , Viking (2008), ISBN 0-670-91674-9
Web links
- Mark E. Smith in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Christoph Dallach: On the death of Mark E. Smith: At a safe distance from the rest of the world . Spiegel Online , January 25, 2018 (obituary & commented photo series)
- Max Dax : "I'm a hooligan": A conversation with Mark E. Smith . The daily newspaper (taz), October 22, 2004
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rachel Aroesti, Ben Beaumont-Thomas: Mark E Smith, founder and lead singer with the Fall, dies aged 60. In: The Guardian. January 25, 2018. From TheGuardian.com, accessed September 22, 2019.
- ↑ Whether the band name The Fall should be translated as "Herbst" or "Fall" is unknown.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Smith, Mark E. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Smith, Mark Edward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British singer of the post-punk band The Fall |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Salford near Manchester |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 24, 2018 |
| Place of death | Prestwich |